It's been discussed before but it's been a while so...

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:32 pm

How many MPEG4 codecs do you have installed? What are they? Did you use codec packs or install them indevidually? Do you know what an OGM and MKV file are? Do you have what you need installed to watch them?

This is mostly to those who do more watching than editing and compressing.

Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] · Post by **Bakadeshi [AuN Studios]** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:36 pm

when I used to just watch, I had divx5, microsoft mpeg4 codec, and that was it. since I started ediing, I experimented with 3vix, so its installed though i don;t use it anymore, and Xvid found its way on there now. I used to use codec packs, but they screw up my system too much in the past so I stopped using them.

I've heard of OGM but don;t know much about it, and MKV I've never heard of before.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:26 pm

I have xvid installed to encode with. I have ffdshow installed to decode with. I have Media Player Classic installed to handle OGM and MKV and AAC and AC3 and whatever else.

billy_wires · Post by **billy_wires** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:55 pm

I have enough codecs to play all kinds of files. I can play every file on my system, all the files on this site, and .ogm files. I don't know how to play .mkv files, though. If this is a thread to ask such a question, I guess I'll ask it know. What do you need for .mkv files?

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:36 am

you can read up on it at matroska.org

As far as I know you only need the video and audio codecs and directshow filters for the specific file you want to watch and a player that supports it and it, but I'm probably wrong,

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:39 am

here's something on it

http://ld-anime.faireal.net/guide/matroska-en

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:51 am

It should be noted that the official matroska site is currently down. When it gets back up, all you need is either the matroska pack off the site, or a player that supports matroaska internally, such as Media Player Classic.

Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] · Post by **Bakadeshi [AuN Studios]** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:56 am

interesting. not sure AMVs in particular will benefit from this though. maybe those that need english subs.

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:57 am

Zarxrax wrote:I have xvid installed to encode with. I have ffdshow installed to decode with. I have Media Player Classic installed to handle OGM and MKV and AAC and AC3 and whatever else.

Same

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 3:21 pm

I've never used a codec pack.

I currently have:

MS-MPEG4v1
MS-MPEG4v2
DivX

3.11 Alpha
DivX 4?
DivX 5.0.5
XviD 1.0.something
Tried 3ivx, uninstalled it afterwards
ffdshow (don't know the version #)

I've heard of Matroska but never used it.
I've got quite a few .OGM's, plus the Ogg DS filter, SubTitDS, and DirectVobSub. (Mostly due to one of my friends who's part of a group that does DVD backups of anime with DivX OGM's.)