Video codecs problem. :(

[wobbles]

Hi all
I have been without my pc for over a year so I apologise for my absence.......I'm sure I was missed! lol
I promise I searched the forums first but I am prepared to accept that I may have missed a similar post along the way.......there's a lot to catch up on!
Anyway I really need help now with my new pc setup! I am having problems playing videos that worked fine in my old pc & also in other people's in the interim! The colour is really bad, glaring & bleeding! My graphics card works fine with games etc.
I remembered that when I had problems a long time back it was because I had too many codecs & they were conflicting so I have a suspician that this is the same!
I am running winxp with sp1 & I think a lot of the codecs were included in it & with the windows updates. I run videolan (for almost everything) & windvd (for the dvd player) I have separately installed the ac3 codec the divx codec & the xvid codec.......no bundles.
I used Gspot & videoinspector to check each video & no missing codecs so I am pretty sure its a conflict of too many codecs!!
There are 126 codecs/filters etc listed in GSpot as being installed so please can anyone tell me how I can safely delete the codecs that are installed & which basic ones I should reinstall?
thank you so much for reading.

[LT. Columbo]

which files give the problems, which ones are ok? provide details....

[wobbles]

Ah sorry LT. Columbo,........... its all of them! avi, divx xvid mpeg, svcd etc
all the videos I have tried so far (& dvds).I thought I would include a copy of the list from gspots' records in case that would help
At the moment I am seriously contemplating a reformat as my sound seems to be wrong now as well........keeps failing! (probably another codec prob......lol)

part1

DSH ACDFX Filter {4BC02DC2-3B39-4A98-BAB3-79C2FF247051} 0x00200000 ACDFX.ax
DSH SampleGrabber {C1F400A0-3F08-11D3-9F0B-006008039E37} 0x00200000 qedit.dll
DSH Infinite Pin Tee Filter {F8388A40-D5BB-11D0-BE5A-0080C706568E} 0x00200000 qcap.dll
REND Null Renderer {C1F400A4-3F08-11D3-9F0B-006008039E37} 0x00200000 qedit.dll
DSH DIV1 DivX MPEG-4 DVD Video Decompressor {82CCD3E0-F71A-11D0-9FE5-00609778AAAA} 0x00800000 DivX_c32.ax
DSH DXRE DivX Subtitle Decoder {BA11F969-397A-4146-AC96-236C3D76711D} 0x00600000 DivXMedia.ax
DMO MP42 Mpeg4 Decoder DMO {F371728A-6052-4D47-827C-D039335DFE0A} 0x00800001 qasf.dll --> mpg4dmod.dll
DMO MP43 WMVideo Decoder DMO {82D353DF-90BD-4382-8BC2-3F6192B76E34} 0x00800001 qasf.dll --> wmvdmod.dll
DSH MPG4 Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor {82CCD3E0-F71A-11D0-9FE5-00609778EA66} 0x00800000 mpg4ds32.ax
DSH XVID ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder {04FE9017-F873-410E-871E-AB91661A4EF7} 0xff800001 ffdshow.ax
DSH XVID DivX Decoder Filter {78766964-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} 0xff800000 divxdec.ax
DSH XVID XviD MPEG-4 Video Decoder {64697678-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} 0x00800000 xvid.ax
DSH XVID ffdshow raw video filter {0B390488-D80F-4A68-8408-48DC199F0E97} 0x00200000 ffdshow.ax
DSH XVID ffdshow VFW decoder helper {996B7CE8-FE76-4DA3-98C6-4E0046137019} 0x00200000 ffdshow.ax
ACM ACELPnet Audio codec for MS ACM msacm.sl_anet 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> sl_anet.acm
DSH ACELPnet ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio Decoder {4009F700-AEBA-11D1-8344-00C04FB92EB7} 0x00800001 acelpdec.ax
DSH Audio ACM Wrapper {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio InterVideo Audio Processor {0BEDA08A-C516-4A44-9141-7B2CF28975EA} 0x00400000 IviAudioProcess.ax
DSH Audio RealAudio Decoder {941A4793-A705-4312-8DFC-C11CA05F397E} 0x00400000 RealMediaSplitter.ax
DSH Audio IMA ADPCM {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio PCM {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio Microsoft ADPCM {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio ACELP.net {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio Windows Media Audio V1 {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio Windows Media Audio V2 {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio GSM 6.10 {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio Microsoft G.723.1 {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio CCITT A-Law {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll

