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#1 User is offline   Dobby 

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Posted 14 February 2005 - 09:00 AM

I've not seen a post dedicated to links to media to test all the different codecs. As there are so many codecs I propose we get a list together of small video, audio, streaming or downloadable links to enable testing of the Unattended Codec-pack (Thanks swgreed you're the best :thumbup ) with your favorite player.

Ok here it is the page:
Video and Audio Codec Test Page

Please send me links. I'll be updating the page and putting up the links I have/can find as and when.


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Posted 14 February 2005 - 01:57 PM

moved to first post.

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Posted 14 February 2005 - 02:48 PM

this is a great idea. maybe update that page, though... ;)

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Posted 14 February 2005 - 04:06 PM

Yea sorry it's really rough. I'll put some better formatting in it probably tomorrow but being Valentines Day the Misses needs my attention ;)

I need links though. Cheers.

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Posted 15 February 2005 - 12:52 PM

Anyone know how to get codec info from an embedded streaming link?

Cheers
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 09:10 AM

I think this is only necessary for people who install those "Mega Codec Pack"and other useless(!) stuff..

The ONLY things you need to PLAY everything:
FFDshow,
Real & Quicktime Alternative,
Ogg codecs (www.illiminable.com/ogg/ (also enable theora and flac support).

thats really everything you need.

the advantages are, no need for installing lots of things you don't even know (that's where the TESTpage is handy!) and not only that... FFDshow uses less resources and is the best to play your videofile... these are facts... so there is no reason why not to use it!

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:02 AM

So ffdshow does this replace Windows Media Player and codecs as well? (Surely you still need things like the DRMclient.dll)?

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 12:19 PM

From the little information I could find on ffdshow, it seems it's not quite stable yet. Quite a few people have reported crashes or unstable machines.

Has anyone else used it and could comment on their experiences?

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Posted 17 February 2005 - 06:59 AM

ffdshow not stable?
there are unstable beta versions available... ofcourse beta software is unstable..

If you use the latest alpha release from the official site, it is perfectly stable...
So don't use the 2005 versions that can be downloaded from several sites... but use the final alpha version from the official site--> DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ackage_id=59355

there are some threads here... but they are mostly about the 2005 versions:
http://forum.doom9.o....php?forumid=54


and general info about why to use ffdshow instead of codecpacks:
http://www.divx-dige...re/ffdshow.html

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Posted 17 February 2005 - 02:46 PM

ZileXa, on Feb 17 2005, 06:59 AM, said:

there are unstable beta versions available... ofcourse beta software is unstable..

If you use the latest alpha release from the official site, it is perfectly stable...
So don't use the 2005 versions that can be downloaded from several sites... but use the final alpha version from the official site


When a product comes out of Alpha it is upgraded to Beta, therefore Alpha final edition is less stable or often the same as Beta 1.

Alpha software should never really be put on your PC, this is usually the domain of the developers test machine.

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Posted 23 February 2005 - 07:44 AM

well with Alpha I mean Final... not something worse then Beta :)
but see for yourself on the sites... I have never heard people complaining about ffdshow... just plays everything you need. with the other pros mentioned... I don't see why one would still use codecpacks... perhaps if one doesn't believe it can be so simple.

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