Intel/Ligos Indeo Interactive 5.0 (IV50) Where can I find these CODECS updates for Windows Media Player Version 11 for Windows Vista? Without them, some of my older.avi files will not function or run.
By Many media codecs are included in Windows Vista, but as technology changes daily, it is important to know how to install new codecs for the Windows Media Player. Codecs are important in the Windows Media Player world because you need a codec to translate different kinds of media files into data that WMP can understand. A codec (short for coder-decoder or compressor-decompressor) is a small program that converts data from one form to another. Unfortunately, filename extensions don’t tell the whole codec story.
For example, WMA files can have a WMA 7, WMA 9.2 or WMA 10 format. It’s up to Windows Media Player (or Winamp, which also plays WMA files) to look inside the file and decide which format was used to create the file. After the determination has been made, WMP (or Winamp) hauls in the right codec to decipher the file.
You don’t need to lift a finger. Sometimes, though, Windows Media Player doesn’t have the correct codec on hand to play a particular file. For example, AVI is a popular file format that can be created using a particular kind of video-encoding technique called DivX. Although DivX files are gaining in popularity, Windows Media Player still doesn’t include its codec. So, in order to play a file using this format, you need to install a new codec.
In other words, you will be able to view 99% of the video and audio files you download from the Internet and you will also enjoy the possibility of encoding, if you are an experienced user. K-Lite Codec Pack is the favorite of many users not only because it allows them to play almost any media file, but also for the low amount of resources it consumes. This codec pack doesn’t slow down your computer or affect its performance, as it is very lightweight.