understanding codec

fester · 14-10-2002 9:07pm #1

what do codec files look like?
Are they .dll files?
Can u just copy these files from one system to another?

I know u guys know... so spit it out :P

Dun · 15-10-2002 12:59am

Audio codecs end in .acm

I dunno if they can just be copied from one system to another though.. If you're looking for a special codec, it should come with an installer anyway, and in any case most codecs come with Windoze. Well later versions. (Except high-bitrate mp3 encoding codecs afaik).

spongebob · 15-10-2002 8:48am

they are normally part of the OS installation, usually in Add/Remove Progs and then Windows Components.

Winamp comes with its own codecs which register as alternatives to the native windows ones. Winamp for example has an Ogg Vorbis decoder where Xp still lacks one which would be called in by the media player if it came across an Ogg encoded file.

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fester · 15-10-2002 4:55pm

Thanks dun_do_bheal, got the audio files. I'll try copying them later.

But i also need to know the extension of the movie/video codec. Anyone?

GUI · 16-10-2002 11:59pm

mpeg
mp1
mp2
mpv
mpeg-1
mpeg-2
avi
divx

theres a few

Dun · 17-10-2002 6:51am

Originally posted by fester
Thanks dun_do_bheal, got the audio files. I'll try copying them later.

But i also need to know the extension of the movie/video codec. Anyone?

There it gets a bit more complicated. I'm not sure if there is also a special video codec extension, but I know there are video codecs ending in dll - which as you probably know is the extension for a million other dynamic link libraries of all kinds. So obviously it's not going to be as easy to pick them out. Have a look at the Video Codecs under the Properties tab of the Sounds and Multimedia panel in the Control Panel, and you'll see what's installed on your system.

fester · 23-10-2002 8:37am

turns out that i wasn't able to find the video codec files.

Ahh well :rolleyes:

Thanks anyway!

Dun · 24-10-2002 1:41am

If you still want to find them, perhaps try this site:

http://www.moviecodec.com/

I'm not familiar with this site - just remember, Google is your friend!

Kramer · 24-10-2002 5:10am

IMO, THE best codec pack is downloadable from here .

If it's VOB codecs your after, get Zoomplayer (use google) & in filter properties it'll name all codecs & search your system for them.

But do install the Nimo pack first - it'll play pretty much anything.

kaimera · 25-10-2002 10:53pm

From a recent experience, copying the audio codecs wont work.
It took a re-install of XP to get mine back after I...well never mind how they got deleted.

sceptre · 25-10-2002 11:00pm

Originally posted by Kaimera
From a recent experience, copying the audio codecs wont work.
It took a re-install of XP to get mine back after I...well never mind how they got deleted.

Yeah, generally they have to be registered (in the registry, not with the big bad software company) before they can be used. If they don't come up in the video codecs panel (on win2k: control panel, sounds and multimedia, hardware tab, select video or audio codecs, properties, then click properties tab) they're just not going to work. If you've manually deleted one you just might get away with just dropping it back into place.

kaimera · 25-10-2002 11:06pm

If you've manually deleted one you just might get away with just dropping it back into place

I deleted them via the properties tab in my hardware menu.
They were still on my machine just not installed any more.

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