Codec priority?

[JamesB69]

Well, I have looked forever for a way to do this and havent found one. Is there a way to change which codec will be used for certain formats?

I have WinDVD installed so the various media players were using the Intervideo decoder for MPEG-2 decoding. Then I installed the Dscaler 5 decoder and now the system uses it by default. Now, the only way I can get it to use the Intervideo decoder again is to unregister it and reregister it which is getting annoying.

Is there an easier way to do this? Maybe a dialog somewhere or a list in the registry? Or how about an app that will list the different ones let me change their order?

[Soopafresh]

DECCHECKSetup will allow you to choose your preferred MPEG decoder.


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=de1491ac-0ab6-4990-943d-627e6...displaylang=en

It will work in all flavors of XP

[JamesB69]

that is setting a preferred synchronization decoder, not a decoder for playback. I tried it makes no changes for playback.

[Soopafresh]

http://www.dvbviewer.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2543

THAT should do it...

[JamesB69]

AHA, thanks a lot..

It's not a pretty solution, but it is functional. Looks like "merit" is the keyword I couldnt come up with.

[Paul Glagla]

Here is another very powerful manager of DirectShow Filters called FILMERIT with easy change of Merits. Moreover, you may change a hole Merit configuration in a log file an load it later at once if needed by a specific application.
http://paul.glagla.free.fr/filmerit_en.htm

[Soopafresh]

Hey Paul, a NICE bit of software. Thank you very much !