The Best Codecs For Vista?

Hi There fellow vista users, i was just wondering from all of you, what
codecs pack do you use,

ive been running my xp version of ace mega codecs pack and that has
done it for me so far but it crashes my Vlc, so i switched to
stormcodecs but thats temp.

so common and give me a tip of what you think is the best codecs pack
for vista?


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Jay Bee Kay

Vista Codec Pack

Developers site:

'Vista Codec Package Homepage (VCP)' (http://shark007.net/)


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Jay Bee Kay wrote:
> Hi There fellow vista users, i was just wondering from all of you, what
> codecs pack do you use,
>
> ive been running my xp version of ace mega codecs pack and that has
> done it for me so far but it crashes my Vlc, so i switched to
> stormcodecs but thats temp.
>
> so common and give me a tip of what you think is the best codecs pack
> for vista?
>
>

Combined Community Codec Pack http://www.cccp-project.net

Go for *'Vista Codec Package' (http://shark007.net/)*


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"Jay Bee Kay" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi There fellow vista users, i was just wondering from all of you, what
> codecs pack do you use,
>
> ive been running my xp version of ace mega codecs pack and that has
> done it for me so far but it crashes my Vlc, so i switched to
> stormcodecs but thats temp.
>
> so common and give me a tip of what you think is the best codecs pack
> for vista?
>


Codec packs are a bad idea. I only load codecs that are needed. When you
find a file that won't play, download and install just the codec needed for
that file.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

Ramesh Kumar MVP;867262 Wrote:
> Go for *'Vista Codec Package' (http://shark007.net/)*
>

Which is exactly the same place as:

Vista Codec Pack

Developers site:

Vista Codec Package Homepage (VCP)




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smarteyeball

*T*his is not much of a *S*ignature

I have over 10,000 audio and video files using many different codecs on my
server.

The reason codec packs are bad is because poorly programmed codecs can cause
problems with Explorer. A poorly programmed codec can crash Explorer if you
try to open a folder that has a file that uses that codec. That's not to
mention what they do to WMP. Another problem with codec packs is that you
have no control over which codecs are used to decode a given file. You may
have a better codec installed but whatever the codec pack installer decided
was best is what is used. If there is one bad codec in the pack it's very
hard to uninstall that codec. Usually you have to uninstall the pack. Many
codec pack uninstallers are not very good. They often leave a lot of orphans
which can be almost impossible to track down and make troubleshooting codec
problems impossible.

When you first install Windows you may get a few media files that won't
play. If you download and install only the codec that is needed when this
happens you very quickly get all the codecs you need. I only have a few
codecs installed. It's very rare that I find a media file that needs a
different one.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/


"Bob Campbell" <> wrote in message
news: m...
> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
> news:uTaL$...
>>
>> Codec packs are a bad idea. I only load codecs that are needed. When you
>> find a file that won't play, download and install just the codec needed
>> for that file.
>
> For you perhaps this is a good idea. For others that have lots of
> video/audio files in many different formats, a single install that covers
> all the bases makes much more sense.

"Jay Bee Kay" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi There fellow vista users, i was just wondering from all of you, what
> codecs pack do you use,
>
> ive been running my xp version of ace mega codecs pack and that has
> done it for me so far but it crashes my Vlc, so i switched to
> stormcodecs but thats temp.
>
> so common and give me a tip of what you think is the best codecs pack
> for vista?
>
>
> --
> Jay Bee Kay

For QuickTime format (*.mov), QuickTime Alternative 1.81;
http://www.filehippo.com/download_qu...ernative/2615/
The latest version is 2.70, but does not work in any other media player. It just
for streaming.

For Real (*.ram), Real Alternative 1.90;
http://www.filehippo.com/download_real_alternative/

DivX; DivX Play 6.8.4.7;
http://www.filehippo.com/download_divx_play/
Only install the codec. Some even say to avoid DivX as well, fair enough!

That should get you through many file formats. For codecs do *** NOT *** assume
the more you have the better. The inverse, as in, the less codecs that can deal
with more formats, the better.

- Vista Cabal

>> Hi There fellow vista users, i was just wondering from all of you, what
>> codecs pack do you use,
>>
>> ive been running my xp version of ace mega codecs pack and that has
>> done it for me so far but it crashes my Vlc, so i switched to
>> stormcodecs but thats temp.
>>
>> so common and give me a tip of what you think is the best codecs pack
>> for vista?

>For QuickTime format (*.mov), QuickTime Alternative 1.81;
>http://www.filehippo.com/download_qu...ernative/2615/
>The latest version is 2.70, but does not work in any other media player. It just
>for streaming.

I just downloaded and installed 2.70 last night and it worked with
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 (Gabest).

"Dan" <> wrote in message
newsK-...
> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have over 10,000 audio and video files using many different codecs on my
>>server.
>
> If you want to install each and every codec you need one at a time, then knock
> yourself out. I'll stick with the single install.
>
> Let's just agree to disagree.

Don't work yourself up over it, it's not something you've done before anyway. For
the benefit of your understanding Kerry does not require 10,000 codecs for his
10,000 multimedia files.

- Vista Cabal.