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TAS
20-05-2003, 16:18
What software do you use to watch video formats such as:

.avi
.wmv
.mpeg

etc...

Is it possible to download 1 piece of software that would be able to play all formats?

Otherwise what software would I need?

Cheers,

Tim
piehound
20-05-2003, 22:10
windows media player plays all them if you get the right codecs for it

pieman
SteveDunn
20-05-2003, 22:35
http://sasami2k.new21.net/index2.html

Sasami2k is a nice little rival to WMP, believe it does all those types :)
TAS
21-05-2003, 10:00
Originally posted by pieman
windows media player plays all them if you get the right codecs for it

pieman

Right Codecs???? What does that mean?

Sorry, I know very little about this?

Cheers,

Tim
Jeedai
21-05-2003, 10:31
Codecs (abbrev. from Coder / Decoder) are little pieces of program code which tell the player how to decode the file properly so the playback looks correct to the viewer:thumbs:

If you use Media Player, you can download a update patch which should contain the latest codecs.
TAS
21-05-2003, 10:34
Cool,

Cheers guys, :)

Tim
TomM
21-05-2003, 10:38
Until I got a soooper fast PC (well, relative to my old 233Mhz P2) I always stuck with Media Player 6.4 - it's far faster and slicker than the subsequent Media Players, and doesn't have any of that skinning crap you don't need.

For watching DivXs that were just on the borderline of too hard for my old PC to play, I sometimes found that 'The Playa' was quicker - this's a free player app that comes with some DivX codecs.

:)
Dave_S
21-05-2003, 10:39
I find RealOnePlayer gives best quality image

Get the NimoLite Codec pack from here ... http://nimo.titanesk.com/modules/freecontent/index.php?id=2

Get build 8 :)

Pretty much all codecs you'll need :)

Dave