I'm having trouble with media player 11, and I think it's becaus there are a
lot of corrupted codecs on my computer... it's not playing avi files, and
MP-11 crashes during other movie playbacks. Is there anyone who knows how to
remove the codecs from my pc.

Reg,

Jorn

I'm having trouble with media player 11, and I think it's becaus there are
a
lot of corrupted codecs on my computer... it's not playing avi files, and
MP-11 crashes during other movie playbacks. Is there anyone who knows how
to
remove the codecs from my pc.

Open Control Panel using Start menu - Use the option "Uninstall programs"
and have a lock, whether there are entries to uninstall Codec packs.

The other way is a bit more fuzzy. If you know the name and location of a
DirectShow filter (Decoder for instance), you can unregister it using
regsvr32.exe / "DSFilter-name". This requires administrator rights.

Hope that helps (and I hope the options named above are right, because I'm
working here on a German Vista).

Regards

G. Born

Hey,

Install K-Lite Codec pack.
This has an option to detect broken codecs and will remove them. It also has
a feature to uninstall the crappy QuickTime and Realplayer software.
A second way is to get G-Spot and take a look into the list of codec. Broken
codecs will be highlighted red.

Hansjörg


"Jorn" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I'm having trouble with media player 11, and I think it's becaus there are
a
lot of corrupted codecs on my computer... it's not playing avi files, and
MP-11 crashes during other movie playbacks. Is there anyone who knows how
to
remove the codecs from my pc.

Reg,

Jorn

MP11 crashing when playing AVI files isn't necesarily the fault of the
codec.

I've had cases where DivX movies play fine, then without warning, I get
a crash. I also thought that this might be a codec problem, but after
testing various codec packs on numerous machines, and even doing a
complete reload of the os, it was eventually discovered to be the file
being played that is killing the codec.

-Sometimes- changing the FourCC code from DivX to XVid or vice versa
helped.

I haven't had this problem since moving to 64-Bit codecs and using
WMP11 64-Bit.

The 'Vista Codec Package' (http://www.jtow.net/users/triess/) works
miracles. It's the only pack I now have installed.


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dzomlija

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Peter Alexander Dzomlija
Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn...

dzomlija;431220 Wrote:
I haven't had this problem since moving to 64-Bit codecs and using WMP11
64-Bit.

The 'Vista Codec Package' (http://www.jtow.net/users/triess/) works
miracles. It's the only pack I now have installed.
Question: Why would I need this pack installed? Or, if you should
remove the pack, what have you lost?


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MDOC

I use this pack because it's the only one out there that I've found that
provides pure 64-Bit codec support.

64-Bit is more efficient at what it does than 32-Bit. You're asking
what do I lose if I remove it? I lose performance, and the the ability
for Windows Explorer to show the thumbnails of some videos, something
that a 32-Bit codec cannot provide in 64-Bit Windows.


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dzomlija

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Peter Alexander Dzomlija
Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn...

What are the fault buckets for the crashes encountered here--
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
? Those should still be reviewable, and that information might help others.
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Jorn" wrote in message
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I'm having trouble with media player 11, and I think it's becaus there are
a
lot of corrupted codecs on my computer... it's not playing avi files, and
MP-11 crashes during other movie playbacks. Is there anyone who knows how
to
remove the codecs from my pc.

Reg,

Jorn