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CODECS?

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  • Started 6 months ago by carstenassersegsten
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carstenassersegsten
Posts: 3

I am not an very experienced pc user.
My Question Goes Like This:I have a 64 bit windows 7 home premium OS,and i have used K-Lite for years now but Windows Media Player is swalloving all my CPU,and i have been aware off Shark 007 64 components 3.9.0.
Would it make any improvement to install these codec instead.

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gedstar
gedstar
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You could try installing this, I use it instead of Windows Media player, plays all forms of media

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

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StringJunky
StringJunky
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A far as I understand, it's best to ONLY get the codecs you actually need otherwise your pc will suffer a performance penalty in some way.

VLC player is a good one.

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whs
whs
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There are very few codecs that Windows 7 does not support out of the box. Codecs are dangerous and I would not use them. Rather use VLC as suggested.

http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/.....ks_Are_Bad

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carstenassersegsten
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Thanks,I will use the K-Lite like i do now(do not fix something that is not broken)

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vistamike
vistamike
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Do not use K-Lite unless you want to add to problems!

This is all you need; http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

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