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Old March 8, 2012, 07:41 PM
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Sorry I don't have much time to spend on this right now so I just wanna throw it out there. Which would some of you collectively agree is the better codec pack to use right now. I'm a little out of the loop on this and really just wanna install the best one the 1st time.

Normally I just use VLC media player which plays nearly everything but I don't always use it. I have movies in many different formats so it would be nice to cover the bases.

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Old March 8, 2012, 07:58 PM
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Sorry I don't have much time to spend on this right now so I just wanna throw it out there. Which would some of you collectively agree is the better codec pack to use right now. I'm a little out of the loop on this and really just wanna install the best one the 1st time.

Normally I just use VLC media player which plays nearly everything but I don't always use it. I have movies in many different formats so it would be nice to cover the bases.

Cheers fellas.
XBMC will cover most of your bases and is a all in one. I used to use VLC but it really started to annoy me.
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Old March 8, 2012, 10:34 PM
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Current ffdshow or just use an app that supports everything (xbmc, mpc-hc).
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Old March 9, 2012, 04:36 AM
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I use xbmc for my media pc and vlc on my personal. Haven't run into a video format or audio codec it couldn't play back.
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Old March 9, 2012, 09:20 AM
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its just for my laptop so I guess I'll just use vlc then. Thanks guys.
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