Posted by Alpha on 10/05/07 08:36

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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>> "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>> That is actually a very good set, that should both work
>>> well together and allow for finding and using the best
>>> combinations for the user's situation and equipment.
>>> There is a reason for the merit system and for having it
>>> so that the user can set preferences/priorities.
>>>
>>> Luck;
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
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>> When I run this, it immediately asks to uninstall other codecs. Are
>> these of high quality?
>>
>
> It's not so much a matter of quality for most of these,
> as they are just the up to date versions of several codec.
> For some of the components, you might have commercial
> implementations you may want to keep.
>
> You should have made a restore point before installing
> any major package like this.

I stopped...and my system makes restore points every hour :)


>
> As to uninstalling existing codec you will have to make
> that decision for each one,

As far as I got, a list or name was not provided. The statement was "there
are codecs here...it is best to uninstall them, OK?"



>if you have paid for an advanced
> version of a commercial product that provides a version you
> want to keep then don't delete the existing one. In most
> cases though, you want to replace any existing one with the
> latest version.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>

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