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nickmandler	Date: April 15, 2005 @ 11:20 PM As with a previous thread here, my WMP10 codecs don't work since I installed the DefilerPak. I uninstall DP, reinstall WMP 10, nothing works. I have VLC and several other media players, and they work fine, but the plugins for firefox are all messed up. Also, most of the MS apps use the WMP codecs, so I can't put video in PowerPoint, for example. (I use Flash instead anyway) Any idea what I could do? I've been having this trouble for months, and I really want my codecs back to normal!
pog	Date: April 16, 2005 @ 12:42 AM heh..... looks like it defiled your pc you could try getting ffdshow ..... http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
wet1	Date: April 16, 2005 @ 2:13 AM Sad to say you are like many others working with the "fine" works that have been patented and then protected to the point that they are a hassel to use for what you really want to. Expect to see yet more of this as the new Longhorn comes out for an OS. Personally I don't want the thing. This is just like the DRM embedded in purchased digital downloads. All it does is create headaches for the buyer when the buyer then wants to use his personal purchase his way. More and more I find that I am less on the side of these huge corporations that want to protect to death their products till the user can't actually use it for anything reasonable. The whole concept of the computer was that it was multifunctional. That what you do with your computer isn't necessarily what the next guy does with it. I am sorry this doesn't answer your question or address your problem but more and more I am seeing just such as you have encountered. Not because the machine won't do it but because protectionism is rampant in todays megacorporations. Sorry for the rant.
pog	Date: April 16, 2005 @ 11:48 PM The trouble with codec packs is they install the codec without checking the codec is or isn't already there so if it tries to install a new codec on a system that already has it installed, it breaks the existing one. Sure they work on a system with no codecs installed, and are even configurable if you know what codecs you have installed, but if you don't know what's installed, the packs can often make a big ol' mess The fact that the packs are being written by home based users who make the packs to get the job done, not as a commercially available product. There is little testing and compatability tests carried out before release. If you decide to install the packages required to play different formats as you require them, then often you are leaving yourself open to the corporate fat cats monitoring your every move, which presents many privacy concerns. If for example, you are making a powerpoint presentation that is an idea for a revolutionary, ground breaking product, and you were part of the RI**, looking for copyright infringements, would it not be human nature to have a little peek to make sure someone isn't preparing a presentation that has a potential to overthrow your empire ?

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