Understanding Codecs: Part 2-MPEG-4 Part 2

Sep 2, 2009 by Adam Thursby

This week we delve into one of the more widely used codecs out there. You may not even know you’re using it due to the fact that different organizations have taken MPEG-4 Part 2 and modified it for their own uses. For that reason, I’ll spend just a small bit of time talking about the...

Understanding Codecs: Part 1-h.264

Aug 26, 2009 by Adam Thursby

I hate video codecs. When you use an HTPC for your home media viewing, they can cause you nothing but trouble. Without the proper decoders installed they files won’t play. Not only that but different decoder packages can interfere with each other causing all sorts of issues with video...

Codec Packs Giving Your Trouble? AntiPack To The Rescue!

Aug 3, 2009 by Adam Thursby

I hate codecs. I hate that I have to play games to get certain files to do certain things on my HTPC. It drives me nuts that every time you install a codec pack it rarely uninstalls cleanly and you have a machine that is bug ridden just because you wanted to get a certain file type...