"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
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> I have noticed that some video clips which I have watched in the past show
> "codec errors", and some older videos from the 1960s require special
coding.
> Once a window popped up and mentioned "codec mismatch"...
> After a global search for "codec" I have found that there are tons of them
> on my hard drive.
> Would it cause problems if I erase all of them (I use Win XP) and download
> new
> ones?
> Please advice which codec package (URL?) I need to install first, and
which
> one afterwards if some video clips still cannot by played.
> Having all of them doesn't seem to be very productive...
>
>
> Sigi
>

Ace Mega Codec Pack should have everything you need. I don't have the URL
but a simple search should return you a german language download page -I
know because the last time I tried it took me sometime bablefishing the
content. It has divx. mpeg3 and mpeg4 codecs (latest versions) and tons of
other tools and utilities.