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*kaybing27* · 26-12-2005

Anyone with trouble with codecs, or just want to see whats installed and whats broken or working...

CODEC SNIPER!! http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Codec_Sniper

*DiiZzY* · 26-12-2005

http://www.lirell.com/tbg/
Preconfigured and it does work and uninstall itself correctly :-P
//Danne

Fallingwater · 27-12-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gurm

Nimo isn't as bad as say the Kazaa Lite Codec Pack, or whatever that one is called

That'd be the K-Lite codec pack. I don't think it has anything to do with Kazaa at all, though.

Quote:

But seriously, there's no need - just install 'em as you need 'em. Odds are you only need half a dozen, total, anyway!

I still think you should use a player that uses its own codecs.
This way you can watch anything you want, adding codecs as you need them without polluting your windows installation, while applications that need specific codecs are free to install them without conflicts.

That Codec sniper program seems to be good. I'll give it a go.

*Gurm* · 27-12-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallingwater

That'd be the K-Lite codec pack. I don't think it has anything to do with Kazaa at all, though.

I still think you should use a player that uses its own codecs.
This way you can watch anything you want, adding codecs as you need them without polluting your windows installation, while applications that need specific codecs are free to install them without conflicts.

That Codec sniper program seems to be good. I'll give it a go.

Video Toolkit... Toolbox? Something. It's advertised in here occasionally. It also seems to be good at codec management, sort of GSpot plus Codec Sniper all in one.

*Id33k* · 27-12-2005

I like the Core Media Player, it plays almost every media file there is.

Fallingwater · 03-01-2006

Bringing this thread back up because I found an interesting ability of mplayer. Not only it can play basically any existing codec, but it can also transcode them.

My digicam is a very good one, but it has the annoying feature of recording movies in .mov quicktime format, not good ol' avi. I googled for a converter but everything I found was either buggy, complicated to use or pathetically unable to make sense of the files my digicam spits out (which are apparently not exactlty standard quicktime files).
I had a read at the mplayer man page, and found out that with a simple series of commands it will record to a mpeg4 avi any video file you feed it. It worked like a charm converting those pesky mov files to avi. I think it can convert to other formats too... I'm not sure because I don't actually need any other format. But there are few (if any) players that can eat anything (mov, wmv, those irritating realmedia files) and spit out a bog-standard avi.

*DiiZzY* · 03-01-2006

But the transcode engine leaves much to desire, I guess Haali's MKV/OGM/MOV splitter can handle your MOV files btw.
//Danne

Fallingwater · 04-01-2006

Why do you say that? It's done a swell job with my files.

*DiiZzY* · 04-01-2006

Because it does, it lacks important settings and does quirky things from time to time.
//Danne

26-12-2005	#26 (permalink)
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DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,916	Re: Best Media Player http://www.lirell.com/tbg/ Preconfigured and it does work and uninstall itself correctly :-P //Danne

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03-01-2006	#31 (permalink)
Fallingwater CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429	Re: Best Media Player Bringing this thread back up because I found an interesting ability of mplayer. Not only it can play basically any existing codec, but it can also transcode them. My digicam is a very good one, but it has the annoying feature of recording movies in .mov quicktime format, not good ol' avi. I googled for a converter but everything I found was either buggy, complicated to use or pathetically unable to make sense of the files my digicam spits out (which are apparently not exactlty standard quicktime files). I had a read at the mplayer man page, and found out that with a simple series of commands it will record to a mpeg4 avi any video file you feed it. It worked like a charm converting those pesky mov files to avi. I think it can convert to other formats too... I'm not sure because I don't actually need any other format. But there are few (if any) players that can eat anything (mov, wmv, those irritating realmedia files) and spit out a bog-standard avi.

03-01-2006	#32 (permalink)
DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,916	Re: Best Media Player But the transcode engine leaves much to desire, I guess Haali's MKV/OGM/MOV splitter can handle your MOV files btw. //Danne

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04-01-2006	#33 (permalink)
Fallingwater CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429	Re: Best Media Player Why do you say that? It's done a swell job with my files.

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DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,916	Re: Best Media Player Because it does, it lacks important settings and does quirky things from time to time. //Danne

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