Torrents

[babytee]

What do I need to be able to watch/listen to a file? I dl files from TVtorrents and use bittorrent. It says to dl the ffdshow codec pack for video and ac3 pack for audi but when I opend the ac3 to install I get stuff at the start up promt. Any geniuses out there willing to help? Thanks :)

[thelefteyeguy]

i hear good things from "videolan" VLC player

[MkmBandit]

i hear good things from "videolan" VLC player

VLC is the most flexible media player available. Plays more formats then any other. I 2nd VLC

[babytee]

so I just need to dl the player itself? No other additional codecs or anything? I'm so clueless.

[deep]

I'm still more of a fan of Media Player Classic, but I do use VLC for MKV files....for some reason, MPC can't FFD or REW through them on my machine.

[SALTY3142]

1 more for VLC here, plays whatever I need, very easy interface also

[bionicbadger]

I use BSplayer for everything, but have heard good things about VLC too

[atforum]

so I just need to dl the player itself? No other additional codecs or anything? I'm so clueless.

yes download and install from here
http://www.videolan.org/

no additional codecs are necessary for vlan

[ShadowVlican]

VLC for people who JUST WANT IT TO WORK

CCCP for pros ;)

[Octavius]

K-Lite Codec Pack

http://home. hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

It's played everything I've ever thrown at it...and I've thrown it a lot of really weird stuff O_o

[Gee]

I also vote VLC. Plain simple, No CoDecs needed

[PennyArcade]

CCCP HANDS down.

It contains every codec you will need and comes bundled with MPC (which I like better than VLC).

The codecs contained in the package also have the benefit of being tested as a package, so that there aren't codecs tripping over each other, trying to play your movies. MPC is also very light and is not a system hog.

Oh, and also has no malware.

Get it here (http://www.cccp-project.net/)

VLC is good as well, I just like the CCCP package better.

[rabbit]

Generally, all you need is XviD for video, as it's almost universally compatible (eg. the MP3 format for video) -> http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

Don't know about FFDShow, but for AC3, I use http://ac3filter.net/

BTW, pros don't get codec packs. They just download what they need ;). Who wants bloat?

[ShadowVlican]

Generally, all you need is XviD for video, as it's almost universally compatible (eg. the MP3 format for video) -> http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

Don't know about FFDShow, but for AC3, I use http://ac3filter.net/

BTW, pros don't get codec packs. They just download what they need ;). Who wants bloat?
CCCP was made by pros

read their wiki and you'll come to understand why it's the only pack you'll ever need

i used to do it "your" way.. downloading codecs that i only needed... until CCCP came along that had the same stuff i was downloading separately ;)

[babytee]

Wow, so much info. Now I am even more confused! :confused: How can there be so many options for preforming the same task? :(

[Aero]

Wow, so much info. Now I am even more confused! :confused: How can there be so many options for preforming the same task? :(

You can choose which ever you like, they are not identical both has a pro and con. Some people prefer one over the other so you can either try both and choose or just use one, either one will do.

[M-e-X-x]

torrents? what are those? :twisted: , i don't use them

my vote for mpc as i want to use my own codecs for decoding... also, codec packs are for n00bs... ffdshow all the way!

[divx]

another vote for CCCP + MPC, MPC bundled with CCCP already so don't go hunt for both

[Hellfire]

K-Lite Codec Pack

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

It's played everything I've ever thrown at it...and I've thrown it a lot of really weird stuff O_o

+1

[CameraBill]

Codec packs have been known to cause problems because of conflicts. There are many competing codecs that can decode the same material and sometimes when windows attempts to combine 2 codecs they don't mesh and you end up missing sound or subtitles. A codec pack can be problematic if you need to update part of the install like Quicktime.

I only use VLC player (which uses it's own codecs), ffdshow and quicktime alternative. FFDshow is the swiss army knife of codecs and decodes pretty much everything. However it does mess up some stuff and when it does I use VLC player which has never rejected anything

[CameraBill]

Oh yeah and by avoiding the codec packs you can be assured that you won't get a virus/spyware/malware or any other programs that slow down your computer

[sxz]

The CCCP + MPC combo works best. I've been using it for a year now and there hasn't really been anything it couldn't play.

[torontoraptor]

Wow, so much info. Now I am even more confused! :confused: How can there be so many options for preforming the same task? :(

Just download VLC. It sounds like it's the best option for you. You don't have to worry about anything else.