gHacks technology news » codec suggestion http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Check for and add missing Video Codecs http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/03/check-for-and-add-missing-video-codecs/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/03/check-for-and-add-missing-video-codecs/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:21:34 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/03/check-for-and-add-missing-video-codecs/ I do not like Codec packages. You may ask why that is the case and my answer would be that they tend to install more than is needed to run the videos on your computer. There are also lots of fake codec packages out there that install viruses and trojans on your system.

A much better solution is to check which codec is missing to play a video and install only that codec. I reviewed several programs that could do that but never on that was as easy to use as AVIcodec. You can load files or entire folders into AVIcodec by dragging and dropping them into the main program window or using the buttons to open the files and folders this way.

The videos will be analyzed as soon as they have been added and the codec used for video and audio is displayed. This is giving you the main information about the codecs of the files. If you select a file in the list detailed information are displayed at the bottom and this is where it gets interesting.

Check for and add missing Video Codecs

The three rows File, Video and Audio list information about the file. The important information however is the last word in the video and audio row which either says Supported or Unsupported.

Supported means that a codec that can play the audio or video is installed on the computer. Unsupported however means that no codec was found and this is the reason why the video is not playing properly.

A click on the WEB button on the right side of each line loads a website that has the codec. Just download and install the codec and you are good to go and can view (and hear) the video without problems. Links are leading to the official websites of the codecs as far as I can tell which means there is no (well almost) chance that you will download a virus or trojan.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/03/check-for-and-add-missing-video-codecs/feed/ 10 Find out which audio or video codec is missing http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/23/find-out-which-audio-or-video-codec-is-missing/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/23/find-out-which-audio-or-video-codec-is-missing/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:36:30 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/23/find-out-which-audio-or-video-codec-is-missing/ Nothing is more frustrating than to witness that the movie that you downloaded for hours won’t play on your computer. Maybe there is only black screen, no audio, blurred pictures or out of sync audio and video. The most likely cause for this behavior is that a audio or video codec is missing on your system.

One way to solve this would be to install one of the huge codec packages that probably install the codec that you need but will definitely install many other codecs that you will never need or even cause problems on your system.

Codec Installer is a freeware much like G-Spot wich analyzed a video file and displays audio and video codec information about it. A nice feature is the option to download any identified missing codec right from Codec Installer saving you the hassle to search for the right and current version of the codec on the Internet.

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Codec Installer requires the .net framework 2.0 and runs on all Microsoft operating systems starting with Windows 98 including Windows Vista support.

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