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freak
02-13-2003, 09:25 AM
OK the problem is i had codecs on my computer but it wasnt playing avi's right so I unistaled it and downloaded a new codec pack. now it's crashing everything anytime i try to play movies the programs that are crashing are WMP,kazza lite when i try to preview a vid or listen to music and avi preview whats going on?????the codec packs i tried are the klite one, nemos and divx5 or something like that none r working any ideas

zapjb
02-13-2003, 12:03 PM
You can't willy nilly install them all. Do a search here. Plenty of threads about codecs.

freak
02-13-2003, 07:14 PM
what do u mean I instal one pack at a time if it didnt work I uninstalled it! Is there something im missing then?

zapjb
02-13-2003, 08:57 PM
Your original post could have been clearer. There are plenty of posts that in detail discuss codec problems. Search. It's a button on the upper right side. :)

freak
02-13-2003, 09:30 PM
I have done a search and i can't find anywhere that has the same problem as me! Sorry I wasnt clearer...but every time i try to instal a diffrent codec pack it cashes the programs if i run the programs after I uninstal the codecs they don't crash but WMP just plays the videos sound and kazza doesnt crash like it does when the codecs are instaled but it won't play music or vids it loads it and does nothing>!?

freak
02-13-2003, 09:35 PM
heres the error if that helps any..
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

And this is what it says when I click on details.

STUDIO caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:a0000001.
Registers:
EAX=0042003c CS=0197 EIP=a0000001 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000015 SS=019f ESP=00647958 EBP=00647980
ECX=01b1faec DS=019f ESI=01b1f614 FS=5e3f
EDX=00647978 ES=019f EDI=0000008f GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
008a7984 0000015e 00000000 00647978 00000002 01b1f614 01aedd50 0000008f 0064798c 00647988 00647998 008ba229 0000008f 00000015 01b1f614 01aedd50

Supernatural
02-14-2003, 08:34 AM
The error said STUDIO caused the crash. That doesn&#39;t related to WMP or any codecs that I know of. You&#39;re going to have to figure out what that is and repair it. Maybe it&#39;s some video program of some sort that you installed. Or some kind of video tweak. I have no clue. :blink:

Good Luck.

freak
02-14-2003, 08:51 PM
STUDIO is winamp... that&#39;s what winamp shows up as when you press Control+Alt+del thats what it is in the process list... If you have winamp press control=alt=del when winamp is running it should be there for you to... When i don&#39;t have any codecs on this computer the progams work somewhat like will play sound for vid but no picture but when I instal any codec pack they crash completly.....If no one has any ideas I&#39;ll just back the stuff up on my comp i want and reformat my hd

Chilly
02-14-2003, 09:03 PM
I had this problem every time i uninstalled Nimo, everthing didnt work.

ended up installing it all again.

freak
02-14-2003, 11:26 PM
I&#39;ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling both the programs and codecs many times im not sure what too do? So if i can&#39;t figure it out i&#39;ll be forced to reformat my hd.

kazzalitesucks
02-15-2003, 03:35 AM
the only codecs you need is divx 4 & 5 and xvid forget the rest
if you got xp, i found nemocodecs terrible and also avoid krystal studio ones 2
every movie i have downloaded works perfect

Chilly
02-15-2003, 04:14 AM
Yep thats all i use DIVX and XVID and AC3 and dont have anymore troubles, with any films ;)

Supernatural
02-15-2003, 05:09 AM
Nimo Lite (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fc_ftp04/nimo/nimolitepack10.exe) is good.

scruge
02-15-2003, 11:04 PM
you&#39;ve probably got several mpeg4 codec of various type installed.
goto your control panel, sound and media, devices, video compression codecs and see what is installed.
you can disable or remove whatever you like.

I would suggest going to your add/remove software and removing everything that was installed as either a codec or media player including winamp. WMP9 will play just about everything provided you have the proper codecs installed.

Get the Nimo codec pack Nimo5 from either Nimo website or Kazaa.
When installing it make sure to remove all check marks that are already checked. (FYI you can expand the various installation options by cliking on the + next to the folders.)
Check only the following.
divx 5.0
xvid
ac3

You may find divx 5 listed in the frame section of the install, check it as well.

freak
02-16-2003, 06:36 AM
heres a list of the video codecs on my compter which one should i remove???

cinepak ™
cnxtmjpg (mjpg)
Indeo ™ R3.2
Indeo ™ R3.1
Indeo video 5.04
msh261 (M261)
msh263 (M263)
msyuv (uyvy)
msyuv (yuy2)
msyuv (yvyu)
RLE
Video 1

I didnt even know those were on my comp lol which one shoud i remove before i instal the other codecs?

zapjb
02-16-2003, 06:57 AM
Too many codecs&#33;

freak
02-16-2003, 07:39 AM
So which ones should I remove???

Supernatural
02-16-2003, 08:17 AM
Remove them all and install Nimo Lite pack.

freak
02-16-2003, 09:19 PM
ok I have the k-lite pack on my computer but not installed can i use that or should i get nimo lite pack???also when i install the codecs like for the k-lite one do i install them all or should i just pick a select few?

freak
02-17-2003, 12:01 AM
alright thanks guy&#39;s for the help&#33; everythings working now i did what scruge suggested....now everythings running fine

pw3n
02-17-2003, 12:55 AM
Just curious what harm does having too many codecs do?

I think this is the right list:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.martindell1/codecs.jpg

Thats what I have would anything run better / faster if i removed them all and just installed the kazaa lite pack, or will my monitor black out and never work again if i remove certain ones? :P

Supernatural
02-17-2003, 10:39 AM
Video codecs wont do anything to your monitor. You can remove them all and go on normal. But you won&#39;t be able to watch some movies. :P