[wobbles]

Part 2
DSH Audio CCITT u-Law {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio MPEG Layer-3 {6A08CF80-0E18-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH Audio ffdshow Audio Processor {B86F6BEE-E7C0-4D03-8D52-5B4430CF6C88} 0x00200000 ffdshow.ax
REND Audio Realtek AC97 Audio {E30629D1-27E5-11CE-875D-00608CB78066} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
REND Audio Default WaveOut Device {E30629D1-27E5-11CE-875D-00608CB78066} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH AUXLine21Data Line 21 Decoder 2 {E4206432-01A1-4BEE-B3E1-3702C8EDC574} 0x00600002 quartz.dll
DSH AUXLine21Data Line 21 Decoder {6E8D4A20-310C-11D0-B79A-00AA003767A7} 0x00600000 qdvd.dll
DSH Avi AVI Splitter {1B544C20-FD0B-11CE-8C63-00AA0044B51E} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
VFW CVID Cinepak Codec by Radius vidc.cvid 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> iccvid.dll
VFW DIV3 DivX MPEG-4 Low-Motion vidc.div3 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> DivXc32.dll
VFW DIV4 DivX MPEG-4 Fast-Motion vidc.div4 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> DivXc32f.dll
VFW DIVX DivX® 5.2.1 Codec vidc.divx 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> DivX.dll
DSH DOLBY_AC3 AC3Filter {A753A1EC-973E-4718-AF8E-A3F554D45C44} 0x40000000 ac3filter.ax
DSH DOLBY_AC3 InterVideo Audio Decoder {7E2E0DC1-31FD-11D2-9C21-00104B3801F6} 0x00700000 iviaudio.ax
DSH DOLBY_AC3 AC3 Parser Filter {280A3020-86CF-11D1-ABE6-00A0C905F375} 0x00600000 mpg2splt.ax
DSH DVSD DV Video Decoder {B1B77C00-C3E4-11CF-AF79-00AA00B67A42} 0x00800000 qdv.dll
DSH DVSD DV Splitter {4EB31670-9FC6-11CF-AF6E-00AA00B67A42} 0x00600000 qdv.dll
VFW FFDS ffdshow Video Codec vidc.ffds 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> ff_vfw.dll
DSH File File stream renderer {D51BD5A5-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
ACM FmtTag: 0x0002 Microsoft ADPCM CODEC for MSACM msacm.msadpcm 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msadp32.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0006 Microsoft CCITT G.711 (A-Law and u-Law) CODEC for MSACM msacm.msg711 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msg711.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0007 Microsoft CCITT G.711 (A-Law and u-Law) CODEC for MSACM msacm.msg711 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msg711.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0011 IMA ADPCM CODEC for MSACM msacm.imaadpcm 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> imaadp32.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0022 DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Audio Codec for MSACM V3.50 msacm.trspch 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> tssoft32.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0031 Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC for MSACM msacm.msgsm610 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msgsm32.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0042 Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC for MSACM msacm.msg723 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msg723.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0055 MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec for DivX msacm.l3acm 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> L3codeca.acm
DSH FmtTag: 0x0055 ffdshow Audio Decoder {0F40E1E5-4F79-4988-B1A9-CC98794E6B55} 0x3fffffff ffdshow.ax
DSH FmtTag: 0x0055 MPEG Layer-3 Decoder {38BE3000-DBF4-11D0-860E-00A024CFEF6D} 0x00810000 l3codecx.ax
ACM FmtTag: 0x0160 DivX Audio Codec msacm.divxa32 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> DivXa32.acm
ACM FmtTag: 0x0160 Windows Media Audio msacm.msaudio1 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msaud32.acm
DMO FmtTag: 0x0160 WMAudio Decoder DMO {2EEB4ADF-4578-4D10-BCA7-BB955F56320A} 0x00000000 qasf.dll --> wmadmod.dll
VFW I420 Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50 vidc.i420 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msh263.drv
VFW IV32 Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2 vidc.iv32 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> ir32_32.dll
VFW IYUV Intel IYUV codec vidc.iyuv 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> iyuv_32.dll
DSH LMRT ASF embedded stuff Handler {B9D1F32E-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
VFW M261 Microsoft H.261 Video Codec vidc.m261 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msh261.drv
VFW M263 Microsoft H.263 Video Codec vidc.m263 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msh263.drv
DSH Midi MIDI Parser {D51BD5A2-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
REND Midi Default MidiOut Device {07B65360-C445-11CE-AFDE-00AA006C14F4} 0x00800000 quartz.dll
REND Midi Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth {07B65360-C445-11CE-AFDE-00AA006C14F4} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH MJPG AVI Draw {A888DF60-1E90-11CF-AC98-00AA004C0FA9} 0x00600064 quartz.dll
DSH MJPG MJPEG Decompressor {301056D0-6DFF-11D2-9EEB-006008039E37} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH MPEG1Packet MPEG Video Decoder {FEB50740-7BEF-11CE-9BD9-0000E202599C} 0x40000001 quartz.dll
