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I won't add any further comment to that, but you can guess that it's just wrong to say that Windows Media Video is among the "most popular codecs". By default, the Windows operating system and the Player include a number of the most popular codecs, such as Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video, and MP3.Įmphasis mine. Some have been created by Microsoft, but the vast majority of codecs have been created by other companies, organizations, or individuals. There are hundreds of audio and video codecs in use today. It basically says: "Only Microsoft-specific stuff".

You can find a list of supported video codecs for Windows Media Player under Windows XP from Microsoft. Why? Not every Windows Media Player can just play it.

MPEG-2 is still problematic, although it's from 1995.

This is the codec that needs DivX or XviD installed.īoth of the above should work in Windows 7, but there's of course Vista and XP as well. It's too new (2003) and would need a codec pack on older Windows versions, and it has some licensing issues. Without any additional codecs installed, Windows and OS X don't share a lot in common.