A Newbie want to learn the codec pack system.

[beterhans]

Hi ALL
I've been using these codec pack for years.
Media player classic + codecs + filters + spliters.

But the whole system was so complicated, I can't figure out by myself.
Yesterday. I tried rip a bluray disc, and play under k lite system. I want to passthrough the Dolby HD Audio to my AV receiver. there are options in ffdshow audio settings and I clicked but failed. audio got stucked
then I googled, some one said use the cccp pack. and yes cccp pack can do passthrough with the same setting which I've did in K Lite. but cccp failed to play the m2ts video in DXVA mode. (K lite can play in DXVA mode)

I want to learn something about
the framework.. how to config spliters what does those internal external filter does. how to choice the right way to pass AV data to right codec.

So Is THERE any article describe these things for a newbie to understand? I can't find one.

Thank you

[Baldrick]

Maybe http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1357375

[Hoser Rob]

You may not want to hear this, but my suggestion is to uninstall all of that crap and use software that doesn't need any 3rd party non microsoft codecs etc.

There's nothing you can't do with those silly codecs ... which can cause conflicts within your system and are specifically recommended against for windows 7 by microsoft tech support ... that can't be done within standard directx and directshow and the .net framework.

There are tons of forum entries here about people who have stuff that won't play anymore because of codec nonsense. It's ridiculous. If these were programs that cost a bunch of $$$ I could see myself fiddling around with them. But they're generally free. If it takes that much (questionable) effort I'm going to yank the f$&#ing thing and find something that works.

I'd suggest vlc or smplayer. They have their own codecs that don't take over Windows. Actually I prefer smplayer but I don't dislike vlc enough to uninstall it yet.

[jagabo]

Basics of playing videos in Windows:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/343933-Haali-Media-Splitter-LAV-Filters-AV-Splitter...=1#post2144004
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/340955-what-does-this-mean-pins-in-the-graph-RE-FLV...=1#post2121885