Codecs

[Jim]

I've managed to take a bunch of tapes from my camcorders, captured in
MM, done a lot of editing, with titles, chapters, etc. and burned to DVD
using Ulead DVD Workshop. I ended up with DVDs that play fine on my
computer and a few TVs, so I must have done something right without
knowing it. I know from nothing about codecs, but there's a lot of talk
about them on this and other forums. I have read several of the web
sites, know what form my DVD is via GSpot, but have as yet do not have a
good understanding as to where codec files should be stored on my hard
drive so they're available when I run into different extension type as I
play with input from different sources.

Can someone PLEASE either spell it out in terms that this old phart can
understand, or point me to a source like "Codecs for Dummies"?

TIA....................Jim

 

[John Inzer]

I've managed to take a bunch of tapes from my camcorders,
captured in MM, done a lot of editing, with titles,
chapters, etc. and burned to DVD using Ulead DVD
Workshop. I ended up with DVDs that play fine on my
computer and a few TVs, so I must have done something
right without knowing it. I know from nothing about
codecs, but there's a lot of talk about them on this and
other forums. I have read several of the web sites, know
what form my DVD is via GSpot, but have as yet do not
have a good understanding as to where codec files should
be stored on my hard drive so they're available when I
run into different extension type as I play with input
from different sources.

Can someone PLEASE either spell it out in terms that this
old phart can understand, or point me to a source like
"Codecs for Dummies"?

TIA....................Jim

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Maybe the following links will offer some ideas.

Windows Media Player FAQ: Using codecs
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/codec.mspx

That nice new Compatibilty tab in Windows Movie Maker 2.1
http://blogs.msdn.com/deanro/archive/2004/08/22/218501.aspx

Movie Maker 2 - Video Codecs
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-Codecs.html

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html

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