sandman30s

I don't know if anyone has done this before, but I DISABLED ALL INTERNAL FILTERS in MPC and wonder of wonders - it WORKED!! So, along the route, I tried a whole host of players and MPC is the only one that chooses the correct codecs funnily enough when its own list is disabled. John, thanks for all your suggestions. I think I've had enough of poking around with powerdvd for a lifetime. MPC for software of the year!