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Flip, are you serious? You really think it is better to let windows choose the used codecs? I totally disagree.

First of all you say a lot of wrong things...
-MPEG2 is not a container like avi so you can't compare them. Its a videoformat.
-You cannot specify a codec for a container like you say, only for the formats (MPEG2,H264,XVID,DIVX,enz) in containers (.ts, .avi, .mkv, enz). So you cannot say "for AVI please use the XviD decoder". THey are 2 different things.
-It's NOT safer to let windows choose the right codec! Why do you think that for xvid and divx, but not for MPEG2 and H264?? That makes no sence. I really want the option to also choose the preferred codec for xvid and divx.
- You say: "would you really like to specify for all those codecs out there the correct decoder?" No, just xvid and divx offcourse, that would be a good start. H264 and MPEG2, together with xvid and divx make up more than 95% of all videoformats available!

So it was a perfectly legit question of patricon. Why can one only specify the codecs for videoformats H264 and MPEG2 and not for divx and xvid? This really annoys me because just like patricon I want to test MP with different codecs.

<blockquote data-quote="kkendall" data-source="post: 176633" data-attributes="member: 49885">Flip, are you serious? You really think it is better to let windows choose the used codecs? I totally disagree. First of all you say a lot of wrong things...-MPEG2 is not a container like avi so you can't compare them. Its a videoformat.-You cannot specify a codec for a container like you say, only for the formats (MPEG2,H264,XVID,DIVX,enz) in containers (.ts, .avi, .mkv, enz). So you cannot say &quot;for AVI please use the XviD decoder&quot;. THey are 2 different things.-It's NOT safer to let windows choose the right codec! Why do you think that for xvid and divx, but not for MPEG2 and H264?? That makes no sence. I really want the option to also choose the preferred codec for xvid and divx.- You say: &quot;would you really like to specify for all those codecs out there the correct decoder?&quot; No, just xvid and divx offcourse, that would be a good start. H264 and MPEG2, together with xvid and divx make up more than 95% of all videoformats available!&nbsp; So it was a perfectly legit question of patricon. Why can one only specify the codecs for videoformats H264 and MPEG2 and not for divx and xvid? This really annoys me because just like patricon I want to test MP with different codecs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="kkendall, post: 176633, member: 49885"] Flip, are you serious? You really think it is better to let windows choose the used codecs? I totally disagree. First of all you say a lot of wrong things... -MPEG2 is not a container like avi so you can't compare them. Its a videoformat. -You cannot specify a codec for a container like you say, only for the formats (MPEG2,H264,XVID,DIVX,enz) in containers (.ts, .avi, .mkv, enz). So you cannot say "for AVI please use the XviD decoder". THey are 2 different things. -It's NOT safer to let windows choose the right codec! Why do you think that for xvid and divx, but not for MPEG2 and H264?? That makes no sence. I really want the option to also choose the preferred codec for xvid and divx. - You say: "would you really like to specify for all those codecs out there the correct decoder?" No, just xvid and divx offcourse, that would be a good start. H264 and MPEG2, together with xvid and divx make up more than 95% of all videoformats available! So it was a perfectly legit question of patricon. Why can one only specify the codecs for videoformats H264 and MPEG2 and not for divx and xvid? This really annoys me because just like patricon I want to test MP with different codecs. :( [/QUOTE]