Codec's Where

[Jack Black]

When I am trying to play movies on Media Player I am constantly being
told that I lack the appropriate Codec.

Is their a site somewhere that can supply all the Codec's required my
Media Player?

Thanks

 

[bxf]

CODECs are not actually "required by Media Player". CODECs are required
by ANY player, unless it has its own builtin decoders (e.g. VLC and
Media Player Classic use builtin decoders for some, if not all file
types).

The CODEC(s) you require depend on the CODEC used to encode the movie
you are trying to watch. I suppose I'm beginning to sound like a parrot
with my repetitive posts, but I find the easiest solution to many CODEC
related issues is to simply install FFDSHOW (latest version on
www.afterdawn.com). This can be configured to take the place of many
separate CODECs and can even be used to encode, should you have a need
for that. Also, it looks to me that it decodes DivX files more
efficiently (i.e. uses less CPU) than DivX itself. Highly recommended.

 

[Guest]

I suggest you download GSpot Video codec identification utility it identifies
which video codec and audio compression method is used on .avi files, whether
the matching codec is installed, and more.

Features:

· Determines which video codec an AVI file uses
· Determines what audio encoding method the file uses
· Determines what codecs you have installed, and whether you have the one
needed
· Up-to-date database of over 200 codecs, including the latest DivX 5 and
XVID systems
· Shows reported audio bitrate and calculates video bitrate
· Reports if the file is truncated, and how many bytes are missing. Great
for downloaders.
· Identifies MPG, MPEG, MOV, WMA, WMV, ASF or OGG/OGM if an unknown non-AVI
file is examined.
· Shows RIFF INFO (title, etc) if present, including hidden ASCII in the
"JUNK" field
· Easy to use ("File > Load" and you're done)
· Microscopic footprint - download size only 29KB
· Free for personal use