Just got vista ultimate installed and some of my videos wont work can anyone tell what codecs peeps are using these days

TY..

Does VLC work on Vista? If so, just use that.

ill give it a go

vlc doesnt cover everything on vista

just google it, i had the same thing with a mates machine, and theres plenty of codec packs around for vista

mkv's need a codec update for sure

coreavc, ac3filter, matroskasplitter and xvid is all you need!

I've been using the CCCP for a while now, have had no dramas with it.

http://www.cccp-project.net/

does everything

f*** vista is s***

also all you people are suckers

video codec wise, everything has been identical to xp for me.

ffdshow
quicktime alternative

are the ones I use on my vista64 box

last edited by rubba-chikin at 17:13:55 08/Jan/08

k-lite codec pack, havnt found anything in vista I cant play

f*** vista is s***

The majority of people who make this statement have never used it, are you one of those people/

The majority of people who make this statement have never used it, are you one of those people/

Sex with other men isn't all that great either, amirite?

^ lololz

Well I finally caved and installed vista out of curiosity and it's just even keel. I've had minimal compatibility issues, no video codec related ones. That said, I haven't noticed any real benefit either. It's just prettier.

It might not be a warranted upgrade, but it's certainly not "s***".

I was pretty happy with vista64, then I got back into coh and it crashed all the f***ing time and I assumed it was vista 64bit video drivers so went back to xp32 and coh still crashes all the time the c***. could've just stayed running vista with it's pretty things

Another vote for K-Lite Codec Pack. I've found that playing videos and installing codecs in Vista has been no different than it was in XP.

vista came with all the codecs i needed, the dvd playing one. f*** paying for one ala xp

paying for one?

vista came with all the codecs i needed, the dvd playing one. f*** paying for one ala xp

http://free-codecs.com/ all you'll ever need

VLC works fine on my vista 64bit box...

Lol @ Vista Suckers.

I have a problem with Vista. The start up takes like 5 minutes(literally). It sits at the taskbar for the majority of the time trying to load up start up programs but there's nothing there to make it take so long! FOR SHAME BILL

mine takes about 1 min to boot and runs very nice indeed ??? still not much different that XP all eye candy.

yeah i dont know what it is, it works fine on my desktop but not on my laptop. Laptop has better specs than the desktop..

mine boots up faster than my xp box

didn't like vista much to start, but havent really had any issues, this is running 64bit as well, so i am abit of a convert. (i hate it on my laptop tho it runs like poo)
On my Desktop PC
With lots and lots of Gaming TF2,COD4,Pirates of the Burning Seas, watching movies, burning files etc etc etc.

It still has not slowed down, and uptime is 41days 12hrs and counting, yah vista.
while xp certainly would stay up similar, it would always bog away and require a restart eventually, i have yet to feel that need with vista.

I have a problem with Vista. The start up takes like 5 minutes(literally). It sits at the taskbar for the majority of the time trying to load up start up programs but there's nothing there to make it take so long! FOR SHAME BILL

Try checking the services loading at startup.

I had a similar sounding problem in XP, where the service that checks USB for digital cameras (Something like that anyway. I can't remember the name, sorry) would load and proceed to halt the computer until it timed out after 2 minutes or so.