DSH MPEG1Packet MPEG Audio Decoder {4A2286E0-7BEF-11CE-9BD9-0000E202599C} 0x03680001 quartz.dll
DSH MPEG1System MPEG-I Stream Splitter {336475D0-942A-11CE-A870-00AA002FEAB5} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH MPEG2_VIDEO InterVideo Video Decoder {0246CA20-776D-11D2-8010-00104B9B8592} 0x00700000 ivivideo.ax
VFW MRLE Microsoft RLE vidc.mrle 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msrle32.dll
DSH MSS1 Microsoft Screen Video Decompressor {3301A7C4-0A8D-11D4-914D-00C04F610D24} 0x00800000 msscds32.ax
DMO MSS1 MSScreen decoder DMO {7BAFB3B1-D8F4-4279-9253-27DA423108DE} 0x00000000 qasf.dll --> wmsdmod.dll
VFW MSVC Microsoft Video 1 vidc.msvc 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msvidc32.dll
DSH PCM G.711 Codec {AF7D8180-A8F9-11CF-9A46-00AA00B7DAD1} 0x00200000 g711codc.ax
REND PCM Default DirectSound Device {79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00800000 quartz.dll
REND PCM DirectSound: Realtek AC97 Audio {79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH QTMovie QuickTime Movie Parser {D51BD5A0-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH QTRpza QT Decompressor {FDFE9681-74A3-11D0-AFA7-00AA00B67A42} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH RGB24 ShotBoundaryDet {FE48704D-DC92-4F10-91DE-C676E25624CF} 0x00200000 wmmfilt.dll
DSH RGB8 Color Space Converter {1643E180-90F5-11CE-97D5-00AA0055595A} 0x00400001 quartz.dll
DSH RGB8 VGA 16 Color Ditherer {1DA08500-9EDC-11CF-BC10-00AA00AC74F6} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
REND ScriptCommand Internal Script Command Renderer {48025243-2D39-11CE-875D-00608CB78066} 0x00800001 quartz.dll
DSH Stream ASX file Parser {640999A0-A946-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH Stream NSC file Parser {640999A2-A946-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH Stream SAMI (CC) Parser {33FACFE0-A9BE-11D0-A520-00A0D10129C0} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
DSH Stream Multi-file Parser {D51BD5A3-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
REND Stream ASX v.2 file Parser {640999A1-A946-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
REND Stream .RAM file Parser {A98C8400-4181-11D1-A520-00A0D10129C0} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH TELETEXT WST Decoder {70BC06E0-5666-11D3-A184-00105AEF9F33} 0x00600000 wstdecod.dll
DSH Text Lyric Parser {D51BD5A4-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
¤ Video AVI Decompressor {CF49D4E0-1115-11CE-B03A-0020AF0BA770} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH Video RealVideo Decoder {238D0F23-5DC9-45A6-9BE2-666160C324DD} 0x00400000 RealMediaSplitter.ax
DSH Video Overlay Mixer2 {A0025E90-E45B-11D1-ABE9-00A0C905F375} 0x00400000 qdvd.dll
DSH Video WIA Stream Snapshot Filter {BC7ACB90-622B-11D2-829D-00C04F8EC183} 0x00200000 wiasf.ax
DSH Video Smart Tee {CC58E280-8AA1-11D1-B3F1-00AA003761C5} 0x00200000 qcap.dll
REND Video Video Renderer {6BC1CFFA-8FC1-4261-AC22-CFB4CC38DB50} 0x00800001 quartz.dll
REND Video Video Renderer {70E102B0-5556-11CE-97C0-00AA0055595A} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
REND Video Full Screen Renderer {07167665-5011-11CF-BF33-00AA0055595A} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
REND Video Video Mixing Renderer 9 {51B4ABF3-748F-4E3B-A276-C828330E926A} 0x00200000 quartz.dll
DSH VPVBI VBI Surface Allocator {814B9800-1C88-11D1-BAD9-00609744111A} 0x00600000 vbisurf.ax
DSH VPVideo Video Port Manager {6F26A6CD-967B-47FD-874A-7AED2C9D25A2} 0x00600000 quartz.dll
DSH WAVE Wave Parser {D51BD5A1-7548-11CF-A520-0080C77EF58A} 0x00400000 quartz.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented Windows Media Multiplexer {63F8AA94-E2B9-11D0-ADF6-00C04FB66DAD} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented ASF DIB Handler {B9D1F320-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented ASF ACM Handler {B9D1F321-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented ASF ICM Handler {B9D1F322-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented ASF URL Handler {B9D1F323-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented ASF JPEG Handler {B9D1F324-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
DSH WM9_ASF_Undocumented ASF DJPEG Handler {B9D1F325-C401-11D0-A520-000000000000} 0x00600000 dxmasf.dll
ACM WMAudioV2 DivX Audio Codec msacm.divxa32 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> DivXa32.acm
ACM WMAudioV2 Windows Media Audio msacm.msaudio1 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> msaud32.acm
DSH WMAudioV2 Windows Media Audio Decoder {22E24591-49D0-11D2-BB50-006008320064} 0x00800001 msadds32.ax
DSH WMV1 Windows Media Video Decoder {4FACBBA1-FFD8-4CD7-8228-61E2F65CB1AE} 0x00800000 wmvds32.ax
DSH WMV2 Windows Media Video Decoder {521FB373-7654-49F2-BDB1-0C6E6660714F} 0x00800000 wmv8ds32.ax
DMO WMV2 WMVideo 8 Decoder DMO {12B31B03-AF47-4106-BBE8-EA2960282C50} 0x00800001 qasf.dll --> wmv8dmod.dll
VFW XVID XviD MPEG-4 Codec vidc.xvid 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> xvidvfw.dll
VFW YV12 DivX® 5.2.1 Codec vidc.yv12 0x00200000 quartz.dll --> DivX.dll
DSH YV12 ffdshow video encoder {4DB2B5D9-4556-4340-B189-AD20110D953F} 0x00100000 ffdshow. ax

