Comments on: Video/Audio Codecs

Question: Video/Audio Codecs

scarabic — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:34:27 -0800

I'd like to learn how to control and manage all the video/audio codecs on my Win2K and XP computers. There's no control panel for this, unfortunately. I know sometimes I have several codecs installed that can play a particular video, but one has priority. How do I control which one, or disable/suspend others? How can I even tell what all I have installed? Gspot is helpful for peeking on a per-movie basis. What else is out there? Thanks!

By: ascullion

ascullion — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:07:28 -0800

Don't bother doing any of that, it's not worth the effort. Just use VLC instead.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:50:26 -0800

I do actually use VLC and it plays everything. But being able to play everything isn't really what I'm after. I actually need to get a better grip on my codec situation so I can process video and audio with better control.

By: Pinback

Pinback — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:12:02 -0800

Graphedit?

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:28:17 -0800

Cool. And that looks like a great little blog. Thanks!

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:38:07 -0800

Control Panel -> Sounds -> Hardware (tab) -> Audio Codecs/Video Codecs -> Properties -> Properties (tab) -> There they are!

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:11:37 -0800

Hey! Wow. I wouldn't have looked there. Thanks.

Any idea how precedence is governed?

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:10:26 -0800

Things on top take priority, me believes. But I could be wrong. There might not be a way to adjust priority except by uninstalling, then reinstalling. Even that might not work, however, because uninstalling doesn't always remove the actual files, and Windows might just keep the records so that when you decide to re-install it, it just pops right back into position again.

I hate Windows.

By: reverendX

reverendX — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:26:32 -0800

Click on a particular codec, and choose properties (again!).
You can set priority there.