Darth Sithari Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 Looking for a small, free, easy, uncomplicated, good mpeg 4 codec for Windows Media Player. Runing XP home edition service pack 3 with WMP version 11. Opinions are the root of all evil.
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Fionavar Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 I use K-Lite Codec fwiiw: http://www.codecguide.com/ The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
Darth Sithari Posted October 12, 2009 Author Posted October 12, 2009 Vlc player is the ultimate solution, though. Aye, she's running fine now. Thanks! Opinions are the root of all evil.
Humodour Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 Vlc player is the ultimate solution, though. Correct. I forgot myself for a moment. Don't bother with K-lite when you can just grab VLC.
Kaftan Barlast Posted October 17, 2009 Posted October 17, 2009 VLC is not as good a choice as it seems, its ineffective, unnescessarily resource intensiva and can give artefacts and framedrops when watching video. Its especially bad at HD video. Its like using a swiss army knife instead of proper tools. DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
Purkake Posted October 17, 2009 Posted October 17, 2009 Only if your computer is ass. In that case you would want some specialized codecs or, you know, a decent computer...
Kaftan Barlast Posted October 18, 2009 Posted October 18, 2009 I tried the latest version with a 720p x264 film, to my amazement, VLC doesnt seem to have any kind of algorithm for scaling the picture. I got old school bitmap-blocks when I tried to run it fullscreen. I tried looking in the options to enable lanczos3 or even simple linear scaling, but no, gave up after 15min. Complete rubbish. I run Media Player Classic Home cinema edition x64 with FFDshow on my desktop(slow) and CoreAVC+Xvid on my laptop(fast) DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
Purkake Posted October 18, 2009 Posted October 18, 2009 Yeah, that's the "pro" solution. VLC is just fine if you need something to play videos with, I use MPC on my netbook as well.
LadyCrimson Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Based on this thread, I had to check out VLC. It seems ok (for general all purpose playback anyway) but I like my Nero+winamp combo better for playing DVD's & music. I do have one question...where's the "repeat constant/loop" option for playback on VLC? I can't find it. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Purkake Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 The only way I know of is to view the playlist and choose repeat from there. VLC player is pretty much the default light-weight open-source of choice. Kind of like 7-zip and Winamp.
LadyCrimson Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Never heard of 7-zip either. I've been using Nero (DVD) and k-lite (standard w/the media classic player) so long I guess I haven't looked for other options. I only use Winamp for music, I hate their video option. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Purkake Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 For me it's always been VLC for video and Winamp for audio.
Masterfade Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 MPC (video) and Foobar (audio) for me. But I also have VLC for those weirdly coded videos MPC refuses to play.
Spider Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 I'm with Masterfade on this one. MPC (due to it's superiority when it comes to HD content) and Foobar2000. When I listen to MP3s, that is, but in this day and age of Spotify that becomes increasingly rare. And VLC for backup when MPC has problems. (coming to think of it, since I reinstalled my computer a while back, I'm not sure I've installed any media program other than Spotify. The PC has been replaced by Popcorn Hour in regards to movie files)
Humodour Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 (edited) VLC is not as good a choice as it seems, its ineffective, unnescessarily resource intensiva and can give artefacts and framedrops when watching video. Its especially bad at HD video. Its like using a swiss army knife instead of proper tools. You're the first person I've ever heard talk about VLC like that, and I suspect I won't hear many after you. Although they could stand to spruce up the interface (and not with flashy graphics like Microsoft's media player, but simply smart GUI design, including better playlist management). I don't use it on Linux primarily for that reason - Amarok is simply better (except for those stupid glitchy videos that require VLC's superb error-handling abilities). Edited October 22, 2009 by Krezack
Purkake Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 I really like VLC's simple hotkeys. Most of the players need like a three key combo to go full screen or switch to next track.
LadyCrimson Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 I really like VLC's simple hotkeys. Most of the players need like a three key combo to go full screen or switch to next track. Nero's like that too. I love their DVD playback interface. At least, with my version of Nero. I acquired the OEM suite 3 of Nero 6 when I bought a piece of hardware years ago. Upgraded it once...doesn't have all the capabilities of a full version of course but it's worked fine for basic nub things-CD/DVD burning, making simple slide shows, DVD watching etc-and still does. As long as it works on whatever OS I'm using, I'll keep using it. :D I never record any video more complex than FRAPS game vids so no need for those features. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
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