May 9th, 2007

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Windows Vista - The codec problem - Video support

Are you using Windows Media player 11?
Whether you have or not yet, there are some positive upgrades such as the sleek new look, revamped playback controls, sync with your mp3 player and more intuitive media management for your large collections of video, audio and even album art.

However, like with anything, take the good with bad, and for Windows Media 11 there is no exception. After trying it myself, the first thing I went to test was video codec support. I found it to be lacking. This has been a big issue in previous versions of Windows Media players. Audio files are no problem, images, not an issue, its the video type support that falls short. Again, unless you are playing a standard AVI or WMV file for example ,there are issues with other codecs such as Xvid, DivX, Mov and so on. Many have reported green lines on their AVI video due to problems with the native vista codecs. So whats the solution if you want to keep using windows

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Written by PCWizKid on May 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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PowerShell DIY commands (using functions)

As you might have guessed I’m a lazy admin :) Now being a lazy admin doesn’t mean I sit around pondering whether captain Kirk is better than Captain Picard, and all the while, hope somebody is taking care of what I’m supposed to be doing. It means I work smarter not harder. Yes I know 2 clichÃ©s in the same paragraph. And everyone knows Picard is totally the best Captain.

So the point of all this is PowerShell has this awesome feature for creating functions. What is a function? Well for those who don’t have a programming/developers background, a function is a chunk of code that performs an easily reusable set of instructions.

To draw an analogy, a car has many parts. Each part performs a specific function. If we were to lump every function of every part of a car into one giant part it would be much harder to design. It would also be harder to fix, and much more expensive to replace.

When programmers code applications they use the same idea. If they write up some code that does one thing very well. For instance format a string of text; they will often put this generic code

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Written by daniel.nerenberg on May 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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Device Drivers for Windows Vista

I found a good list of drivers for Windows Vista.

Start downloading your driver immediately.
If you are not sure which driver is right for you you can try RadarSync software. It detects your devices and shows you list required device drivers.