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Old December 16, 2009, 11:11 PM
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I recently discovered a little app, that lets you choose the codec you like to be used by Windows Media Player. Since Windows 7 doesn't allow 3rd party codecs I used to tweak registry manually, but this does it for you:

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Old December 17, 2009, 12:10 AM
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vlc or mpc
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Old December 17, 2009, 12:22 AM
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media player ftl.

vlc or mpc
MPC is a media player. And it also uses DirectShow filters.

Anyways RadLight Filter Manager is much better than than you posted if you can figure it out. With it you can change the priority or remove every single filter installed on your computer. Much more powerful. Although it isn't as easy to use.
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Old December 17, 2009, 06:08 AM
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I have never had a problem with 7 using directshowfilter of any kind
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Old December 20, 2009, 09:58 PM
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Since CoreAVC 2.0 now supports Windows 7 and does a lot of new stuff, this information is old, CoreAVC takes over Windows during install without a need for registry tweaks.
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Old December 20, 2009, 10:04 PM
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Since CoreAVC 2.0 now supports Windows 7 and does a lot of new stuff, this information is old, CoreAVC takes over Windows during install without a need for registry tweaks.
I've been using CoreAVC 1.95 no problems for the past few months w/ Windows 7. I don't know why people say it doesn't work.
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Old December 20, 2009, 10:12 PM
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I mean it never worked with WMP and Media Center because Microsoft blocked 3rd party codecs in 7. I tried different players, but prefer to use WMP because it fits the OS visual design better being native application.
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Does this mean you can't the use k-lite codec pack for windows7 WMP?
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I mean it never worked with WMP and Media Center because Microsoft blocked 3rd party codecs in 7. I tried different players, but prefer to use WMP because it fits the OS visual design better being native application.
understood and thank for the app
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Old January 10, 2010, 07:24 PM
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Amen, i just use VLC for all my video playback needs, NO codecs needed to be installed
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