Re: Codec for Vista 64-bit

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> I want to start an avi movie on vista but I need codecs. I searched for
> some and I was advised to use the shark one but it didn't install on my
> vista.
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> I tried downloading a player that runs everything but the video quality
> was terrible and played upside down. Any ideas?
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Problem:
You installed Shark007's Vista Codec Pack (32-bit), but it doesn't seem to
work.


Solution:
Go into \Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\ and start wmplayer.exe.
Click on AVI file you want to view and it should work.


Recommendation:
Create a shortcut for \Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
to Desktop and/or Quick Launch.


Explanation:
The Vista Codec Pack is for Windows Media Player 32-bit.

There are two versions of Windows Media Player on Vista x64, 32-bit and
64-bit.
64-bit \Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
32-bit \Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe

If you click on an AVI or any media that WMP is associated with, by default
it will start the 64-bit WMP (for which you did not install any codecs).

If you already have 32-bit WMP open, then clicking on AVI file causes it to
use 32-bit WMP (and use the 32-bit codecs you installed).

64-bit WMP needs 64-bit codecs for it to work.

I use K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 2.6.3 installed along with Vista Codec Pack
5.3.7 for 32-bit.