Audio Codec Question - Democratic Underground

kerrywins

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Thu Jun-08-06 06:38 PM
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Audio Codec Question

I have Media Player Classic....I use it for most of my videos....I also have Creative's Mediasource....I use it when I wanna listen to playlists....

here's my question....why is it that I can download codecs (like ogg vorbis) and they'll work for players like Media Player Classic but not for Creative Mediasource?

The codec is just an ax file that registers in the windows system....is there a difference in how players like jukebox, itunes, and the like decode stuff and players like media player classic decode stuff?

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kerrywins

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Thu Jun-08-06 07:13 PM
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1. someone must know this

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 07:13 PM by kerrywins

don't any of you listen to music on your computers...in playlists?
with a program other then winamp?

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mainegreen

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Thu Jun-08-06 07:21 PM
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2. Use media monkey.

Much much better and has easy implementation of audio codecs, plus it plays most by default (including ogg). That, and its free and is perhaps the best music only player out there.

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kerrywins

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Thu Jun-08-06 07:33 PM
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3. does it have crossfading?

one of the things i really enjoy with mediasource...especially when i listen to my classical music playlist...is the crossfading....it leads one piece right into another....for me i really enjoy it....

also the smart volume manangement is nice for new rock songs....alot of them get so loud...this gets rid of that without messing up the original mp3 file....it just keeps it all at the same volume...

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mainegreen

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Thu Jun-08-06 07:44 PM
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4. Ah, no, no cross fading.

If you want to keep you current player, you should see if it has a plugins directory. If it does, download an ogg vorbis driver (a dll file) and put it in the plugins directory. Generally, media players will recognize the added plugin and utilize it. But it really is dependent on how flexible the programmers made your media player.

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ikojo

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Thu Jun-08-06 07:45 PM
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5. For audio and video help go here...

videohelp.com. Someone there has probably had your problem.

I also suggest VLC..that thing can play almost everything!

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