Can you guys enlighten me on video codecs and how does it specifically work?
I also wanted to have a list of existing softwares in relation to it that I can download for free from the internet. Thank you.
Video Codec is a program that supports compressing and decompressing of videos of digital videos. It is a computer program that drops large movie files so that you can play it on your PC. It is required on most media players to be able to play videos, music and movies. There are tons of codecs available on the web right now and you need some of them to play your files. Some common codecs used are MPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DV, WMV DiVX and more.
Click the link below to get free codecs:
Hi Harry Viktor,
Media player normally play video and audio but there are those circumstances where by the latest movies and mobile camera video may not be played using media player due to the fact that the media player is lacking some codes.
This codes may be gotten from the internet download or by installing a media player which has these codes already installed in.
Once you install this the video will be played nomally
Examples of those codecs and media player with those codes are:
1)VLC media player : it is simple ,has many features and it is very easy to use
2)K-Lite mega codec pac: Contain large codec for mega audio and video
3)Vista CODEC pack:Ment for vista Mediaa player if installed can be able to play almost all the video
A video codec is software or it can also be an electronic circuit that compresses and decompresses digital video. A video codec converts uncompressed video to a compressed form or format and vice versa. In video compression, the term “codec” means “encoder” and “decoder”. In digital video, every file format uses a particular codec or video codec. Like for instance, an MP4 and AVI video.
There is one codec for the MP4 format and there is one for the AVI format and you cannot interchange them. If you play a specific video format on your computer and its codec is missing from your computer, you won’t be able to play it or the media player won’t be able to play that video. The codec designed for that video format must be installed first.
One way to install different video codec is to install popular media players like the VLC media player. Another way is to install a codec pack like with the K-Lite codec pack. Try downloading K-Lite Codec Pack Mega. This mega variant of the K-Lite codec pack is the largest of the four variants: basic, standard, full, and mega.
This codec pack provides everything that you need to play all your audio and video files. This codec pack also includes ACM/VFW codec which can be used by video encoding/editing programs. This codec pack includes Media Player Classic so you can immediately play your files. The latest version at the moment is K-Lite Codec Pack Mega 15.0.9.
For Windows XP Service Pack 3, the latest and last compatible version is K-Lite Codec Pack Mega 13.8.5. You can also use MPlayer for Windows. On the other hand, if you are using OS X then none of these programs will work. In this case, just download the latest VLC media player for OS X to update the existing version on your computer.
