Important Tools to Play Major Multimedia Files

Okay to continue my previous post about Haali Splitter and why it’s the best choice to play your multimedia files (combined with proper codec of course), without using bloated codec pack that can cause major problem to your system if it's not installed properly

Beside by using codec pack you’re wasting your time downloading it. As far as i know an all in one codec pack always bigger than 20MB and this size will cause those who use DUN connection major problem.

Okay here’s the list :

The most important tools for video playback :

• Haali Splitter as The Splitter
• FFDshow Official / Unofficial Decoder as The Universal Decoder
• DirectVOBSUB / VobSubFilter as The Subtitler to display Subtitle
• Real Alternative as The Decoder
• Quick Time Alternative as The Decoder #2
• Windows Media Player 9++ as The Desctructor

Okay the above sorted based on the play role, and depend on your preference the above role can be changed into optional, for example Real Alternative, Quick Time Alternative is an optional tools especially if you don't watch RMVB / Real Movie / Quick Time Movie Format. As for Windows Media Player 9 and above, i think it is necessary because lots of movie in WMV Format although you don't want to use it as your media player, the Windows Media 9 Decoder to play WMV files can be useful (although FFDshow also support decoding WMV 9 but it's still not complete yet).

Btw Windows Media Player, Real Alternative and Quick Time Alternative filesize is categorized as a big file size .. at least for me it is wasting my 2GB monthly bandwidth internet access. So i only update them when necessary (by the way the currently installed Real Alternative on my computer is still the old 1.46 version while the current version when i wrote this is 1.51) and i'm still using the old Windows Media Player 10 because i don't use it as my media player.

And with the above tools you can almost play every major multimedia format for example the OGM, MKV Container, and MP4 Container. Because basically the OGM, or MKV is just using Divx / XViD encoded video material. And with FFDshow installed, you don't have to worry about that (including MP4 format). And combined with DirectVobSub Filter you can use any subtitle you want it to be displayed on your movie.

So why you’re still using Big Codec Pack while you can use Haali and FFDshow to play your multimedia files ? Well that’s your decision thought. Other than that i think you might interested on reading my previous ffdshow guide to improve audio quality, also recommended audio software for your computer list.

Okay because i know that no one likes long material, i'm going to post another update to this post next time … beside i already explain it in the past :P