ZyanWu

I've had this small problem with codec paks... i don't like'em!
They fill ur HDD with usless stuff so...

I was wondering... most codecs come in as .ax files... they're easy to find, they'r smaller but...

Where do I put'em? And how do I register them?

(i've searched the forum for any inforamtion... i didn't find anything but please forgive me if this matter has been already solved... i could't find it)
(i'm a little rusty on my english too...)

Strider

Registering the codecs directly is not an easy way. Btw. You can try K like Mega Codec pack. It includes almost all the codecs and we can select which of them to be installed during installation.

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TheGamer

which codecs are you exactly talking about ??
Most of the codec packs use a wrapper for the original windows codec DLLs ....
However there are some open source codec packs which use their own reverse engineered codecs like ffmpeg etc ...
recently i got such a pack named "ffdshow" .... Its lighter than DivX but supports a whole array of formats ....

For Registering/Unregistering Codecs
This is the method to register a codec/driver:

Copy the driver file (e.g xxxxx.ax) and place it in the \WINDOWS\system32 directory.

At the command prompt, register the driver using "regsvr32 <file-name>" (for example, 'regsvr32 xxxxx.ax' ).

[Note: It's not required that the the file be in the system32 folder if you specify the right file path (e.g.' regsvr32 c:\program files\common\xxxxx.ax')]
Generally, regsvr32 is used to register libraries (.dll), but it can also be used to individually register audio/video codecs (.ax).

For unregistering the same *.ax file goto cmd and type the same command alongwith a "/u" .. i.e 'regsvr32 /u xxxxx.ax'

Other than this you have various registering softwares ... but i find the above easier

Christo

The .ax files have to be copied to Windows/system32 directory. You may register the codecs using regsvr32.
For example if u want to register MatroskaSplitter.ax, then copy MatroskaSplitter.ax into system32 and in the run dialog type regsvr32 MatroskaSplitter.ax and press enter. You are done.

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Strider

ffdshow looks promising. Anyway complex codecs won't work if registered directly through regserver32.

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bakuryu

yes some codecs are registered via their CLSID, using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, then manually selecting the codecs that u want to install is the safest and guaranteed method to work

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Christo

I dont like installing codec packs. All that i use to playback my video files are mplayer, vlc media player or ffdshow with mpc. ffdshow is very good in decoding a wide range of audio and video codecs.

ZyanWu

Yes... I also like "ffdshow", since it's got a support for most media files... and the reason for my question was that I alsoed into "MatroskaSplitter.ax"... and I didn't know what to do with it...
Anyway when I found out that most codecs come in *.ax files I wanted to make thing easier and put them all in one place...
(cause their all over the HDD: system32\...; program files\...\ahead\...;ace mega codecs\system\...;CCCS\... etc.; and it's healthier to have'em in one single spot... )

But now, now that i know hot to register them...
What can i use to configure them?
And how do i find out what codecs and filters are media files using?
(Windows Media Player reports incorect filters...)
(I like Ace mega Codecs dashboard... can I use that?)

Strider

You can configure the coder through the application using for compression tool like VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/download).

Use GSpot for this. Detects almost all possible codecs.
GSpot Downloads

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pixelpainter

although you may not like installing codec packs, K-lite makes 3 different versions of their codec pack depending on how much you want to install. This codec pack will also check for broken codec installations and fix them for you when it installs. You can choose what you want to install during setup, and it includes gspot, media player classic, and also a codec manager, so you can see what codecs are installed, disable if you want to, and change codec priority.
I have also had some pretty bad luck w/codec packs in the past, but the ability to choose what to install, and tweak the settings of these codecs (including ffdshow) b4 you install them, is awesome, and easy to setup.

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