[THIN] Re: OT - Windows Media Player
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:02:21 -0500
Yeah VLC is pretty good but I do like Media Player. There is even a
portable version of VLC you can put on a usb stick over at portableapps.com
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Braebaum, Neil <
Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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>
> 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
>> project so just google it and you see many versions out there. I use
>> rev2693.
>> --
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>> 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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