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degsy
February 12th, 2005, 05:49 PM
This thread is for utilities that give information about Audio/Video codecs

degsy
February 12th, 2005, 05:51 PM
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/


● Establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an AVI file.
● Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system.
● Isolates problems associated with these codecs.

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degsy
February 12th, 2005, 05:55 PM
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Codec_Sniper


Codec Sniper is a tool that shows all of the Directshow, video and audio codecs on your system. There is a column that says whether the codec is "OK", or "Broken". You can delete any codecs that you know are old or that you don't need.

degsy
February 12th, 2005, 05:56 PM
http://msmvps.com/chrisl/archive/2004/11/29/21342.aspx



Determine the codecs installed on a Windows XP computer
Check to see if any of the codec's were "BROKEN" (will be highlighted in RED....)
Export the data to a text file for technical support!
Was FAST to run on a PC and did NOT require installing...
SMALL enough for download by modem!