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  1. hi people hope you can help. got a film and it says its THX. now i know normaly that means thanks but not use if this is what was ment. i have other codac but this film still didnt play. if THX is a codac anyone know where i could find it?
    than you
    sally
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  2. THX is not a codec

    THX, named after THX 1138 (George Lucas' first feature film), was developed at Lucasfilm in the early 1980s. George Lucas wanted a way to ensure a movie would look and sound exactly the same no matter where it was played. Tomlinson Holman, former corporate technical director for Lucasfilm, and a team of THX engineers took on the challenge of developing a baseline set of standards.

    They noted several theater shortcomings that might negatively affect an audience's enjoyment of a film:

    Outside noise (from the lobby or other auditoriums)
    Inside noise (from the projector or air conditioning)
    Audio distortion
    Obstructed or uncomfortable viewing angles
    Reverberation in the auditorium
    Insufficiently bright images
    Unequalized or poor audio

    The essence of THX is a set of guidelines that resolve these problems. To display the THX logo, a theater must adopt this set of standards and then be certified by Lucasfilm's THX division. The first movie to be shown in a THX-certified auditorium was Return of the Jedi in 1983. There are now more than 2,000 auditoriums around the world that have been certified.

    If you have a file that wont play try downloading and installing the nimo codec pack, as this includes most of the codecs you will need.

    Hope this clears things up.

    Craig
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  3. thanks for hte help, still didnt play but i did get the nimo pack. god knows what ive installed as i dont know what half of it is.lol
    sally
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