Can I get a decent codec pack yet? plz help thx

[locco]

Can someone tell me of a good codec pack that is free and has every codec you would ever need? I used to use NIMO but for some reason it sucks lately...lemme know thx...

[Gurm]

The problem is that Codec packs also contain a lot of stuff that conflicts with each other, etc. etc.

Sorry.

- Gurm

[depressd]

I've used ace codec pack for sometime. It allows you to install one at a time or all at once. I've never had any problems with it.

[Prospero424]

I have seen people have major problems with codec packs ingeneral, not to indict all of them at once. I find it helpful to install codecs one-by-one, it helps to familiarize yourself with how they work, where they reside, etc.

Here is a list I had compiled some time back, I've made an effort to bring it up to date:

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

XCD Filter - www.doom9.org

Riff CD/XA filter - www.doom9.org

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

DivX 5 - 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 filter - http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/

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)

Ffdshow - wonderful decoder that can decode almost anything, form DivX 3 on up to DivX 5 and XviD. MPEG support is spotty at best and not recommended. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND INSTALLING THIS

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

VobSub - http://gabest.org/

Quicktime Alternative - www.freecodecs.com

Real Alternative - www.freecodecs.com


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






Prospero

[Heavensent]

the NIMO LIGHT pack is grate, never had a problem with it.
in adition download all the divx codecs (3,4,5) + Xvid
and your set to go.