codecs

[hiten55]

i've just rebuilt my pc as it was well overdue a refurb - been about 3.5 years since the last one.new hdd's,more mem etc... question is, i need codecs and have no idea what the best set is at the mo...

whats everyone using / recommend?

[MaveriK]

Look for ACEMCP593SELECT and install it.

Download and install the latest divx and xvid codecs

[edd_t]

i usually just download the latest divx, seems to do the job for most things.

[Epic]

i use "storm codec"

[hiten55]

cool thanks guys...

[Thorin]

My best advice would be don't bother with a lot of these "codec packs".

ffdshow will play most things... http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&package_id=199421

[hiten55]

My best advice would be don't bother with a lot of these "codec packs".

ffdshow will play most things... http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&package_id=199421

cool, was gonna use the ace pack but i dojnt really like it to be honest. i'll give this a go :)

[Thorin]

cool, was gonna use the ace pack but i dojnt really like it to be honest. i'll give this a go :)

I'm always suspicious of these "packs", who knows what they include. I'd be particularly worried about installing some randomly named exe such as ACEMCP593I'mgoingtoh4x0ryourcomputerSELECT.exe when there's no real info out there about it. ;)

[hiten55]

I'm always suspicious of these "packs", who knows what they include. I'd be particularly worried about installing some randomly named exe such as ACEMCP593I'mgoingtoh4x0ryourcomputerSELECT.exe when there's no real info out there about it. ;)

:rlol: luckily i'm still a bit computer savvy ;)

[Thorin]

I think I pretty much just have ffdshow, latest divx (although ffdshow will play back Divx/xvid etc. quite happily), and the matroska splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/) for playing .mkv files.

...oh and AC3Filter, as it's better for playing back AC3 audio apparently but it's not really needed. http://ac3filter.net/projects/ac3filter

[hiten55]

I think I pretty much just have ffdshow, latest divx (although ffdshow will play back Divx/xvid etc. quite happily), and the matroska splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/) for playing .mkv files.

...oh and AC3Filter, as it's better for playing back AC3 audio apparently but it's not really needed. http://ac3filter.net/projects/ac3filter

what a coincidence, thats exactly what i have :sly:

[wile e coyote]

Type all in one codec into google then download it