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KingDaveRa · 23-02-2009, 16:18

Never bother with them.

K-Lite used to cause me a world of problems, with codecs crapping out, and loading against the wrong FourCCs. I then tried using ffdshow, but that throws a spack attack in Media Center and with some dual cores.

So, what I do:

Install Realplayer. Only let it associate with Real file types, and turn off basically everything
Install Quicktime. Same goes (although I use iTunes for music)
Run Media Player 11 (already present in Vista) and let it go on via auto.
Install DivX (Pro no less, managed to get in on the free copies), let it have xvid FourCC
Install VLC and associate with a few leftover file types I might want (flv mainly).

And that's it. WMP11 plays all my videos, DVD playback is built into Vista anyway... and I never get codec issues. Quicktime and RealPlayer mostly sit dormant until needed, so they don't get in the way. I often don't bother with RealPlayer until I need it though.

23-02-2009, 16:18	#10
KingDaveRa Inactive Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Age: 43 Services: Broadband Gamer, Phone M, Tivo V6. Posts: 269	Re: codec packs Never bother with them. K-Lite used to cause me a world of problems, with codecs crapping out, and loading against the wrong FourCCs. I then tried using ffdshow, but that throws a spack attack in Media Center and with some dual cores. So, what I do: Install Realplayer. Only let it associate with Real file types, and turn off basically everything Install Quicktime. Same goes (although I use iTunes for music) Run Media Player 11 (already present in Vista) and let it go on via auto. Install DivX (Pro no less, managed to get in on the free copies), let it have xvid FourCC Install VLC and associate with a few leftover file types I might want (flv mainly). And that's it. WMP11 plays all my videos, DVD playback is built into Vista anyway... and I never get codec issues. Quicktime and RealPlayer mostly sit dormant until needed, so they don't get in the way. I often don't bother with RealPlayer until I need it though.