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Just formatted a PC here and setup both 400GB HDs to Raid0 and since I'm beginning anew, I would like to know what are some reliable codec packages out there. Reason I'm asking was because one of the packages I downloaded in the past resulted in errors for every file opened with WMP. Be it, mp3 audio, video or streaming media. Hopefully I can avoid the problem this time around so what are your recommendations?
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Snag one of the excellent K-Lite Codec Packs, they have worked perfectly on my machine. The Mega Codec pack includes alternatives to Real and QuickTime. I'd suggest going through and only picking what you're going to use, otherwise you'll waste space on codecs and utils that never get any use.
I recommend you check the following (on the Mega Codec Pack): --Media Player Classic --XviD VFW (not DirectShow) filter --QuickTime and Real Alternative --AC3 Filter --FFDShow There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Eww. It has too much useless stuff. Get the Combined Community Codec Pack.
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And I'll second the Combined Community Codec Pack (with link, biggety bam, no more shit stains in your undies). I got this as replacement for I believe the K-Lite Codec Pack, which was originally a replacement for the Nimo Codec Pack at some point (or vice versa). But yeah, CCCP is the
I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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I will, as always, throw out the recommendation for Defilerpak. Everything you need, nothing you don't. That, or just use a player like VLC Player that plays everything by itself. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
There's nowhere I can't reach.
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The you have to find a suitable media splitter for it. That's one way the packs are convenient, you don't have to search all around for everything you need. Also, ffdshow is also installed with CCCP (but then again, what codec pack doesn't install ffdshow.) This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
killmoms - Well, don't really.
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CCCP, it simply has everything you'll need to play most mainstream media files on the net.
Also, I think the fact that FFDshow should be a prepackaged component or something has already been well established. I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
FELIPE NO |
Both DefilerPak and CCCP basically installs the same core components: ffdshow, Haali's filter, and VSFilter; except CCCP also includes WMV9, Gabest's MPEG2 decoder (not sure why) and two DirectShow players.
CCCP is however, configured in a way so that all the components are fuctioning together in harmony with the players; though I do not know if DefilerPak is configured in a similar fashion. Therefore, I would recommend CCCP as the most compatible codec pack; but there would be nothing wrong with using DefilerPak, either. Packs such as the K-Lite pack or Nimo should be avoided if possible. They install far too many codecs and filters which are also left with the default options, causing compatibility issues. It would be fine if one knew what they were doing and chose the correct components and configured it properly, but for the majority of people who just hammer Next at the installation screen it breaks compatibility. VideoLAN is able to decode most formats without the hassle of installing anything else. (And because of this I found it the most versatile in Linux.) But I didn't like the fact that their subtitles were too plain and I never managed to get it to display a small border around the subtitles. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Besides, I like plain subs. ![]() Jam it back in, in the dark.
killmoms - Well, don't really.
Makin' trailers er'ry day. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
![]() When it comes to the little multimedia wonders from planet Windows, waiting for anything to go open source has almost never been an option. "Re-write from scratch" just happens to be the formula the Linux people archieved the most with up until now. It wouldn't hurt to write a completly new, open-source rendering engine for *.ssa and *.ass subs, the same way it didn't hurt to write a music player/media library that already surpasses the famed iTunes in many respects (I'm talking - of course - about amaroK). Edit: Oh and Wikipedia just tells me, the VSFilter is actually licenced under the GPL. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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I was using CCCP and Defilerpak for a while but then when I tried using Virtualdub I found that mysteriously there was no way to encode anything in xvid or divx or whatever. What ever happened to all those encoder codecs I had when I had K-lite codec pack? Dunno but when I reinstalled K-lite codec pack again I was able to encode shit again.
So what codec pack out there will let me encode and decode all I need? I'm listening. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I was speaking idiomatically. |
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