[UncasMS]

the best suggestion is FFDSHOW imho

uninstall your present codecs and install ffdshow

[wobbles]

thank you UncasMS but do you mean that I should delete all of the codecs that are in that list?? Is it safe? Will it affect the OS itself??
I'll search for ffdshow while I am waiting for your reply!
Much appreciated!

[UncasMS]

well i normally prefer clean environments but you might as well install ffdshwo without uninstalling any of the codecs

make sure that ffdshow will be assigned as playbackfilter (possible during installation)

[tigerman8u]

you can use codec sniper to identify the codecs and see if any are broken. be carefull deleting the codecs as some software may not work. VLC (videolan) is an excellent free player that uses it's own codecs

[terryjoebob]

The Green Screen

i have a MEDION pretty advanced hyperthreading computer..have burnt/encoded/ripped dvds for years, but i can't seem to get anything to work to get some DIVX and ALL XVID movie files to not have a green screen during playback...have installed latest divx & xvid codecs, have NIMO codec pack, etc.....is there anything i can install/work on here to get these to play, so as to get them to work in TMPGENC so i can burn them to dvd...i'm at a loss

thanx
terry

[LT. Columbo]

i'd start by getting rid of all codecs and starting over....

[wobbles]

terryjoebob..........I had problems previously when I used the nimmo codec bundle & after advice from here I deleted it & never installed any bundle codecs again! lol the individual codecs are much safer & cause less conflicts! Having said that of course I am having codec probs now but I think its most likely related to something bundled with a software prog!

Guys........I appreciate all the advice & I will let you know the progress!
Thanks everyone

[LT. Columbo]

best of luck wobbles

[wobbles]

Thank you all. I have reformatted & now have only 107 codecs lol
It still seems a lot to me but they all came with programmes, no extras from me!
All my multimedia is now working just fine, pictures are clear & sound is permanently resident!
many thanx for all your advice & concern!

[LT. Columbo]

"many thanx for all your advice & concern!"

glad we could help..

[anon125]

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Hello
where would i find out how to put a 50MB mpeg2 video on to my homepage by compressing it.
i have windows media encoder but it wont do it - says something about missing codec.
thanks very much
Rick