I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.

What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD movies on
WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.

Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many different
codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.

Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.

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Walter
www.rationality.net
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[X-post to WMP NG]

The best codec is the one required to view the video in question.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Walter R. wrote:
> I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.
>
> What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD movies on
> WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.
>
> Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many different
> codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.

Right, but how can I find the correct codec for a particular movie?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> [X-post to WMP NG]
>
> The best codec is the one required to view the video in question.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
> Walter R. wrote:
>> I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.
>>
>> What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD movies
>> on
>> WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.
>>
>> Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many different
>> codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.
>>
>> Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.
>

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 20 MB (Freeware)
http://www.codecguide.com/features_mega.htm


ju.c


"Walter R." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.
>
> What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD movies on
> WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.
>
> Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many different
> codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.
>
> --
> Walter

Seconded.

ju.c wrote:
> K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 20 MB (Freeware)
> http://www.codecguide.com/features_mega.htm
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "Walter R." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.
>>
>> What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD
>> movies on WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.
>>
>> Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many
>> different codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.
>>
>> Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.
>>
>> --
>> Walter

This utility will do that nicely:

GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.70a]

And that's part of the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack that ju.c mentioned:

http://www.codecguide.com/features_mega.htm

That will have just about *any* codec you need. :-)


Walter R. wrote:
> Right, but how can I find the correct codec for a particular movie?
>
>> [X-post to WMP NG]
>>
>> The best codec is the one required to view the video in question.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>> Walter R. wrote:
>>> I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.
>>>
>>> What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD
>>> movies on
>>> WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.
>>>
>>> Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many
>>> different codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.

If you mean the type of DVD intended for standalone players, these do not
require a codec, but a DVD-player app such as PowerDVD or WinDVD to be
installed.

WMP doesn't in fact have the native capability to play DVDs, but if a
suitable app is installed it will use this app's interface.

This differs from the likes of DivX/XViD which does utilise a codec.

To complicate matters further, some codecs can play unencrypted .VOB files
as found on DVDs, but not the encrypted, region-locked ones.

"Walter R." wrote:

> I am using win Xp Pro SP3 and Windows Media Player 11.
>
> What is the best codec pack that will allow me to watch most DVD movies on
> WMP11? I like the way WMP displays movies.
>
> Until I bought a DVD recorder/player, I never realized how many different
> codecs are necessary to watch movies on my computer.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment. This is new to me.
>
> --
> Walter
> www.rationality.net
> -
>
>
>

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:11:23 -0700, "Walter R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>
>>Right, but how can I find the correct codec for a particular movie?

Check out www.afterdawn.com and www.videohelp.com

These are both geared toward creating and burning DVD's, CD's, SVCD's,
etc, etc. But there is a lot of basic knowledge available there too.

To ID codecs in video files, I use GSpot (freeware)
http://gspot.headbands.com/
It will give you a whole lot of other helpful info, too.


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PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> [X-post to WMP NG]
>
> The best codec is the one required to view the video in question.

Now THAT is some useful information. Why did you bother to reply?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>> [X-post to WMP NG]
>>
>> The best codec is the one required to view the video in question.
>
>Now THAT is some useful information. Why did you bother to reply?

He gets like that some days. Maybe he's tired of being an MVP and is
trying to lose the title.