ALL CODECS YOULL EVER NEED FOR XP SP1 FOR DIVX AND MPEG

[locco]

Can someone PLEASE!!! help me figure out the ONLY codecs I need for XP SP1 so that I can view ANY movie of DIVX AVI MPEG etc... I am having alot of trouble viewing downloaded TV episodes aways seems to be something wrong wether its sound or some of my AVI dvdrips look SQEEEEEZED together when I view them in POWERDVD...that is the program I wish to view my files with...I have had a nothing but problems with NIMO becasue it doesnt like SP1, it doesnt right to the correct file therefore i get and IGNORE command about 20 times during the installation of NIMO...one big problem that I come across is windows giving me ERROR REPORTS when Im trying to view movies...this really ticks me off..then I usually just REINSTALL everting....I need to talk personally with a CODEC PRO!!!!! please msg me on MSN locco@columbus.rr.com or email me there too...I need to know what codecs do where they go what filters do and go and what ones i need for XP SP1, i dont want anything that screws up my sys..i want a clean set of codecs that work!!! this seems hard to come by these days till ppl start standardizing thier encodes....please helppppppp thx

[Prospero424]

Here goes the list as I see it, any contributions regarding something that I have left out (FOR PLAYBACK ONLY) are welcome:


Ogg - http://tobias.everwicked.com/oggds.htm

Huffyuv - http://math.berkeley.edu/~benrg/huffyuv.html

DivX 5.02 - http://www.divx.com/divx/

DivX 3.11 - http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec.html (Like I said, I didn't need this to play DivX 3 files, just DivX 5)

Mpeg2 - http://www.elecard.com/products/mpeg2decoder.shtml (If you don't have a hardware MPEG2 decoder and if you don't have or don't want to use PowerDVD or WinDVD)

AC3 codec - http://download.divxmovies.com/ac3codec.zip

Xvid codec - http://www.divx-digest.com/software/xvid.html

DivX Antifreeze -
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/antifreeze_filter.html (Only necessary if you have problems with the video playback in certain Divx files locking while the sound continues)

Quicktime Player - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

Real Player - http://www.real.com/

Latest Windows Media Codecs - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/default.asp


This is about as simple as I can make it without using a codec package like Nimo, which always invlove risks.

Hope this helps, Cheers all
Prospero

EDIT, SEE BELOW: That no double-post thing is getting REALLY annoying

Well, as far as Huffyuv goes, I have actually never used this for capture since it became possible to capture directly to DivX, and I don't really know for SURE whether or not it is really necessary for playback, but it just makes sense that if you capture something using a certain codec (Huffyuv is still widely used), you will need it to play back the file. Anyway, it couldn't hurt anything at all to install Huffyuv.

As to PowerDVD, the way i understand it is that PowerDVD uses it's own decoder, it does not install a codec for use with the Directshow component of Windows, which Elecard does. So if you install the Elecard codec, you can use this with any directshow compatible player (nearly all) while PowerDVD (as well as WinDVD for that matter) will still use it's own decoder, no confusion will take place.

Hope this anwers your question,
Prospero

[BJ_M]

i thought there was some problem having both divx 5 and 3 installed

[locco]

Nice job bro...thanks for all the info...someone said I dont need HUFFY to view, its only for encodning he said...is this true? Also...it seems my mpeg files are JERKY could this be the POWERDVD codec having a problem?

[locco]

Also..if i do plan on trying the ELECARD one, is there a way to unistall the POWERDVD one so there is no software confusion?

[sterno]

Nice job bro...thanks for all the info...someone said I dont need HUFFY to view, its only for encodning he said...is this true?

You're not likely to find a HuffyUV-encoded AVI file for download, if that's what you're asking. HuffyUV is lossless and doesn't take much CPU, so it's a good format for capturing and editing. The files are very large and most machines won't play a HuffyUV-encoded AVI smoothly, so it's not a good format for online distribution.

[GiantRobo]

I'm not sure why so many people recommend the ELECARD codec for MPEG2 when there's a free one without the annoying Logo and without messing up playback of other codecs (which went away for me once I uninstalled it).

It's Fraunhofer video and audio codecs at
http://www.doom9.org/software.htm

[MOVIEGEEK]

Or go to:http://www.mpegx.com