Which MPEG-2 encoder is being used?

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Aloke Prasad wrote:
> This is about how one can determine which (of many) software codec is
being
> used by Windows.
>
> I have ATI Radeon 9800 All-in-wonder card (MMC 9.03) which includes a
tuner
> that captures video (from cable-tv, in my case). The file format I
chose is
> MPEG-2 (720x480, NTSC, 8 MB/s, audio 48 KHz, 16 bit stereo). There
may be
> encoders from other software on the system, like Roxio EZMedia
Creator, that
> has a DVD authoring component, codecs installed by XPPro, Media
Player, etc.
>
> In any case, I used to get excellent MPEG-2 captures, which played
well in
> all mediaplayers.
>
> Until I installed Adobe Premiere Elements. That must have installed
it's
> own MPEG encoder, because now I get files captured that pause, look
jerky,
> are difficult to fast forward through, and not as good visually.
>
> Question: How do I determine which MPEG-2 encoder is being used ?
>
> Question: Is there a way to specify which encoder gets used by
default in
> XP?
>
> Thanks.
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I do not know if this applies to mpeg but used to be true for avi
files.
The file identifies the codec with a fourcc code.
Windows (or the application) searches the registry for installed codecs
that match the code. The first found is used.

You can search the registry for the codecs installed and see if the new
application has installed a different codec in front of the one
previously used.

In windows XP I am told you can see whats installed through the control
panel and activate or deactivate them.

There are a couple of utilities that do the same sort of thing.
What would cause you grief is an updated codec.

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<marks542004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Aloke Prasad wrote:
>> This is about how one can determine which (of many) software codec is
> being
>> used by Windows.
>
> I do not know if this applies to mpeg but used to be true for avi
> files.
> The file identifies the codec with a fourcc code.
> Windows (or the application) searches the registry for installed codecs
> that match the code. The first found is used.
>
> You can search the registry for the codecs installed and see if the new
> application has installed a different codec in front of the one
> previously used.
>
> In windows XP I am told you can see whats installed through the control
> panel and activate or deactivate them.

I could not identify the CP applet used to do this ..

> There are a couple of utilities that do the same sort of thing.
> What would cause you grief is an updated codec.

Any idea which ones?

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"Aloke Prasad" <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid> wrote in message
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> <marks542004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> Aloke Prasad wrote:
>>> This is about how one can determine which (of many) software codec is
>> being
>>> used by Windows.
>>
>> I do not know if this applies to mpeg but used to be true for avi
>> files.
>> The file identifies the codec with a fourcc code.
>> Windows (or the application) searches the registry for installed codecs
>> that match the code. The first found is used.
>>
>> You can search the registry for the codecs installed and see if the new
>> application has installed a different codec in front of the one
>> previously used.
>>
>> In windows XP I am told you can see whats installed through the control
>> panel and activate or deactivate them.
>
> I could not identify the CP applet used to do this ..
>
>> There are a couple of utilities that do the same sort of thing.
>> What would cause you grief is an updated codec.
>
> Any idea which ones?
>

There is a "Merit" system that is used with the codec:

0x00 80 00 00 Preferred
00 60 00 00 Normal
00 40 00 00 Unlikely
00 20 00 00 Do not use

00 10 00 00 Sw-compressor
00 10 00 50 Hw-compressor

Luck;
Ken

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"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Aloke Prasad" <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid> wrote in message
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>>
>> <marks542004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1105927217.616483.196320@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>> You can search the registry for the codecs installed and see if the new
>>> application has installed a different codec in front of the one
>>> previously used.
>>>
>>> In windows XP I am told you can see whats installed through the control
>>> panel and activate or deactivate them.
>>
>> I could not identify the CP applet used to do this ..
>>
>>> There are a couple of utilities that do the same sort of thing.
>>> What would cause you grief is an updated codec.
>>
>> Any idea which ones?
>>
>
> There is a "Merit" system that is used with the codec:
>
> 0x00 80 00 00 Preferred
> 00 60 00 00 Normal
> 00 40 00 00 Unlikely
> 00 20 00 00 Do not use
>
> 00 10 00 00 Sw-compressor
> 00 10 00 50 Hw-compressor

Which location in the registry has these settings?
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