Posted by Ken Maltby on 10/05/07 15:47

"Stuart" <stuart?@whodunnit8.com> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
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>> I stopped...and my system makes restore points every hour :)
>>
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>>>
>>> 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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> Do you have any 'upmarket' editing programs like Vegas with the full
> compliment of codec's that come with it?
> Basically make a list of all your mpeg and avi editing, dvd authoring
> programs and make sure you are not dispensing with something you may need.
> Instead of the packs maybe check on what is missing from your system and
> just update with the specifics, like the latest Xvid and DivX codec's
> etc..


Even if you select to have it not replace the codec,
you might want to continue through the setup and have
the other tools installed or brought up to date. You
could also have it run its check for broken codec, and
you may find some things left over from old software
installs that you should get rid of.

Later in the install you will have a list that you can
select what is to be installed, and how it will associate
or apply the codec.

Luck;
Ken

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