![]() ![]() I am not even sure if it is the one being used for my Virtualdub, lol.īy "level" do you mean version #? It is the Xvid 1.3.2. It only seems to be used when I watch an xvid. And yes, the blue X is for the Xvid MPEG 4 decoder, that I downloaded and installed from a link here.I think right here in this thread? The K-lite pack is the one I installed some time ago. K-Lite has a built in codec tweak tool and It's not too hard if you understand the process but can be difficult otherwise. You can adjust what is used for what but unless you really wish to, and if everything is working, I'd just leave it as is. If you had installed K-Lite last, it would have said it had a newer version and asked if it should remove your old one (I usually say no). You probably installed Xvid codec AFTER K-lite and it installed it with a higher "Merit" than the one K-Lite uses to decompress Xvid formats. If that is the case I understand since I also use K-Lite and XVID for Virtualdub because it gives me the capability to encode in Xvid format in Virtualdub. ![]() You also said you had downloaded 'L-LITE"? I'm not familiar with that one but I assume you meant K-lite. ![]() It shouldn't show for other formats such as AVC type videos. That Blue X sounds like the Xvid MPEG-4 Video Codec icon and it shows whenever you need that codec to decode the video format used in the video (most likely MP4 Xvid). I am really confused now.īy the way, I run Windows Vista. Perhaps the Xvid decoder is being used for both audio and video. I just double clicked on that big blue X in my taskbar and it opened an Xvid MPEG 4 Video Codec settings box. I should leave it alone, do you think, Budman1?)Īctually, now that I look at it, this would appear to be the Video codec in the Xvid pack that is being used. ![]() I cant find any settings in the Xvid decoder pack that would let me disable it, or any way to pick and choose codec's. (If I uninstall the Xvid codec, my virutual dub probably wont work. So I am not sure which audio codec my computer was using, but I see that it is now using the Xvid decoder. I had previously, long ago, downloaded an ac3 filter codec and, also long ago, the L-Lite pack. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing I am not having any problems with any of my sounds, my audio, my music, etc, but it would appear that whatever codec I was using before has been supplanted by the Xvid codec. avi an icon pops up in my taskbar, a big blue X, and I assume that my audio is now using that codec to decompress my audio, or play my audio. Xvid Video Decoder), every time I play an. I ask because, after installing a particular codec for Virtualdub, (one of the codec's recommended here in this forum. I appreciate your explanation on the installation of audio codec's and how they are used. It's the only one I install to keep the quantity at a minimum.īudman1 Thank you Budman1, for replying to my question. I have my favorite that is updated regularly and has not failed me. Since your computer usually uses the one with the highest 'Merit', the others are just cluttering you computer UNTIL you deinstall some, in which case they become higher and are used again.Ĭodec packs in general are known to be bothersome because there are so many, good and bad, so be sure you download ones you have researched and checked reviews for. The biggest thing codec do is fill up your computer with multiple codecs used for the same format organized in a certain order. That is just a setting that I could change, but the fact is it DID change my audio setting. The latest was after installing a Creative sound card firmware update, I no longer had sound from my speakers with headset plugged in. This doesn't happen too often but, with the dozens of programs and utilities I've installed, it has happened mabybe 4-5 times. It's not the codecs so much as the fact they can alter certain computer settings to make the most use of their function. On the other hand, I HAVE had programs such as converters, muxers, editors and other programs that come with their own codecs mess up my sound. They may, and probably will, alter which ones are used for certain audio so some songs MAY not play any longer that used to be ok. They then need DEcompressed, hence the name COmpressor DECompressor. These videos or audios such as songs are compressed to save space as files and shorten downloads and upload times over networks. Generally codecs only change how sounds encoded in audio or audio/video files such as an AVI, mp4, mp2, mp3, flv, etc are decoded. ![]()
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