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InstalledCodec 1.15

Audio/Codecs
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InstalledCodec is a small utility displays the list of all Codec drivers and DirectShow filters currently installed on your system. For each component the following information is displayed: Display Name, Type, Disabled Status, Installed/Modified Time, Description, Company Name, Filename, and more. It allows you to easily disable or enable any Codec/DirectShow component or export the list into text/xml/html file.

  • License: freeware
  • Updated: Oct 13, 2009
  • Publisher: NirSoft

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Rated 30/50 by Jim Harmon at Jan 13, 2009

I'll admit I didn't DL this program, so I can't give a fair appraisal. I'm going by only what is said in the description. There's a much better free program out there: GSpot. If a video won't play, use the "Open With" option and select GSpot. GSpot then examines the file, determines what kind of file it is (it might not actually BE a video), looks for the common integrity faults that would keep it from playing, determines what codec it uses, and reports whether or not that codec is installed.GSpot is also able to recognize ZIP and RAR compressed files - in that, if someone has renamed a ZIP to AVI, GSpot will TELL you it's a ZIP so you can rename it (and presumably then extract the file(s) inside it). I've actually seen a handful of occasions where I've had to do this.

Rated 50/50 by amourdechat at Jan 21, 2009

Got rid of nasty QuickTime message preventing me from viewing videos on Firefox. Now I can access all videos without QuickTime. For good..... Absolutely nothing to say against it.

Rated 50/50 by mong00se2020 at Apr 25, 2010

It opens up, and displays all your codecs... ...I mean ALL your codecs. I had no idea how many there were. I must have had a list of about 50. A great little app if you need to get a detailed look at your codecs. It gives names, descriptions, dates, times, versions, filenames, and everything I could ever imagine a person wanting to know, and all in a very neat, simple format (i.e. spreadsheet).

Rated 50/50 by Lee Wilkerson at Jul 31, 2010

NirSoft has done it again. Another excellent program. I have downloaded and installed about 25 different pieces of software from him and they all work! Most of the time, the software doesn't even require installation, so they're portable and leave no tracks in the registry.