Ians Ramblings Ian's ramblings, daily, ish

AC3 Directshow decoder

Ever had the annoying message "You may need to install a Directshow decoder for this audio format, in order to hear the soundtrack of this DVD" when trying to play a film on XP or Vista? I had these ages ago, sorted it out with a free codec, but since then I have re-installed Vista after all my hard disk firmware issues and finding it on the net was a real pain.

So I decided just to pop it on here, like the firmware update for the hard disk just to save people the trouble of sifting around, should allow you to actually play your DVDs properly without the sound being missing!

Thundersprint 2009

Had a brilliant time this weekend gone, attending the Thundersprint up in Northwich. It's a classic motorbike show, with a sprint, with a range of motorcycling personalities including James Toseland this year who I was able to chat to briefly and get his autograph on a photo of my number 52 Honda NC30.

I look really chubby cheeked for some reason hehe but ah well still want to put it up anyway

Analie also got her photo taken with James, and he is a really decent bloke, really down to earth and happy to chat to anyone.

It was a good weekend of driving motorbikes which I always love hehe.

The NC30 seems to be getting better now, passed its MOT yay! But still gets a little hot under the collar, not totally sure the fan is working again yet and the electrics may be a touch suspect,, still more work to do!