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Digitalwerks: New rumblings about Windows 7 codec support

  • Dale Dietrich · 9 months ago
    I installed win7codecs on my Windows 7 Beta machines from Sharrk007's Win 7 Codecs Page:

    http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html

    Not only did they install and work with Windows Media Player - they were essential - far better for many codec types than the codecs that shipped with W7 Beta - especially on my under powered laptop with an under powered graphics card with drivers that were never updated to support Vista, let alone W7.

    ...Dale
  • kosmonaut · 9 months ago
    According to that page from Shark007, his codec pack does not interfere with the native W7 codecs. What kind of content were you watching?
  • Dale Dietrich · 9 months ago
    My sense from the page was that he doesn't interfere with their .wmv and h.264 codecs, but I've got every conceivable codec going ... mpeg1, mpeg 2, divx, xvid, quicktime, avi, mpeg 4 .... who knows what ... I just want a video to play when I click it without much thought. Prior to installing the Win7codecs, much of my stuff wouldn't play at all or, especially on my laptop, played very stuttery ... now everything pretty much just plays.

    With Vista I believe I used the G-spot set of codecs ... though I'm not 100% certain any more. When I did some searching after installing w7B the shark007 codecs were getting good reviews so I tried them. I was delighted with the results and haven't looked back.

    ...Dale