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Windows Media Player 11 Codec Installation
Scenario: Some of our users are trying to play DVD's or other media files and are getting a message telling them that they are missing a codec. Since there are not admins they cannot install the ...
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FLV codec for Windows Media Player? [closed]
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How can I play a FLV file in Windows Media Player?
What I want is a FLV codec for WMP 12, on Windows 7 Professional x64, that's it.
I'm really happy how it plays mp4s ...
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Can I transcode a video if I have an application that can play it?
My condo complex was burglarized last week and I've been tasked with retrieving the video from our security system to provide to law enforcement. The system is an older DVR (DiViS DVR - warning: PDF ...
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How to improve mp4 playback in Linux?
I recently replaced OSX with Linux in my Macbook Pro, which has 8GB of RAM. Most things run better, except mp4 playback. AVIs play just fine. It doesn't matter what player I use. If I convert mp4 to ...
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Windows 7 Media Player and Codecs
We use our Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit PC as a Media PC.
If it matters, it is the Asus EB1501. A little slow, but it works.
In an effort to get .MKV files to play, I installed Shark007's codec pack. ...
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Do motion-heavy and motion-light scenes influence the total encoding time?
I'm an avid gamer. Occasionally I like to record my gameplay with Fraps and upload it on YouTube. For my encoding I use Komisar's x264 codec in VirtualDub with the following settings: link to image
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What are AC'97 and High Definition Audio?
I've read they were hardware audio codecs. But how are they different from mp3, aac codecs?
mp3 and aac codecs can also be implemented in hardware (can't they?).
What key differences do AC'97 and ...
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DVDs stuttering on Pentium 4 system with 4gb RAM?
My system used to play DVDs flawlessly. Now all of a sudden, it stutters. I have tested multiple commercial DVDs (standard definition, not HD), which are clean and not scratched. All of them stutter ...
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ffmpeg encoded video - seeking is “quantised” in VLC
I'm running the following command to convert an mp4 video into the VP8/Webm format:
ffmpeg -y -i lists.mp4 -f webm -vcodec libvpx -vb 600k -r 20
-acodec libvorbis -ab 64k -ac 1 lists.webm
When I ...
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ffmpeg: video file played OK on Ubuntu, but no sound on XP
I created a video clip using ffmpeg (vcodec: mpeg2video, acodec: AC3 5.1).
The file can be played normally on Ubuntu, but when I play it on an XP machine, there is no sound. I can play AC3 files and ...
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FFMPEG able to convert m4a -> mp3, but unable to convert mp3 -> mp3?
FYI: Fedora 8 running on Amazon EC2...
Having a difficult time with FFmpeg doing a (what should be pretty simple) conversion. I can get FFmpeg to encode an mp3 file from an m4a file using the ...
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Stream video with FFMPEG, “Output file does not contain any stream”
I would like to stream an H.264 encoded elementary stream wrapped in RTP headers to a port using FFMPEG.
I have tried the following command lines to no avail...
ffmpeg -i 1080p_1.h264 -f rtp -vcodec ...
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Play MKV file using Western Digital Media Box
I have a WD media box (which is 4 years old), which can play new MKV files, but I don't get any sound. Usually, it shows a message "Audio Channel 1 (Digital)" and there is no sound at all.
Can I ...
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Which file formats can be played slower (or faster) than normal in Windows Media Player?
Some file formats (or some files that are coded used some codecs) can be played in Windows Media Player "slow" or "fast". I can enable this by right clicking on the movie while watching, clicking ...
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I installed MSU Screen Capture Lossless Codec v1.2 to record with CamStudio
Several sources state, that this codec is the optimum codec for encoding screencasts taken with CamStudio. I downloaded it and did the setup. I get avi files when recording. But I cannot play them ...
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Adobe Premiere Pro and Elements only play the first seconds of sound for my videos
I have some movie clips from my camera.
The problem is that when I import such a video into Adobe Premiere Pro or Elements, the video is working all fine, but from the sound, I just hear a few ...
