"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:0812283d7f44b96d6478f1495dc04132@news.secureusenet.com...
> 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...
>

I use 'ffdshow' - and it 'seems' to let me watch certain XviD avi files.  I
say 'seems' because it's easy to lose track of what IS or ISN'T installed
codec-wise (yes I know where they're located - it's more a terminology
thing).  Plus I usually plump for an mpeg d/load over an avi file.  File
size is never an issue - and mpegs just play - easily, every time.

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jonathan