Too many Codecs?

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In another forum, when I mentioned the problems I was having with a
particular video software program, someone replied that perhaps I had too
many codecs on my system.

Can too many codecs cause problems? In Device manager I looked up codecs,
and my system lists the following:

DIVX 5.1.1 (btw, I may upgrade to the new 5.2 soon)

iccvid.dll

Indeo Video 5.11

Indeo Video R3.2 by Intel

Indeo Video Raw YUV9 by Intel

ir41_32.ax

iyuv_32.dll

Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec

msh261.drv

msh263.drv

msrle32.dll

msvidc32.dll

msyuv.dll

XVID MPEG-4 Video Codec.

Well, the above is what my computer states.

I'm not familiar with any of these codecs. Are they all important to have?
Would anyone sugggest that I get rid of some of them?

By the way, I don't see WM9 codec here. Does Microsoft use their MPEG-4
codec to create .WMV videos?

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Don't do that, it's stupid to download and install pirated codec's
http://msmvps.com/chrisl/archive/2004/07/04/9546.aspx

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"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> " MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:1091082279.422960@news-1.nethere.net...
> > In another forum, when I mentioned the problems I was having with a
> > particular video software program, someone replied that perhaps I had
too
> > many codecs on my system.
> >
> > Can too many codecs cause problems?
>
> It sure can, download any of the codec collections available;
> like the Ace Design package. You have to be very careful what
> you have loaded at the same time. At least it comes with a sort
> of manager program, to help installing and un-installing them.
> /Ken
>
> > In Device manager I looked up codecs, and my system lists
> > the following:
> >
> > DIVX 5.1.1 (btw, I may upgrade to the new 5.2 soon)
> >
> > iccvid.dll
> >
> > Indeo Video 5.11
> >
> > Indeo Video R3.2 by Intel
> >
> > Indeo Video Raw YUV9 by Intel
> >
> > ir41_32.ax
> >
> > iyuv_32.dll
> >
> > Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec
> >
> > msh261.drv
> >
> > msh263.drv
> >
> > msrle32.dll
> >
> > msvidc32.dll
> >
> > msyuv.dll
> >
> > XVID MPEG-4 Video Codec.
> >
> > Well, the above is what my computer states.
> >
> > I'm not familiar with any of these codecs. Are they all important to
have?
> > Would anyone sugggest that I get rid of some of them?
> >
> > By the way, I don't see WM9 codec here. Does Microsoft use their MPEG-4
> > codec to create .WMV videos?
> >
> >
>
>

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http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] us;q291948 is what you
have. If you wish to view DVD's, you must purchase a third party decoder
(http://msmvps.com/chrisl/articles/10726.aspx) and for AVI playback, please
see http://msmvps.com/chrisl/articles/10453.aspx

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" MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Could anyone comment on the exact list of codecs I have listed here? I
don't
> know what some of them are.
>
> Any that could cause problems, or that are in conflict with another one on
> the list?
>
> What is a good basic list of codecs to have installed, for someone who
does
> some video editing, processing, DVD creation and importation, etc., that
> will not conflict with one another?
>
>