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Codec supported by most exernal DVD/Video players
My video camera records video using H.264 codec, although it does not look like old DVD players support this format.
I would like to convert these videos into some most commonly found, generic ...
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Is there still need for codecs in Windows 7?
Aren't modern OS already packaged with the basic and most used codecs? Is there any reason to install a codec pack on a Windows 7?
What are those reasons? Where can someone look for safe codec packs? ...
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Cannot get Xvid video codec to work
I have several videos that were encoded with XVID MPEG-4 video codec that I cannot get to play correctly on my Windows 7 laptop. Have no problems playing videos with other codecs.
I have tried ...
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What resources or software should my computer have to play M2TS file without delays?
My computer's configuration is:
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz
RAM 8 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB
HDD 1GB 7200
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Monitor with 1920x1200 resolution
Windows 7 Ultimate ...
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Which codec is optimal for streaming a screencast with a small webcam PIP?
I need to stream a video feed generated in real time using CamTwist and QuickTime Broadcaster on OS X.
The video is of a fairly static desktop, with some mouse movements, and occasional mild changes ...
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VirtualDub can't load clip with audio encoded with sowt
I have a video taken with a Nikon D7000: Container: mov, Compression: avc1, audio: sowt
Im trying to rotate the video and recompress both video and audio. However, the resulting video is silent.
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How to combine H.264 and AMR into a streamable media format?
I know MP4 format support combining H.264 and AMR into one file. But MP4 file is not stream-able , because MP4 decoder need index data seeked from MP4 file.
I want to combine h.264 + AMR into a ...
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How do I play back a video encoded with x264 in QuickTime?
I recently encoded a screencast using x264. The video is here:
http://www.libsys.und.edu/dev/ssl.avi
It works fine in VLC, but QuickTime claims it needs extra components to play it. I'm confused. ...
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Do I really need a specific headset to get the benefit of Super Wideband Audio?
Back in 2003 Skype released their Super Wideband Audio codec which was supposed to be a lot better than all other audio codecs. (better sound less bandwidth.) And they give it away with a royalty free ...
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H.264 (MTS) videos freeze in WMP 12? Fresh install
I posted a question earlier (http://superuser.com/questions/271028/win-7-computer-locks-up-when-dragging-large-video-files-in-explorer-or-closing) but it seems that the issue isn't with the codecs. By ...
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How can I make preview of NEFs happen inside Windows Explorer?
Nikon does publish a "NEF Codec", which supposedly makes image programs able to recognize and use NEF files. However, it does not seem to cause Explorer to recognize the files:
Is this possible?
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What is a Codec (e.g. DivX?), and how does it differ from a File Format (e.g. MPG)?
I'm so confused... what is the difference between an audio/video codec (which apparently is a shorthand for "encoder/decoder", kind of like how "modem" is really "modulator/demodulator") and an ...
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Best video and audio format for small file size with very unnoticeable quality depreciation
I need to bring down disk space of my file-sharing website suggest me an audio codec and video codec which works with FFMPEG and can reduce file size with little or no loss in quality .
Thanks.
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Burning DVDs to disk - what audio codec should I pick?
I finally got around to burning all the DVDs to files, so that I can get rid of all the plastic media once and for all. Most DVDs have several audio codecs available (2 channel stereo or 5.1 Dolby). ...
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Rending on Mac: Major codec issues with video editing software
We bought a Mac Pro thinking that it would increase the speed of rendering than on an unoptimized PC. But we ran into codec issues with MPEG and WMV.
Our Tricaster PC outputs to MPEG, while it the PC ...
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How do i identify/play this file? (It's a WMV inside a MOV?)
I have a file that VLC does not open. It mentioned 'wmv3' so i tried media player with no luck. I use avicodec to check which failed.
I also seen some results saying it's a Quicktime file but somehow ...
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Video encoding: How much does the video file size increase with fps?
