You don't need the hardware MPEG but it does reduce system loads if you got it. All you really need to do is get codecs MCE can use installed, a common one is installed with Cyberlink's Power DVD, Winfast has one, nVidia's purevideo can be used and so forth. On the microsoft site is a utility called MCE deccheck that can help sort out which codecs on any given system is in use.
Mine uses the codecs that come with powerdvd 6, as I've found them the most consistant.
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