AVIs

mick4545 · 17 Apr 2008 at 00:17

Whats the best AVI player for Vista 64. All the ones Iv'e tried dont play them all

jak731 · 17 Apr 2008 at 00:26

dont have vista 64, but have you tried VLC or maybe just accept the fact that no single player can play everything although vlc comes close?

AbsenceJam · 17 Apr 2008 at 00:41

http://tibrium.neuf.fr
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http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net

adbp1 · 17 Apr 2008 at 00:50

have you tried kmplayer
http://www.download.com/The-KMPlayer/3000-13632_4-10659939.html
never had any problems with this, also find it looks much better than most others too!

Rainmaker · 17 Apr 2008 at 01:00

VISTA CODEC PACKAGE for the win. Just make sure you download the x64 tools

Caged · 17 Apr 2008 at 01:03

CoreAVC, CoreAAC and AC3 Filter.

Burnsy2023 · 17 Apr 2008 at 01:13

Rainmaker said:
VISTA CODEC PACKAGE for the win. Just make sure you download the x64 tools

AVIs aren't file types in themselves, they're a container type for other encoding standards like divx and xvid. Just get a codec pack to allow you to play them

Burnsy

Ethics · 17 Apr 2008 at 09:24

jak731 said:
dont have vista 64, but have you tried VLC or maybe just accept the fact that no single player can play everything although vlc comes close?

I bet mplayer can play more...

Never come across anything it can't play

bledd · 17 Apr 2008 at 09:29

media player classic is the best player, hands down

download vista codec package (only need 32bit if you don't plan using media centre at all)

they're all on www.codecs.com

mick4545 · 17 Apr 2008 at 12:40

Thanks for the input. More or less sorted now, Media Player Classic covers most of them. I'll junk the rest.

bledd · 17 Apr 2008 at 12:44

if any don't play, then install ffdshow or vista codec package

your pc doesn't have the codecs to play them, that's the 'problem' ffdshow is tiny too

AbsenceJam · 17 Apr 2008 at 14:26

Caged said:
CoreAVC, CoreAAC and AC3 Filter.

CoreAVC is for MPEG4-AVC which you won't find in ther AVI container...

bledd. said:
if any don't play, then install ffdshow or vista codec package

your pc doesn't have the codecs to play them, that's the 'problem' ffdshow is tiny too

MPC Home Cinema uses the same decoder internally so if it won't play somethng nor will ffdshow.

Glaucus · 17 Apr 2008 at 14:35

install vista codec pack and x64 component tools.

Then use what ever player you like.

The tools will also allow previews in explorer.

Ethics · 17 Apr 2008 at 15:42

bledd. said:
if any don't play, then install ffdshow or vista codec package

your pc doesn't have the codecs to play them, that's the 'problem' ffdshow is tiny too

Actually it's the Operating system that doesn't have the codecs. And MS deliberatly don't include them through some very dodgy back dealing (wait till trusted computing comes in!).

Other OS' don't have them due to licensing, although they can be installed from locations not part of the US (World IP police)

Burnsy2023 · 17 Apr 2008 at 16:06

Ethics said:
Actually it's the Operating system that doesn't have the codecs.

Codecs have nothing to do with OS operations.

Ethics said:
And MS deliberatly don't include them through some very dodgy back dealing (wait till trusted computing comes in!).

Dodgy back dealings? You're being very silly.

Burnsy

AbsenceJam · 17 Apr 2008 at 16:17

Not wanting to pay royalties for everything single copy of Vista and avoiding more anti-trust suits are dodgy back dealings?

uv · 17 Apr 2008 at 16:19

Ethics said:
Actually it's the Operating system that doesn't have the codecs. And MS deliberatly don't include them through some very dodgy back dealing (wait till trusted computing comes in!).

Other OS' don't have them due to licensing, although they can be installed from locations not part of the US (World IP police)

lolquote!

I'd better get my tin hat out again!