• Codec packs such as K-Lite are not suitable for Mediacaster; rather use Ffdshow Tryouts (http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/).
• The Nero media player should not be installed on the Player. It may cause problems in some cases.
• In Windows Vista and 7 if you do not turn off User Account Control then each time you run Mediacaster, UAC will ask for confirmation. You can turn off User Account Control in Start/Control Panel/User Accounts/Turn User Account Control on or off.
• If your Windows "Regional and Language Options" is set to non English "Standards and Formats" and you get a database error when you start Mediacaster then you need to install the following Microsoft update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913296
• If you are running Windows in Italian then PDFCreator from SourceForge.net must not be installed as it is not compatible with the Manager.
• Windows XP, 2003, Vista and 7 has DirectX and Media Player preinstalled but Windows 2000 does not.
• Download the latest DirectX here: http://www.microsoft.com/directx.
• Download the latest Media Player here: http://www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer