![]() Dear Lifehacker, I've heard of (and even sometimes used) video players like VLC when Windows Media Player prompts me to download 'new codecs', but I've also heard people talk about codec packs like K-Lite, Shark007, and CCCP. Surface pro 4. A media codec is a software to compress and decompress a digital media file. The name codec itself is a short version of En coding and Decoding which means compressing and decompressing of a media file. The codec includes two components, an encoder and a decoder. The encoder compresses the media file which can only be decoded by the same codec using its decoder component. Unfortunately, we can’t predict which media codec has been used to encode a media file just by its extension. For example, a file with WMA extension can be encoded using WMA 7, WMA 9.2, WMA 10 etc. We will need the same codec which has been used to encode the file to decode and play it. Quick Summary • • • • • • By default, Windows Media Player comes with a very limited set of codecs which will play the most common media files. But if you are looking to play a file which requires installation of a codec, you’ll need to download it from the Internet or download a codec pack to install more common media codecs. How do I check which codecs are installed in Windows? There are a number of software which will show you the codecs installed in your system. But we will discuss two major ways to see the installed codecs, one without using any software and the other using a third-party app. Checking installed codecs using Windows Media Player Windows Media Player comes pre-installed with every edition of Windows. ![]() It’s help file can be used to see the codecs which are currently installed in Windows. Let’s go through the process step by step. • Go to WMP menu –> Help (Alt + H) –> About Windows Media Player • In the About window, click on the Technical Support Information link at the bottom left of the window. • This should open the technical information webpage in your web browser. You will be able to go through all the audio and video codecs installed in the system Check installed codecs using InstalledCodec InstalledCodec is a very useful portable app from Nirsoft. In addition to just showing the codecs installed in the system, it shows a lot more details about each audio or video driver. The details include the name of the codec driver/filter, type, installed/modified date and time, file description, file version, company, product name, file size, file name and its location, CLSID etc. In addition to displaying the detailed information about the audio/video codecs, it can also enable or disable the codecs. Just right-click the codec you want to disable or enable and select the option. Download InstalledCodec @ Some other apps that can be used for the same purpose include, etc. How do I know which codec is required to play a specific media file and how to install it? VideoInspector is a wonderful tools which also comes as a portable utility and is used to get detailed information about a video file. You just have to browse through the video file for which you want to get information. Once you browse through the file, the information about the file will automatically be displayed in VideoInspector. The information has separate video and audio info.
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АвторНапишите что-нибудь о себе. Не надо ничего особенного, просто общие данные. Архивы
Март 2019
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