Install Windows Media Foundation Server 2008 R2

Install Windows Media Foundation Server 2008 R2
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Install Windows Media Foundation Server 2008 R2

We're implementing a solution which builds atop the Windows Media Foundation. Our solution needs to decode an Mp4 file. When we try on a 64-bit Server 2008 R2 box, we get the following error: 0xC00D5212 (MFETOPOCODECNOTFOUND). When we run the same code on Windows 7, it works. I have reduced it down to the fact that the Microsoft H264 Video Decoder MFT is missing on the Server 2008 box (by inspecting what MFT the code running on the Windows 7 box uses). How do I resolve this situation?

To install the Windows Media Player on Windows Server 2008 R2, you should add the Desktop Experience feature. Go to Server Manager, then Features, then add it. How to install the media foundation feature for Win2008 R2. Lync Server 2013. You have to install windows desktop experience for media foundation. Home > Windows > Windows Server. But don't have Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation for. To install Foundation Version. On install it provides a drop.

How do I install the Microsoft H264 Video Decoder MFT on the Server 2008 box? Thanks in advance, Ben. I think it is more a licensing issue.

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Sql Server 2008 R2 Install

If you look at the EULA for client operating systems, there are restrictions on what you can do with the encoders and decoders. There was a recent discussion in this forum on this topic. For a server os the licensing was likely more expensive and, since most people who run servers are not decoding and encoding video, it was not considered a good business decision to pay the licensing fee for every copy. This is just my theory. Core player symbian s60 3rd. Please use Vote As Helpful (green up arrow at top-left of posts) and Mark As Answer where appropriate. My dshow site is.

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