To add all the default codecs in Windows, follow these steps:

1. In Control Panel , double-click Add/Remove Programs .
2. On the Windows Setup tab, click Multimedia or Sounds and Multimedia , and then click Details .
3. Click the Audio Compression and Video Compression check boxes to select them, and then click OK .
4. Click OK .

To add a specific codec follow these steps:
 

1. In Control Panel , double-click Add New Hardware .

2. Click Next , click No , and then click Next .

3. In the Hardware Types box, click Sound , Video , And Game Controllers .

Click a manufacturer in the Manufacturers box and a model in the Models box, and then click Next .
The following table lists the codecs included with Windows:
 

Manufacturer Model

DSP Group TrueSpeech Software Audio Codec

Intel Indeo R3.1 Video Codec

Indeo R3.2 Video Codec

Microsoft Audio codecs ADPCM Audio Codec CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law Audio Codec GSM 6.10 Audio Codec IMA ADPCM Audio Codec

Microsoft Video codecs RLE Video Codec Video 1 Video Codec

SuperMatch Cinepak Video Codec

NOTE: Microsoft PCM Converter is installed by default.

If the codec you want to install is not listed, it was not installed by Windows. If the codec was included with another program, reinstall the program to reinstall the codec. If the codec is located on a driver disk, click Have Disk and specify the location containing the files. If Windows 98 finds a codec, click No to add the device to the list of installed devices.

4. Click the Finish button.
 

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