codecs

Your short list of leading codecs is right on the money.

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Along with less-than-remarkable subtitle rendering, the inability to load external codecs is VLCs biggest drawback.

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The inclusion of Flash and other codecs is why I am moving to Mint from Ubuntu-neat.

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The fundamental difference between DiVX and other codecs is that it is not trying to get video into the narrowest stream it can, but is trying to get the file size down to the smallest it can manage.

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Ubuntu restricted extras which is what's called codecs in windows ... making it possible to play more video/sound formats in terminal sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras gnarliprime

Ubuntu Forums gnarliprime 2010

So be sure to have directshow filters (also known as codecs) correctly installed for the videos which you want to operate.

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Night_Raven Codec Essentials is a useful collection of video, audio and subtitles codecs that will enable you to view your preferred movies.

Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

Night_Raven Codec Essentials is a useful collection of video, audio and subtitles codecs that will enable you to view your preferred movies.

Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

On the other hand, capturing with the AVI format is likely best to use if you burn your material using a third-party system (like Nero), though it's a bit more complicated, since it uses the aforementioned "codecs".

Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: Life Before DVD 2009

The Roxio software has a limited repertoire of underlying video technologies, especially of the "codecs" that determine how video is encoded.

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