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I've been using the guide Narf liked to, and didn't see or realise they had a new guide using GOTSent. Will try, +rep.
I would recommend kmplayer as a great universal media player. I haven't run into a format it won't play yet, and it has a very nice UI.
http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/
I would recommend kmplayer as a great universal media player. I haven't run into a format it won't play yet, and it has a very nice UI.
http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/
go to my ftp and download the coreavc codec
Who's brilliant idea was to use the rubbish non-standard mkv format?
Why not some sort of normal format like avi or mpg?
mkv IS the standard for HD video on the internet.
Everyone that knew anything about encoding. Can't be bothered to post links to the numerous posts containing more reasons, use the search feature.
mkv is becoming increasingly common for non-HD as well, which I find annoying because Windows Media Player is the only thing that will run them properly on my netbook. What happened to good old Divx/Xvid.... I could play DVD rips on my Pentium II laptop.
xvid got outperformed by x264 - better quality for lower file sizes. New divx has made some improvements, but the internet mentality clashes with corporations like divx, it prefers free stuff like mkv and x264.
You can try VLC (which by the way is developed by the same people as x264).
PS: Great thing about VLC, it tries to play back anything you throw at it. Wrong file name extension? No Problem. Still downloading the second half of the file? No Problem. Broken File? No Problem (if sufficient data is present).
While this may be academic to most users, according to http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue820 the KMPlayer is violating GPL terms. It made the FFmpeg hall of shame for that.
Narf, you really do post some very insightful things, I really wish you wen't such an asshole (and I mean that in the kindest way possible).
You might be an asshole, but you do know your shit. (He is like the Dr. House of the A/V World.)
Also: Has the OP ever returned? Or has he gone back to 2003 when avi's were da shizzle..?
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It's pronounced "German".
^^ You really like your multi quotes today, don't you?
have to watch it on my computer
http://forums.finalgear.com/problems/high-definition-playback-guide-40409/This is annoying me simply because I use my 360 as a makeshift HTPC and as you know, MS has no love for MKV. I know it's a superior container to AVI but it's just annoying to have to watch it on my computer.
Scattered around the forum there are multiple posts showing you how to quickly convert it into an xbox-digestible container without in any way reducing image quality.
http://forums.finalgear.com/problems/high-definition-playback-guide-40409/
Plenty of apps in that thread.