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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fineus on September 29, 2002, 04:29:20 pm
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Does anyone know where I can find codecs for video files for use with Windows Media Player 7.1? Most things run but there are several files that put out no sound and the only visual is a large colorful/pixilated block. In short it won't play the movie - scanning to any part of the file won't change matters either.
Anyones thoughts?
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Get divx (http://www.divx.com)
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Originally posted by Thunder
Does anyone know where I can find codecs for video files for use with Windows Media Player 7.1? Most things run but there are several files that put out no sound and the only visual is a large colorful/pixilated block. In short it won't play the movie - scanning to any part of the file won't change matters either.
Anyones thoughts?
search for the tsunami codecs with google, I had the same pb ( well, no sound only ), d/ling it fixed it.
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i've had the same problem before.
follow an0n, he is wise
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Well the DivX player worked (funny, it didn't the last time I tried). I'm still not sure why Media Player won't work with it. Bloomin' Microsoft. Ah well - thanks for the help all.
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How come some things work in Dvix and not media player and vice versa? There are Avi's that you can only open with media player and things niether open but Real player does... I am trying to find a good cross file typeplayer or at least all the codecs for the ones I have so they can play the files they are supposed to!
(Yes the parent sites offer nothing new I always update)..
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I could link to one, but the player is also an intergrated encoder used for making DivX movie copies so I'd best not.
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Bugger that, I'm against comercial game copying publicly on this forum, not movie copying... If it can play everything I chuck at it and it's legal then I'd love the link to it. PM me if you don't want to post it up here.
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Go here (http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/) and get Nimo Codec pack v5.0 Build 8.
Nimo Codec pack contains almost all codecs that are in use nowadays.
Make sure you read what to install and what not, in this case it's from two to four codecs you probably don't want to install.
WARNING !!!
There is an INCOMPATIBILITY with the "TFM Audio Filter v1.0 beta 7" and the Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher 0.95, DO NOT Install them together, chose one of them only if needed
Do not chose the G400 Filter if you do not have G400 graphic cards
Do not install the Bicubic Resizer Filter id you do not have any problem about video upside-down.
Also see WMP 9 Codecs without DRM (http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=6312&category=main)
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Originally posted by Thunder
Bugger that, I'm against comercial game copying publicly on this forum, not movie copying...
:eek2:
:drevil:
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Go here (http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/) and get Nimo Codec pack v5.0 Build 8.
Nimo Codec pack contains almost all codecs that are in use nowadays.
:nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod:
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One alternative for Nimo (which is good of course) is Ace Mega Codecs Pack
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Here's a good Media Player - Zoom Player (http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml) :nod:
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It comes with the latest ACE MCP
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Nimo does have more codecs than what comes with ZoomPlayer. (If it really does include this Ace codec pack)
I have been using Zoom Player for long time, but only after I got Nimo I have been able to see or hear all of my different movies and tv-series (avis, mpgs, so on)
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Gah, just when everything was looking peachy it turns out that it can't play everything. Or rather the visuals work but the audio on the .avi I want to watch is shot. It works on a friends computer...
The audio format is apparently:
"MPEG Layer-3,55 kBits/s,22,050 Hz, Stereo"
And the visuals run fine. Any thoughts?
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do you really need to use WMP 7? If ya don't try Radlight, it's always worked on every sort of video file I've tossed at it so far. (comparatively WMP screws up) http://www.radlight.net/
And if you need to use WMP did you install the codec packs?
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Thunder, did you made full install of Nimo Codec pack (not lite version)? Of course you need to unselect the 2-4 codecs manually.
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Nimo does have more codecs than what comes with ZoomPlayer. (If it really does include this Ace codec pack)
Err... I think I misspelled it :p
I meant that ZoomPlayer comes inside the ACE MCP.
ZoomPlayer is one part of the ACE MCP
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Originally posted by Gortef
Err... I think I misspelled it :p
I meant that ZoomPlayer comes inside the ACE MCP.
ZoomPlayer is one part of the ACE MCP
LOL! OK. :)
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Originally posted by Kamikaze
do you really need to use WMP 7? If ya don't try Radlight, it's always worked on every sort of video file I've tossed at it so far. (comparatively WMP screws up) http://www.radlight.net/
And if you need to use WMP did you install the codec packs?
you didn't throw any SVCD's at it, then? I did, and it killed itself. sure, so does WMP, but still. Radlight is a good player.
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Thunder, just use Media Player 6.4. Best version of MP there is without the bloat.
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nm
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Originally posted by MD-2389
Thunder, just use Media Player 6.4. Best version of MP there is without the bloat.
I tend to agree with you, as that is the version I use, but:
I took a DivX movie over to a friends' to watch, and he had a really old computer. Not quite sure exactly what, but probably in the P200 range. Needless to say, it wasn't able to play the movie (copied to HD first) smoothly enough to watch in MP v6.4. So I figured what the heck, let's try WMP7 - it's installed and all. Well, no one was more surprised than I to discover that WMP7 was able to play the movie with enough of a sembalance of smoothness that it was watchable!
Now, since I'm not all that pressed for DivX performance on my current computer, I'm still avoiding adding the crash-prone WMP7 into my nice clean Win2k installation - v6.4 works fine for me. But still, WMP7 surprised me quite a bit! :nod: ;)
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I don't get this all MP stuff. What is to wrong with MP 7 --> ?
For me they have worked just fine. With MP 8 I just disable the two settings under "Internet settings". And you can always block their internet access in firewall.
But still, I use ZoomPlayer as my primary movie player, and winamp (2.81 as 3 is buggy) for my music.
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Eh? Every version of MP since 6.4 has been a memory HOG for me. Damn thing eats up more RAM than ICQ and Photoshop! Hell, last tim I used MP7 was back when the fastest processor out was like 500MHz. I tried to play a DivX movie (keep in mind that this is back when DivX first became popular) that a friend of mine made. He asked around what ppl's specs were. At the time I was running a K6-2 350 with 256MB of PC100 running at 133MHz. It played fine on 6.4, but it skipped frequently in 7. I haven't had time to download it again and try it on 8 yet, but I've upgraded since then so I doubt I'll be able to tell a diff. :) (I was running *gag* WinME at the time as well...though it was sluggish on 98SE as well.)
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Yiz can get the beta of 9 now. If your pc is up to it ;7
And just to warn people: that Nimo codec pack buggered up my movie players. Mebbe a case of conflicting codes of summat, but I followed the instructions so Nimo gets the blame.
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Nimo didn't work here either but I uninstalled all my codecs (DivX mainly) and installed ACE, works like a dream