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How to install all default codecs in Windows?
4 Steps to add all the default codecs in Windows 98/95.
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Codecs are used to play compressed files by decompressing them in memory. To add all the default codecs in Windows, follow these steps:
1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
2. On the Windows Setup tab, click Multimedia or Sounds and Multimedia, and then click Details.
3. Click the Audio Compression and Video Compression check boxes to select them, and then click OK.
4. Click OK.
Windows Media Player can play many different multimedia file formats as streamed or local content. Windows Media Player can play the following multimedia file formats:
Codecs are used to play compressed files by decompressing them in memory. To add all the default codecs in Windows, follow these steps:1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
2. On the Windows Setup tab, click Multimedia or Sounds and Multimedia, and then click Details.
3. Click the Audio Compression and Video Compression check boxes to select them, and then click OK.
4. Click OK.
Windows Media Player can play many different multimedia file formats as streamed or local content. Windows Media Player can play the following multimedia file formats:-
Windows Media
File name extensions: .asf, .asx
RealNetworks RealAudio, and RealVideo (version 4.0 or earlier)
File name extensions: .ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm
Audio Visual Interleave (AVI)
File name extension: .avi
Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG 1 and MPEG 2)
File name extensions: .mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
File name extensions: .mid, .rmi
Apple QuickTime, Macintosh AIFF Resource
File name extensions: .qt, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .mov
Sun Microsystems and NeXT
File name extensions: .au, .snd
Audio for Windows
File name extension: .wav
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