Windows 7: Build 7057 blocks third-party video codecs
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 26.3.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversSomething we love about Windows 7 is that it has much better native codec support, like H.264 and AAC. But the price might be high: It looks like Windows 7 might block third-party video decoders.
Before we jump in, here's our ultimate codec primer, if all this "code" talk is confusing.) Here's how a directshow developer lays it out: MPEG-4 and H.264 codecs are hard baked into Media Foundation, and you can't override them, since Microsoft's list of preferred codecs in the registry can't be edited, even in admin mode. Which means basically that Microsoft has "blocked the possibility to use alternate codecs in their applications," according to the developer, so you couldn't use them in Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.
The flip side is that we are talking about a beta (the 7057 build, in between the public beta and the upcoming release candidate), not a final release, so maybe this won't apply in the final version of Windows if developers bitch loud enough. Also, third-party applications should be able to find a workaround, postulates DigitalWerks, so VLC should be okay. Oh, and with so much codec support built in, it's likely the average person won't need third-party codecs anyway.
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Comments(3)
you run the directshow filter manager with the system account? or maybe you can set the
registry permissions to allow admins to change it.
there is no way to change codecs merit.
....the only way is to rename the internal
windows codec extension .dll to .old on windows\system32 folder.
now your preferred
codecs will be used
i upgraded my win7 from previous builds with vista codecs and they all work fine. not
sure from fresh install if anyone has tried it yet.
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By King Tubby on 27.03.2009 - 06:03