Given that the next blockbusters of e.g. Peter Jackson (The Hobbit) and James Cameron (Avatar 2) are going to be shot with a frame rate of 48 fps (or even more) - i.e. more than the usual 24 fps - I ...
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Best video format for Windows and Mac Compatibility?
I'm about to encode several videos that will physically distributed to clients running either Windows XP (and upwards) or OS X.
Is there a compressed format that would be playable on both platforms ...
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How can I check the video/audio format for a MKV file?
I have a MKV video file. Can you please tell me how I can find out the video/audio codec of that file, and how I can find out if it is 1080p or 1080i?
I have a Windows 7 desktop PC.
Thank you.
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FFD does not load when playing a movie - subtitles does not work?
I always use(d) FFD codec and WINAVI converter to convert movies to .mp4 format to copy it on my iPod Touch but lately after a clean windows reinstall the FFD codec is not loading loading anymore ...
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How can I get thumbnails in Windows Explorer for .3gp and .webm files?
Basic set up
On my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit system I have installed K-Lite Codec Pack 7.10 and K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 4.6 with only the following options (the idea being to only add what's ...
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Bandwidth Aware Video Streaming
In the recent Broadcasts of IPL Matches on YouTube (Indian Premier League), I noticed that the Video Quality of the live stream degrades and Up-scales according to the bandwidth available.
This is a ...
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How can I make Windows 7 show thumbnails for MKV files?
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit and have installed the latest Haali Media Splitter.
How can I make Windows Explorer show thumbnails for MKV files?
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Universal sound format
I have the following devices:
Ubuntu machines
PSP
iPod with Rockbox installed
XBox 360
My music collection is mainly encoded in OGG apart from a few bought albums in MP3.
What is the most ...
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What media formats do I have to use to prevent Zune from having to convert media for Windows Phone?
Zune is able to accept pretty much every media format under the sun, or at least can once someone's installed something like the KLite Codec Pack. However, it does do conversion on your behalf to a ...
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Which codec and (Linux) video tool for highly compatible video on Windows?
I'm looking for a Linux tool that allows me to transcode videos to a video codec that is highly compatible to the Windows platform.
We produce large scientific videos from measurements and would like ...
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Winamp playing sound but no video
I am having problems playing video in Winamp (the movie I am trying to play is an AVI - not sure if other formats work). I have installed the K-Lite Codec Pack, and the video does work in Winamp ...
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Not playing .mov files in WMP, not loading .mov files in Windows Live Movie Maker. What am I missing?
My friend needs to create a video and she has some source files that are .MOV format. I assume they are h.264. She can view the files with QuickTime. She has a laptop running Vista, and a ...
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Playing video dumps .wav files into root directory until hard drive is full
After playing a (Xvid) video on my laptop my hard drive space is zero. Turns out loads of files like AC3_xxxxxx.wav are dumped to my C:\ root directory (where xxxxx are some seemingly random ...
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How to add/remove codecs in linux
Friends,
I'm new to Linux, I need to work on Linux. I have ported Linux to AT91SAM9261-EK board. Now i need to work on Codecs. I just know the definition of codec from wikipedia, Now i need add my ...
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Is there a free NEF codec for Windows 7 64-bit?
Is there a free NEF codec for Windows 7 64-bit?
NEF is Nikon's RAW picture file format. The NEF codec allows you to view NEF files in Windows Explorer as any other natively supported image formats ...
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This .mpg video clip doesn't play well
I've installed K-lite mega codec pack v6.9.0 with playback essentials without player.
My default and only media player is windows media player.
here are the clip's media info:
General
Complete name ...
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Encryption of a movie file
I have a movie and it is not working on KMP.
This message appears on the screen:
the video is encrypted please download codec
How can I handle this?
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how do i know what codec is being used for a video that is playing? [closed]
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App to identify codecs in video files
Forgive me if this is a duplicate, I can't find the answer on the site. So, while I'm able to successfully open a particular video ...
