Codec Guide

Hi there i was wondering if i need to install the media players it comes with? or will your codec play all media in my real player and windows media player without the addition of the players it comes with?. also currently i have the vista codec pack installed am in the process of removing it as i don't like it. it has problems with my powerdvd. so if i just uninstall that codec and install yours will everything be ok?. thanks for help i look forward to hearing from you.

ok also i just installed without the player on my regular windows xp machine works good. but i had question i did not do any of the optional stuff. and do i need to configure anything i'm using the full package as i figured why not it has everything i need any help appreciated. what should i configure or do i need to configure anything. also do i need to turn off UAC on my vista machine i would rather not do this as my kid uses this machine as well and it has saved my but a few times. also before i install it on my machine i notest that it said not to install MP2 stuff on vista do i need to unchecked that or is it already done for me i don't want to hose my machine please help.

ok i installed it on my vista machine with default settings i hope it did not install the MPEG2 stuff as vista already has it i installed without media player as i did not need it. yes PDVD8 has audio again thanks K-lite team . do you think i need to configure anything i did the full pack but i relised i don't do any encoding is this going to hurt having the full pack installed? please if anyone could comment on this sure would help. so far no audio problems.

omg it did install it ffdshow audio decoder thing loaded up and was decoding the mpeg2 audio i left that stuff unchecked how do i fix this? windows has native MPeg2 playback. i just uninstalled k-lite and file still plays why is it doing this when it was not installed for MPEG2. ok i did a reinstall and MPEG2 stuff is not checked it was not checked by default. so why it decode the audio this is interesting is it suppose to do that?.

The pack automatically detects if the Microsoft MPEG-2 video decoder (or another decoder) is installed. In that case, the pack won't install a MPEG-2 decoder at default settings.

MPEG audio is a different format than MPEG-2 video. Audio instead of video. If you for some reason prefer the native decoder for that, uncheck the MP2 audio decoder in the installer. There are no known problems that I am aware of when ffdshow is doing the decoding instead.

The default settings in the pack are generally the recommended ones for novice users. If you don't understand what the several additional options do, then it is best not to touch them.

The included player is of course optional (as is everything in the pack). The included components work with all DirectShow players, including Windows Media Player.

Ok awesome i leave it at default setting then thanks for reply i'm glad to have audio back with my PDVD