Need a codec...

[robkelk]

In order to play this video, I need to install either a new piece of software or a new codec. Media Player Classic knows how to use external-to-it codecs, and thus should be able to play anything, so why should I clutter my system with software for one video? I don't want to install a codec pack - I've had bad experiences with them in the past.
So... anyone know where to find the codecs necessary to play an "MP4 file, using H.264 and AAC video and audio compression", and just those codecs?

-Rob Kelk
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[Sweno]

as much as i dislike the weed like tendencies of quicktime on windows, it is the only thing I can think of that will easily play that.
If you already have it installed, no problem. If you don't you may want to wait for another option I don't know of.-Terry
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[robkelk]

Oh, joy. Thanks, sweno.
I suppose I should see whether QuickTime Alternative will work. If not, then I'll have to finally install a piece of DRM-enabled software on this Win2k box... (yuk)
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[classicdrogn]

I rather expect VLC can take care of you - videolan.org or .com or possibly .net
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[SkyeFire]

The *latest* version of VLC seems to handle it fine w/o installing an additional codec (at least on my system). My previous version, which wasn't more than a few months old, played the video w/o sound, but after upgrading to the newest build, everything worked fine.
And BTW, that video? Yipe! I should have *known* what to expect when I saw the title....

[classicdrogn]

I feel the need to note that you can also get a hogher quality version via Bittorent from amvhell.com.
- CDSERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
For the next 72 hours, Itachi intoned, I will slap you with this trout. - Spying no Jutsu, chapter 3
"In the futuristic taco bell of the year 20XX, justice wears an aluminum sombrero!"hemlock-martini
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows