well I googled an alleged fix for this issue but can't get it to work. the fix is said to be isntall ffdshow then something freeware called media control to hook into vista media center interface but I've installed & rebooted x2 & It won't work.

It doesn't help that ffdshow comes in lots & lots of versions but I tried a recent (feb 08) one.

so rephrasing the original question: what if any of FAb's generic options will make a video file that I can access & play via the media center video library.

I know already that vob passthru won't work & it seems xvid won't work either. don't want to use WMV unless there is really no alternative!