Video Codecs

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2006-07-29 11:35am

I'm looking for a download that has all, or almost all, the video codecs out there so I can watch any kind of video on my computer. I used to have such a thing, but in my recent cleansing of my files I apparently deleted a codec I had (videos I used to be able to watch I now only get sound or won't play) and when I search for the file I had downlaoded I can't find it.

Any help?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-07-29 11:41am

VLCplayer from my knowledge has nearly every codec intergrated in the install.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-07-29 11:45am

KL Codec pack perhaps?

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2006-07-29 11:48am

Ace, I was looking for something that let me run things with WMP, insted of a new player for everything.

Bounty wrote:KL Codec pack perhaps?

Fuck, That's what I have, I thought that was Kazaa Lite so I wasn't running it. Thanks

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-07-29 11:50am

Oh, another fellow WMP10 user, my mistake. Yes, KL codec pack is good.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-07-29 11:54am

Fuck, That's what I have, I thought that was Kazaa Lite so I wasn't running it. Thanks

I think it may have started off as a spin-off of Kazaa Lite in a dark and distant past but it's not related anymore as far as I know.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-07-29 12:11pm

You might be interested in the Combined Community Codec Pack. You have to uninstall all your other codecs to use it, but once it's installed and configured (very minimal configuration) you can play just about any video file out there with its built in video players. In some cases it's better than VLC at handling unusual file types.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-07-29 02:11pm

The Defiler Pak should give you just about everything you need.

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2006-07-29 04:18pm

Ender wrote:Ace, I was looking for something that let me run things with WMP, insted of a new player for everything.

There are quite a few video formats which Windows Media Player doesn't support. VLC usually does support them, and it has a much cleaner interface with more important features and less crap.

WMP can do a lot if you get the right codec pack, but VLC can do more, better. If your momentum is that strong, stay with WMP, but otherwise VLC is just a much nicer choice.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-07-29 04:33pm

I dunno about that. I've got some fansubs in MKV format where the DirectShow-based players render the subtitles beautifully, but VLC just shits the bed and makes them look awful. I'm also not a fan of the VLC interface... for some reason it won't let me map volume control to the mousewheel, and I hate... hate the fact that clicking on the progress bar does not jump to the very point that you clicked on, but rather just advances the video by some stupid arbitrary increment.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-07-29 04:53pm

I just get the KL Lite Codec pack and run Media Player Classic. You don't need anything else, baby.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-07-29 05:18pm

Media Player Classic and the CCCP Codec pack.

Rin · Post by **Rin** » 2006-07-29 08:07pm

Combined Community Codec Pack, Media Player Classic that is included in it, with Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative plays everything I have.

Just do not install Alternative's MPC, as CCCP's MPC is already configured to work.

CCCP FAQ linky and if you really want to use it, CCCP is "partially compatible" with WiMP10

--Rin

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2006-07-29 08:26pm

I just point most of my friends towards a windows port of Mplayer -there are a bunch of GUI frontends for it. Alas, it doesn't have a plugin for web browsers on Windows.

mizuno · Post by **mizuno** » 2006-07-30 04:42am

Uraniun235 wrote:'m also not a fan of the VLC interface... for some reason it won't let me map volume control to the mousewheel, and I hate... hate the fact that clicking on the progress bar does not jump to the very point that you clicked on, but rather just advances the video by some stupid arbitrary increment.

These reasons plus vlc's broken softsub support are the reasons why I prefer CCCP which comes with media player classic and is the best out of all the combinations I've ever used. Plus it is pretty much idiot proof and will play virturally any video file you'll ever come across

Netko · Post by **Netko** » 2006-07-30 05:28am

Someone should make VLC the engine for MPC's video reproduction. It's superior in some ways (for example, it can directly open a file being downloaded by DC++, it neatly avoids codec conflicts, etc.), but the GUI is such an atrocity that I only use it when I really really truly have to.

Uranium, you can map it, but it only works fullscreen, without the GUI (yay for crappy GUI).