Codec Packs

zom247 · 7 Jun 2015 at 10:16

I'm going to do a re-install of 8.1 soon so do we need them anymore? It's something I've always installed for years but not sure if they're actually needed so much nowadays. I always used sharks in the past with MPC-HC player.

Orcvader · 7 Jun 2015 at 10:35

Up to you, MPC-HC does have LAV filters built in, but I like installing the seperate package as it's usually more up to date and allows you to fiddle with the codec settings.

zom247 · 7 Jun 2015 at 12:42

Orcvader said:
Up to you, MPC-HC does have LAV filters built in, but I like installing the seperate package as it's usually more up to date and allows you to fiddle with the codec settings.

Which package do you use for codecs?

bledd · 7 Jun 2015 at 12:47

Don't bother installing codec packs, they're not required.

Either use VLC or MPC-BE (my preference), these can play anything.

If do you need to encode anything, just download that single codec.

Orcvader · 7 Jun 2015 at 13:14

LAV filters: https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases

But as above players are usually fine without the need for external codecs.

Nexus18 · 7 Jun 2015 at 17:23

MPC-HC (built in LAV) with madvr is what I use