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Is this a bodgy codec?
Posted: 2007-05-28 07:07am
by Vympel
So I downloaded the latest episode of the unknown ... medical ... practitioner, and the damn thing won't play unless I download their own codec- namely
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http://www.3wplayer.com/download.php?affiliate=NP_0395
That.
Can anyone vouch for that codec? I'm not downloading some bodgy shit.
Posted: 2007-05-28 07:20am
by Bounty
3wplayer is malware disguised as a media player; avoid it like the plague. Any media file that requires a specific, non-brand-name player to open is almost 99% certain to be malware.
Try to find another source for the file you are trying to view.
Posted: 2007-05-28 07:24am
by Darwin
I'm assuming this is an aXXo-rip file, so lemme know if otherwise.
Yeah, you shouldn't download that 3wplayer crap, 3wplayer is known to be loaded with spyware. It will disable your anti-spyware and anti-virus programs. Bodgy shit indeed.
If you got that file from anywhere but TorrentSpy, it's probably a fake.
If it's legit, aXXo doesn't use anything super weird. Get the
G-spot codec information appliance to see what you'll need. You SHOULD be able to play nearly everything with
CCCP installed.[/url]
Posted: 2007-05-28 07:41am
by Vympel
It's not an aXXo as far as I can tell- I got it from mininova, not torrentspy. Dammit, what a fuckign waste of 350 valuable megs.