http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Your best codecs on Vista ? en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:08:37 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22891 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:57:19 +0000 firbec 22891@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>what can I say :) I will check this.<br /> thx again, ScottW </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22889 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:50:01 +0000 ScottW 22889@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>firbec, there are a number of tools that everyone should have available codec "maintenance", so to speak. One of the first that you should get is MediaInfo from SourceForge:<br /> <a href='http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net'>http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net</a></p> <p>This small, freeware tool lets you see what video and audio streams are inside any video container. Most media files, such as .avi, are containers which can hold different kinds of video and audio streams. It is the *streams* that require codecs, not the containers. Well, mostly -- there are exceptions to those statements. Use MediaInfo to look at any media file to find out what container, video stream, and audio stream are in it. Then you will know which codecs that you need to playback that file. And, again, my advice is to only install the codecs that you need. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22888 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:43:24 +0000 firbec 22888@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Great answer, ScottW<br /> for now I have only Vista on my PC and when I want to play any kind of .avi with WMP, there is no video at all. Because of that I ask for codecs.<br /> thx a lot... I will try with your sugestion codecs.</p> <p>regards </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22886 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:20:26 +0000 ScottW 22886@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Here is a quick list I threw together of codecs that I have used and are stable under Vista. If you need a codec for a particular format, just ask.</p> <p>BUILT-IN TO VISTA<br /> DVD video - MPEG-2, MPEG-1, Dolby Digital audio<br /> WMV - Windows Media Video up to WMV-HD (VC-1), Windows media audio (all), streaming</p> <p>RECOMMENDED<br /> CoreAVC (paid) - best quality H.264, MPEG-4 AVC decoding<br /> Koepi's XviD - for MPEG 4 ASP files, DivX, XviD, and M4V<br /> Haali Media Splitter - matroska (MKV) playback<br /> ffdshow-tryouts - rare and oddball formats, FLV, M-JPEG, H.263, H.261, et. al.</p> <p>INSTALL IF NEEDED<br /> Quicktime - quicktime (.qt,.mov, streaming QT)<br /> RealPlayer - Real (.rmvb, streaming rv) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22853 Mon, 05 May 2008 23:54:26 +0000 FMZ 22853@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I've been using K Lite for a year now on 2 laptops, no problems so far. Just my experience. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22849 Mon, 05 May 2008 23:20:18 +0000 ScottW 22849@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I strongly urge you NOT to use any codec packs! In my experience, and that of others, they are often the cause of much trouble. We just recently had a poster who was unable to play some videos. After removing a codec pack (K-lite, to be exact) her trouble was resolved. However, it took several days and much work to resolve.</p> <p>Instead, get the codecs that you need when you need them. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22846 Mon, 05 May 2008 22:51:01 +0000 coates719 22846@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I use K Lite codec pack and it works fine for me.</p> <p><a href='http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/'>http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cubedesktop-on-vista-#post-22836 Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:11 +0000 firbec 22836@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Which codecs you have on your Vista to works well ? </p>