From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   "David Kaye" wrote:   
      
   > Can anybody suggest a codec that works for WMP under XP?   
      
   K-Lite Codec Pack includes those codecs (but I'm not sure which pack;   
   i.e., standard, mega, etc).  It includes its own Media Player Classic   
   Home Cinema (MPCHC) which will play those filetypes.  As to whether the   
   provided codecs work in Windows Media Player (WMP) is something you'll   
   have to test.  For example, WMP won't normally play .flv (Flash video)   
   files but it will after I installed the K-Lite Codec Mega Pack.   
      
   If you want WMP to be associated with filetypes it doesn't know about   
   (i.e., those not programmed in its config UI for filetype association),   
   you'll have to go into Windows Explorer, right-click on a file, use Open   
   With, use the Browse button to go find WMP's executable file, and select   
   the Remember option.  Then when you double-click on that filetype, WMP   
   will load it instead of whatever is the current default program, if any.   
      
   I haven't found any clear advantage of using WMP over MPCHC so I've left   
   the .flv and other filetypes normally unknown to WMP associated with   
   MPCHC and play them in that program.   
      
   Another choice is VideoLan's VLC player.  I did have VLC installed as an   
   alternative player to WMP but it crashed too often.  They even ask you   
   to send the crash report the next time you load VLC when it crashed in a   
   prior session of VLC (I didn't find how to disable that prompt to report   
   the prior crash).  Just going into its config UI and making changes on   
   filetypes associated with it can make it crash.  I don't remember all   
   the causes but VLC crashed too much so I decided to dump it, install   
   K-Lite Codec Mega Pack, and use the included MPCHC program.   
      
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