A Silly Question.


  1. M00nDancer
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    Win7&XP SP2
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    A Silly Question.


    Well, my question is if in Windows 7, DirectX and video codecs have to be installed by the user just as in Windows XP, because as far as I can see, some movies can be seen, and I haven't tried games yet.
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  3. newly
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    Windows 7
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    wmp supports more codecs now, even xvid as far as i can tell.
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  4. mansrm81
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    I haven't had to download or install any codecs so far.
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  6. tdk08
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    Windows 7 Ultimate Beta 7000
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    I haven't had to download any codecs but I installed VLC Player and I think that comes with a whole bunch. Does anyone know if it installs codecs for all players to use or is it that only VLC is able to play files?
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  7. CPappas
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    Windows 7
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    VLC is running great on mine but i have not loaded all the differant types yet. ill try later and let you know what codecs wont start

    i do remember in vista with both VLC and Media Player Classic installed i still had to go find a very old codec for 1 file. but that was it only 1 file.
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  8. smarteyeball
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    While a lot more video formats work OOTB, it may be worth d/ling a codec pack anyway. The codec quality in both WMP and VLC just doesn't seem to have as good a picture quality compared to Vista+codec pack.

    It could be driver related though. (haven't installed a codec pack in 7 yet)
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  10. HikerRemastered
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    Windows 7 build 7000 x86
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    VLC player only uses codecs for itself.
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  11. tdk08
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    Windows 7 Ultimate Beta 7000
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    HikerRemastered said:
    VLC player only uses codecs for itself.
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