Minimal set of recommended codec’s?

[EmuMannen]

Hi all, I am looking for some guidance regarding a minimal set of codec’s for my new HTPC (running Mediaportal). I want to be able to run as much media types as possible with a minimum set of (“known to work“) codec’s.

I am installing MP 0.2.2.0 on a fresh XP SP2 installation using an abit NF-M2 nView MOBO (GeForce 6150 / nForce 430) with a PVR-150 TV-card. DScaler is offered during install of MP but I am considering PureVideo for MPEG2. What would you recommend me, to go for the PureVideo codec or to use an Open Source codec like DScalers (I really like FLOSS)?

I was thinking about FFDShow as the next “general” codec. Do I need really anything else? Would you recommend FFDShow for pre/post-processing or not (and for what media types)?

Any other codec’s I might need (like Haali Media Splitter etc.)?

[deebo]

nvidia purevideo (mpeg2)
ffdshow (random stuff, turn off xvid, divx and h264 decoding)
coreAVC (h264, vc-1)
koepi xvid (divx5+ and xvid)
ac3filter/ffdshow (audio)

[reagan+carter]

My minimal set of codecs. May it be helpful.

 
25/09/2006  00:12           172ÿ600 CoreAAC-1.2.0.575-3.exe
14/04/2007  21:22         1ÿ029ÿ848 coreavc_professional_edition.exe
02/03/2005  14:57           133ÿ966 CoreFLACDecoder_0.4.exe
20/08/2005  19:06           180ÿ481 CoreVorbis_1.1.0.79_20050813.exe
27/02/2007  04:51           106ÿ143 CoreWavPack-1.1.0-Setup.exe
15/04/2007  03:23           717ÿ393 divx_3.11alpha.zip
29/11/2006  16:09         1ÿ970ÿ348 Elecard MPEG-2 Decoder&Streaming Plug-in for WMP 3.4.61129.exe
14/01/2007  16:19           339ÿ968 lame.ax
23/03/2007  23:59           758ÿ070 MatroskaSplitter.exe
24/03/2007  00:39        11ÿ150ÿ848 quicktimealt178lite.exe
13/08/2006  19:30           130ÿ019 RadLightAPE_1.0.0.4.exe
27/01/2005  06:59            95ÿ698 RadLightMPC_1.0.0.4.exe
13/08/2006  19:40           254ÿ981 RadLightTTA_1.0.0.0.exe
24/03/2007  00:34         4ÿ713ÿ990 realalt151lite.exe
13/07/2005  12:01                40 RegLAME_DS.bat
13/07/2005  12:00                43 UnRegLAME_DS.bat
24/03/2007  02:49           391ÿ083 vsfilter.2.37_nt.exe
24/03/2007  00:43         1ÿ416ÿ944 WM9Codecs.exe
14/04/2007  21:07           646ÿ049 XviD-1.2.-127-25022006.exe
              19 File(s)     24ÿ208ÿ512 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  36ÿ097ÿ839ÿ104 bytes free

[daniel_1980]

minimum:
- haali media splitter
- ffdshow

[FlipGer]

Hi,

Very minimum:
- mpeg decoder: PureVideo (MPV / DScaler)
- everything else: ffdshow

Additional if you have such files:

Multiple audio streams in video:
- haali media splitter

Quicktime:
- quicktime alternative

Real:
- real alternative

Postprocessing works on my machine very well and improves picture quality for all my media. (TV / DVD / AVIs)

Flip.