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Title: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: GregL on March 13, 2012, 10:10:34 PM
http://shark007.net/index.html

I have been using these on Windows Vista and now on Windows 7 for several years and they work great.
If you have 64-bit Windows make sure to install the "x64 Components" after the codecs are installed.
Title: Re: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: baltoro on March 14, 2012, 07:40:36 PM
Interesting,...thanks for the recommendation, Greg.
So,...give us a clue,...how do you use them ??? As a Windows Media Player Plug-In ???
Title: Re: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: vanjast on March 15, 2012, 12:02:25 PM
the download link sent me to Google Ads... so I promply closed the window  :green2
Title: Re: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: qWord on March 15, 2012, 04:13:35 PM
hi,
are there noticeable difference bettween these codecs and the ones coming with MPCH, VLC player, ...? e.g. better quality?

regards, qWord
Title: Re: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: GregL on March 15, 2012, 05:42:17 PM
The main reason I use them is that they work with Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player. VLC is good but I have had problems with HD video on it. Maybe the new VLC version 2 is better. The last time I used MPC-HC (not recently) I wasn't happy with it. I mostly use .MKV (Matroska) files. Although now that I have a tablet I have been using some H.264 .MP4 files for use on it.
Title: Re: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: brethren on March 16, 2012, 07:58:29 PM
I agree they are excellent :U they work great on win7 64 bit with wmp and wmc
Title: Re: An excellent set of video codecs for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Post by: GregL on March 17, 2012, 08:23:36 PM
Just a note about VLC 2.0, the new version is better, it handled all the HD videos I tried perfectly.