What Are Major Codecs needed?

[EtDuong12]

What are major codecs needed?

[locoeng]

Here is a pretty good compilation of common codecs.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm

[LT. Columbo]

decoding, encoding? playback only? fddshow can do quite a bit by itself.

[celtic_druid]

Well codec means decoding and encoding. Otherwise it isn't a codec, just an encoder or decoder.

[hello people]

So many different codecs