2010-12-08, 19:03
XBMC uses its own codecs, so it doesn't require any codec packs installed. All it requires is DirectX, which it installs during setup if it doesn't find it previously installed. I don't think it makes any difference to XBMC if a codec pack is installed on the system or not, but I've never looked too deeply into that. But you'll need to install codecs if you want to play the video files in other players...