What is the best codec for movies

[tupac]

Codecs? For what? I use mplayer , no need for codecs , it plays everything

[marcus34]

it plays everything without a GUI , and MPUI is just lame. I dont think a guy who doesnt know the difference between a codec and a container format should use a media player controlled with command lines. besides mplayer is still under development

if you install ffdshow you can watch your movies with other players such as WMP, Zoom Player and the KMPlayer. and the that means freedom for the user. he can try all the different software, choose the one he likes best and maybe gain some knowledge.

[scofield]

ffdshow

[sat805]

thankssssssss

[huqiming]

just use KMPlayer, no external codec required.

[bsplit]

i install all of these and use MPC and VLC and KMPlayer seems to be good also...

AC-3 ACM Decompressor 1.31
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/index.html
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/AC3ACM.zip

DScaler MPEG Filters 0.0.8
http://www.dscaler.org/
http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourc...Scaler5008.exe

DirectShow Ogg Vorbis filter collection 0.9.9.6
http://nic.dnsalias.com/
http://nic.dnsalias.com/OggDS0996_inst.zip

Rad Video Tools (Bink 1.8x and Smacker 4.2c)
http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm
http://www.radgametools.com/down/Bink/RADTools.exe

Koepi's XviD Codec 1.1.3
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm
http://www.freecodecs.net/fc/XviD-1.1.3-28062007.zip

AC3Filter 1.46
http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/
http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/so...ilter_1_46.exe

FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 20070909 rev 1471
http://www.ffdshow.info/
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ffd...9&big_mirror=0

CoreAVC (DirectShow filter for decoding H.264 video
http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/coreavc.htm
ftp://193.219.76.7/pub/Windows/audio...oreavc1300.exe

Ligos Indeo Codec 5.11
http://www.free-codecs.com/Indeo_Codec_download.htm
http://ftp.freenet.de./pub/filepilot...o/iv5setup.exe

Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 (MP3) Audio Dedoder ACM
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...er_3_Codec.htm
http://members.optushome.com.au/silv...s/l3codecx.exe

LAME 3.98 beta 5 ACM codec
http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-dshow-acm.php
http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lameACM-3.98b5.zip

LAME DirectShow Filter 3.98 beta 5
http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-dshow-acm.php
http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lameDS-3.98b5.zip

Morgan Switcher 0.9.9
http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/morganswitcher.htm
ftp://193.219.76.7/pub/Windows/audio...witcher099.exe

QuickTime Alternative (QT7) Lite 1.90
http://www.codecguide.com/about_qt.htm
http://codecpack.nl/quicktimealt190lite.exe

RAD Game Tools Splitter 1.0 (Bink (.bik) and Smacker (.smk) files)
http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/radgtsplitter.htm
ftp://193.219.76.7/pub/Windows/audio...gtsplitter.exe

Real Alternative Lite 1.60
http://www.codecguide.com/about_real.htm
http://www.freecodecs.net/fc/realalt160lite.exe

Vorbis Ogg ACM Codec 1.0
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vorbis_Ogg_ACM.htm
http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/gatherin...is_ogg_acm.rar

DirectVobSub (VSFilter) 2.37
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DirectVobSub.htm
http://www.inmatrix.com/download/vsfilter.2.37_nt.exe

Windows Media Format Runtime 11 for XP_2003_Vista
http://www.citizeninsomniac.com/WMV/
http://www.citizeninsomniac.com/WMV/wmfdist11.exe

Windows Media Video 9 VCM
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...v9VCMsetup.exe

[hema999]

I'm now using KMPlayer & ffdshow

It's awesome .

Thank you guys

[bataya]

add quicktime, and you don`t need nothing else...

[bustamante]

i use ace mega codecs pack

[anubisanubis]

VLC is by far the best. One: it is multi format, Two: it plays on PC and mac.