Best Codecs

[skycyclepilot]

In a previous post, Sub indicated that I shouldn't use the ffdshow codecs. Which codecs do you recommend, and where can I find them?

[mvallevand]

ffdshow is the best decoder on my machine.

Martin

[Graham]

This works for me ...

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=40821

and I'm using it because I read posts from others saying that it worked for them.

[stustunz]

best you take note of what people are using in your country/area I say
have a look here
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ht=decoder
personally i use cyberlink

[johnsonx42]

If you're using Windows 7 (or probably Vista Home Premium), I recommend the Microsoft DVD-DTV Decoder. It works best for me.

The ATI MPEG-2 Decoder (part of the AVIVO Package) also seems to work well, but I've not used it much since the Microsoft decoder works so well.

[pBS]

how old was that post? it's come a long way lately..
the "tryouts" versions are very nice and add things like DTS-HD and DXVA-H.264 decoding..
i use it on all my systems, as it's usually the best performer despite not always being fully accelerated..and it's the only one i can consistently use for any hardware..intel/ati/nvidia..

there's been lots of activity in it's development lately and more to come..
it's by far the most tweakable and full featured codec out there, and plays almost anything..
beta7 is a good ver for stability, but i use the 'nightly' versions without issue last couple of years..plus they add the h264 dxva codec which is actually separate..

[hoborg]

Of course SAF 5.00 *unlocked*