reinstalling video codecs for vista

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Cat509

I am having problems with windows media center crashing while playing
live tv. I read that reinstalling vista's video codes might help so I
want to do so. I have the vista cd that came with my computer. How do
I reinstall just the codecs?

Thanks!

Cathy
 
Cat509 wrote:
> I am having problems with windows media center crashing while playing
> live tv. I read that reinstalling vista's video codes might help so I
> want to do so. I have the vista cd that came with my computer. How do
> I reinstall just the codecs?

I tend to use this:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm

Have yet to encounter a file it couldn't play, does all the downloaded
Google Video and YouTube ones as well.

Not tried on LiveTV though.
 
Thanks for the info! But I'd rather do it from the cd.

Cathy

On Jan 4, 7:50 pm, Travis Crow <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Cat509 wrote:
> > I am having problems with windows media center crashing while playing
> > live tv. I read that reinstalling vista's video codes might help so I
> > want to do so. I have the vista cd that came with my computer. How do
> > I reinstall just the codecs?
>
> I tend to use this:http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm
>
> Have yet to encounter a file it couldn't play, does all the downloaded
> Google Video and YouTube ones as well.
>
> Not tried on LiveTV though.
 
You can't reinstall just the codecs.

"Cat509" wrote:

> I am having problems with windows media center crashing while playing
> live tv. I read that reinstalling vista's video codes might help so I
> want to do so. I have the vista cd that came with my computer. How do
> I reinstall just the codecs?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cathy
>
 
You can download third party codec packs but my advice is to only
install the codecs you need rather than a whole lot in one go.


--
Clevo
 
Vista does not have the ability to do selection from the DVD. It installs
as and image.

"Cat509" <cat509@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:2e3e9ecc-77b5-4803-9c62-3572cb30f70d@j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for the info! But I'd rather do it from the cd.
>
> Cathy
>
> On Jan 4, 7:50 pm, Travis Crow <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Cat509 wrote:
>> > I am having problems with windows media center crashing while playing
>> > live tv. I read that reinstalling vista's video codes might help so I
>> > want to do so. I have the vista cd that came with my computer. How do
>> > I reinstall just the codecs?
>>
>> I tend to use
>> this:http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm
>>
>> Have yet to encounter a file it couldn't play, does all the downloaded
>> Google Video and YouTube ones as well.
>>
>> Not tried on LiveTV though.
>
 
Thanks for the info! I was able to get a codec and it now works.

Cathy
On Jan 5, 7:02 am, "John Barnes" <jbar...@email.net> wrote:
> Vista does not have the ability to do selection from the DVD. It installs
> as and image.
>
> "Cat509" <cat...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:2e3e9ecc-77b5-4803-9c62-3572cb30f70d@j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Thanks for the info! But I'd rather do it from the cd.
>
> > Cathy
>
> > On Jan 4, 7:50 pm, Travis Crow <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> Cat509 wrote:
> >> > I am having problems with windows media center crashing while playing
> >> > live tv. I read that reinstalling vista's video codes might help so I
> >> > want to do so. I have the vista cd that came with my computer. How do
> >> > I reinstall just the codecs?
>
> >> I tend to use
> >> this:http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm
>
> >> Have yet to encounter a file it couldn't play, does all the downloaded
> >> Google Video and YouTube ones as well.
>
> >> Not tried on LiveTV though.
 
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