We have a teacher that has a project for doing some basic film editing with windows movie maker. We loaded the avi file onto the computer and Windows is trying to install a codec but can’t. I assume I need to install some type of codec pack. I’m looking for suggestions on a codec pack that I can easily deploy through a Win2003 server to WinXP clients.
Ideally, this codec pack shouldn’t break anything else and be easily removed if need be.
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Ideally, this codec pack shouldn’t break anything else and be easily removed if need be.
If you really want to make sure you don’t break anything, you shouldn’t install any codec pack. Download MediaInfo and use it to analyze your .avi and see what exact codec is being used. This way you can install only the specific codec you need.
Alternately, you could use a video converter (MediaCoder works with tons of different formats and codecs) and convert the source from .avi to .wmv. This way 1) none of the student machines will need additional codecs and 2) it’ll be in the format that Microsoft products prefer anyway.
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