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Eltee wrote:
> Raymond J. Johnson Jr. wrote:
>
>> "Eltee" <eltee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> | Raymond J. Johnson Jr. wrote:
>> | > "Eltee" <eltee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> | > news:3525uiF4cdvpuU1@individual.net...
>> | > | Raymond J. Johnson Jr. wrote:
>> | > | > "Eltee" <eltee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> | > | > news:351rs3F4gjq71U1@individual.net...
>> | > | > | Hi everybody,
>> | > | > |
>> | > | > | I was trying to set some machine in order, uninstalled
>> everything
>> I
>> | > could
>> | > | > find
>> | > | > | remotely resembling a codec in Control panel -> Add or Remove
>> | > Programs,
>> | > | > and then
>> | > | > | reinstalled only the necessary ones, but the result is the
>> same:
>> some
>> | > | > green
>> | > | > | movement instead of a clear video. So, before I go down the
>> format
>> c:
>> | > path
>> | > | > (G,
>> | > | > | thanks, M$!), I thought I'd ask some questions here:
>> | > | > |
>> | > | > | 1. How does one go about cleaning the machine of that codecs
>> mess?
>> I
>> | > mean
>> | > | > | completely cleaning: files as well as settings that remain
>> after
>> the
>> | > | > uninstall
>> | > | > | (this is an oxymoron, I know, but Windows seem to be this way).
>> | > | > |
>> | > | > | 2. How to manualy install codecs? What is a "raw" codec file?
>> Where do
>> | > you
>> | > | > get
>> | > | > | it (_not_ the installer!)? Where do you put it? What system
>> | > (registry?)
>> | > | > settings
>> | > | > | must be set? Where?
>> | > | > |
>> | > | > | Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>> | > | >
>> | > | > You haven't described the original problem other than to say
>> you're
>> | > getting
>> | > | > "green movement." What caused you to believe that you had to
>> uninstall
>> | > or
>> | > | > delete codecs?
>> | > |
>> | > | Some time ago I could watch some particular video without problems.
>> Then,
>> | > after
>> | > | a year or so, when I used the same machine again, the video was
>> | > unwatchable: a
>> | > | lot of green colour, something "moving" (as in: the opposite of
>> static)
>> | > but not
>> | > | resembling anything, in one word: garbage. Sound was ok, though.
>> So,
>> after
>> | > | trying out several different video files with several different
>> players
>> | > (with
>> | > | same results) I wanted to re-set the machine so that I would be
>> able
>> to
>> | > watch
>> | > | them. I tried the conventionals (as described in my previous
>> post), to
>> no
>> | > avail.
>> | > | Rather than taking a Voyage to the centre of the W...indows,
>> learning
>> all
>> | > the
>> | > | gory details of innumerable - and I quote - hacks
>> | > | (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795 ) - unquote,
>> which
>> | > would
>> | > | take intolerable amounts of time and nerves, I decided to format c:
>> and
>> | > | reincarnate the whole machine. Then something struck me and I
>> decided
>> to
>> | > ask in
>> | > | this NG first and hope for a miracle. So far, nothing. I guess I'll
>> have
>> | > to
>> | > | (plug and) pray some more. ;-)
>> | >
>> | > This doesn't sound like a codec issue. You don't mention whether
>> you've
>> | > tried updating the your video card driver, but I would start
>> there. If
>> you
>> | > have a player such as Power DVD that includes the necessary codecs,
>> update
>> | > your video driver, reinstall the player, and see what happens.
>> | >
>> | >
>> |
>> | I could watch the video in quesion (and all others) without problems a
>> year (or
>> | so) ago on the same (HW-wise) machine. Why would I want to update the
>> drivers?
>> | they worked back then.
>>
>> You were able to watch video a year ago, so why would you want to
>> update the
>> codecs now? They worked back then.
>
>
> Because unfortunately Windows is prone to deterioration. The same
> software that works in the beginning (right after fresh install)
> develops serious glitches as time passes. Format and reinstall solves
> that problem. For a while. ;-)
>
> Ergo: with HW configuration unchanged the same drivers and codecs should
> work after a fresh install. Or a proper clean up.
>
> Now, aren't there any MS-certified-<something>s in the Whole Wide Whirl
> ;-) who could tell me how to manualy (un)install codecs so that I'd know
> exactly what goes where and be able to clean up without using the F
> command?
You've already been given good advice and you declined it. Suit
yourself. XP is *not* "prone to deterioration." I'll ask once again:
What makes you think a codec could go bad, but not a video driver?
Actually, it's a rhetorical question--no answer is required. If you're
not interested in solving the problem, why bother posting?