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Which CODEC pack is BEST?????????

redgtxdi

redgtxdi

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OK, hopefully this will help some folks here too, but my question first.....(per the title).......anybody got a favorite/best/ultimate, etc.?

I went here........http://www.free-codecs.com/ and it looks like there are a few of the common codec packs I've heard before. Let me start by saying......

I H-A-T-E SPYWARE!!!! (said with the fury of a thousand suns)

That said, I like things like "Quicktime Alternative", and the "K-lite codec" packages as opposed to their latest counterparts.

In this particular case, I want to send some videos I've shrunk to e-mail size to my folks back east, but I can just about guarantee they don't have a DivX codec to view these videos with. Normally I'd send 'em to DivX.com & let 'em d/l the whole thing, but I've heard bad things about spyware lately. Soooooo.........I was thinking of maybe just the K-lite *basic* codec pack????

TIA!!
 
Microsoft Anti Spyware, been using it for months and I love it.

Daily scans at 2 AM and automatic updates.

 
i get klite mega codec pack. its really nice. there's a tutorial somewhere to make it a silent install too, i think you just go to a command line to run the setup with a swtich called -silent or -silentinstall or something.
 
Very cool. Thanks for the info guys. Nice to know DivX.com is spyware free....(Yes, I use Adaware with Spybot together on all my systems).

And, looks like the K-lite mega pack (which I was curious about) is a good pack. That sounds like a good way to go. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
ffsdhow

Freeware, open-source, and reads almost everything. There is no reason to use any other "codec pack" out there for decoding.

- M4H
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That one does not work for a few video files that I have (Gspot says they require some MPEG2 codec). There is a reason to use another "codec pack" for a few files that may be encoded with some unusual setting. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: ProviaFan
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
ffsdhow

Freeware, open-source, and reads almost everything. There is no reason to use any other "codec pack" out there for decoding.

- M4H
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That one does not work for a few video files that I have (Gspot says they require some MPEG2 codec). There is a reason to use another "codec pack" for a few files that may be encoded with some unusual setting. 🙂
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For those odd MPEG2 files, use VLC

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
For those odd MPEG2 files, use VLC

- M4H
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They must be really odd, because VLC plays the audio but not the video. Stinky's MPEG2 codec plays the video, but it is compressed horizontally (the video is taller than it is wide, so everything is distorted). I can't remember how ffdshow handled it, but it wasn't "right" either as I recall. 🙁

Edit: I forgot to mention that these files played perfectly on a previous OS install (Athlon XP plus WinXP Pro), but I can't figure out what's different now (I have had problems with the files on both XP Pro and XP x64 on my Athlon 64 X2 system).
 
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