Codec Help

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  slashfear

  Hey Buddy (what ever your name is 😀 ),
  
  The codec used by windows media player is different from the one used by VLC, because the codec provided by windows will work only with windows media player...
  
  -Arvind
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  Whats In Name

  Thanks for your answer.Please let me know are file formats different from codecs?
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  jkj

  FIle formats are containers that store audio/video information. The codec is computer program (compressor & decompressor) to actually encode the frames.
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  optimystix

  "a format is a document (the standard), a way of storing data, while a codec is a program (an implementation) which can read or write such files"- Codec
  
  
  as far as I know, WMP is a multimedia player that uses codecs to play the media files. It comes with some built in codecs but more can be added too.
  
  and are u sure that VLC is a codec and not a media player ? can u please explain ?
  
  
  For additional information check
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  Whats In Name

  Thanks for your reply,now I am clear about file formats and codecs.
  
  

  optimystix

  and are u sure that VLC is a codec and not a media player ? can u please explain ?

  Thats the real doubt for me actually,I am not able to differentiate between media players and codecs.😔
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  optimystix

  codecs are programs that manipulate the media files to make them viewable or hearable on a computer system. Media players such as Windows Media Player (WMP) or VLC use these codecs to compress or decompress the media files and make them presentable to the users.
  
  just like every standard file format such as doc,cpp,pdf etc needs a particular software to handle them and make them usable to the users, similarly the media players (using codecs, each of which carry information for particular type of media file only) helps to play the media files.
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  Whats In Name

  Thank You Opti,It was really helpful.