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codecs?wat are they
« on: December 10, 2005, 01:05:31 PM »
ive down loaded some films no not porn !paddy and max off limewire and when i try to play them it says something about codecs  but it will play the sound track , do i need some software im on windows xp and its playing the sound through windows player i think ?
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Re: codecs?wat are they
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2005, 01:22:13 PM »
Codec means coding-decoding.
There are several codecs like audio (MP3,Ogg,WMA etc) and video codecs (WMV,DivX,XviD,MOV etc).

You can get most of them. I recoommend FFdShow filters. But DivX 5 should probably also do the trick.
http://www.free-codecs.com
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2005, 09:21:06 PM »
Also if any of them are .mov you will need to download quicktime from apple's website
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Re: codecs?wat are they
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2005, 10:51:28 AM »
Or QuickTime DirectShow filter from the same webpage i mentioned...
MOV videos are then played in Windows Media Player or an other DirectShow capable player (Media Player Classic for example).
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