[THIN] Re: OT - Windows Media Player
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:47:05 -0000
You can always use a codec-less player like VLC, and not have to worry
about codec hell on the machine. VLC plays practically anything, and is
open source, from what I remember.
Neil
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Sent: 03 March 2009 16:11
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Subject: [THIN] Re: OT - Windows Media Player
Warren Awesome Link! I ran it up on my Vista PC and can now
even do MPEGS along with Divx
Best download site I found was at:
http://www.free-codecs.com/FFDshow_download.htm
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Warren Simondson
<caditc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ffdshow is the best codec. It's never failed me yet in
over 4 years of using it. It's a sourceforge.net
<http://sourceforge.net/>
project so just google it and you see many versions out
there. I use rev2693.
--
Warren Simondson
Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
<http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au/>
Quoting "Hamilton, Ronnie" <ronnie.hamilton@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> Need some feedback on the type of codec you guys are
using in Vista
> for
> users to play video files?
>
> The Microsoft site links me too a roxio plug in or
upgrade to
> Ultimate
> edition so there are costs involved.
>
> I have managed to successfully download K-lite codec
and this seems
> to
> get me working but as this seems to be shareware and
has links on
> the
> site to reg cleaners and the like, I'm a bit concerned
what other
> mal
> ware this is installing on the machine.
>
> Is there a know safe codec's that can be installed on
Vista Business
> without compromising security or is It best to
purchase something
> like
> the Roxio plug-in?
>
> Thanks
> Ronnie
>
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