Storm Codec - The Only Media Player I Need
In most PCs, I can easily find various brands of media player installed, the list begins from Windows Media Player, to Real Player, to QuickTime Player, and even a number of video codecs.
But, do we really need all these junks? Personally I don't like to install Real Player. All I need is being able to play Real media files, and I don't really need all other additional features available.
My preferred solution is to install a universal media player, which supports all the common and popular media file formats. I don't want to care about which player plays which format, or which video requires which codec; I'll just rely on the universal media player will do.
The goodie that I'm referring to in this post, is nothing other than Storm Codec. Storm Codec enhances Windows Media Player, to support tons of media formats and codecs (DivX, XviD, 3ivx, MP4, FFGS, H264, AC3/DTS/LPCM, VP3/VP6, HDTV, Theora, TTL2, APE, FLAC, AAC, OGG/OGM, Matroska, MPC, Voxware, FLC, 3GP/AMR ...), including some that you have never heard of. It's simply comprehensive.
I've been using Storm Codec for years, and I can always play any video file without worrying what's the codec or player required. Needless to mention, I don't need to install anymore media player and codecs.
Currently, the latest version of Storm Codec downloadable from Softpedia is 6.11. If you can read Chinese, you may visit Storm Codec official website and download version 7.0.
If you're like me, who don't like to overload your PC with unnecessary junks, Storm Codec is a perfect choice.
But, do we really need all these junks? Personally I don't like to install Real Player. All I need is being able to play Real media files, and I don't really need all other additional features available.
My preferred solution is to install a universal media player, which supports all the common and popular media file formats. I don't want to care about which player plays which format, or which video requires which codec; I'll just rely on the universal media player will do.
The goodie that I'm referring to in this post, is nothing other than Storm Codec. Storm Codec enhances Windows Media Player, to support tons of media formats and codecs (DivX, XviD, 3ivx, MP4, FFGS, H264, AC3/DTS/LPCM, VP3/VP6, HDTV, Theora, TTL2, APE, FLAC, AAC, OGG/OGM, Matroska, MPC, Voxware, FLC, 3GP/AMR ...), including some that you have never heard of. It's simply comprehensive.
I've been using Storm Codec for years, and I can always play any video file without worrying what's the codec or player required. Needless to mention, I don't need to install anymore media player and codecs.
Currently, the latest version of Storm Codec downloadable from Softpedia is 6.11. If you can read Chinese, you may visit Storm Codec official website and download version 7.0.
If you're like me, who don't like to overload your PC with unnecessary junks, Storm Codec is a perfect choice.
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Law Tien Soon @ 2:50 PM Permalink
5 Comments:
At January 24, 2007 3:22 PM,
ShaolinTiger said…
Well you still have to use media player as it's a codec pack...not an actual player.
And media player is crap, plus is violates you privacy with it's constant communications back to Microshaft.
Why not just use VLC and get the best open source media player which plays every type of audio and video, including DVD discs!
At January 24, 2007 3:25 PM,
Law Tien Soon said…
Shaolin Tiger:
Yes, you have a good point on privacy concern.
However, Storm Codec actually installs something called Classic Media Player, which is basically a standalone player with simple yet sufficient functionalities to play video
At January 26, 2007 2:33 PM,
Kleio said…
Hmmm... been looking for a player that plays Real Media files too. Thanks for the tip. Will give it a try soon.
I have VLC portable player too. But didn't try opening a Real Media files with it.
At April 13, 2007 9:20 AM,
Law Tien Soon said…
IMPORTANT UPDATES
A number of Storm Codec download sites are known to contain malware-infected installer.
Please read my post titled Don't Download Storm Codec from These Sites for updates
At November 22, 2007 5:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
Storm codec installs it's own media player called Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/), personally I prefer it to VLC.
Media Player Classic is a Open Source alternative to Windows Media Player that is based on the old mplayer2 interface.
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