Downloading audio and video codecs to your computer is a major factor in displaying multimedia content on your computer's output devices. Probably, each of you has come across a situation in which the viewing of a movie ended before it could even begin. The absence of sound or video indicates a lack of additional codecs in the operating system or a conflict between them. The only solution to this problem may be to uninstall the installed codecs one by one.
Necessary
Editing audio and video settings
Instructions
Step 1
Uninstalling the codecs on your system may well help if you have problems playing some files (media files). If, for this or any other reason, it becomes necessary to remove the codec from the system, then you must perform the following steps:
- Go to the settings management of your operating system: click the "Start" menu - select "Control Panel";
- find the section "Sounds and Multimedia";
- in the window that opens, go to the "Equipment" tab and select either Audio Codecs or Video Codecs. It all depends on the type of codecs you are removing;
Step 2
- having selected the required codec, click the Properties button;
- select the required codec - click the Remove button;
- restart your computer to make changes to system files.
Step 3
To remove codecs that were packaged with the operating system, use the following method:
- click the "Start" menu - "Control Panel" - "Add or Remove Programs";
- go to the "Windows Setup" tab - check the "Multimedia" box - click the "Contents" button;
- uncheck the boxes "Compress audio recordings", "Compress video recordings" - "OK";
After clicking on the "OK" button, all codecs that were installed by default will be deleted.
