CodecInstaller is a Windows program that detect which Audio&Video codecs are installed on your system and that suggest you to install the ones necessary to correctly view the movie it is distributed with: in fact it's designed to be burned on a CD together with a compressed video, to be always able to play them.

The users who receive the CD, with a single tool with a simple and intuitive interface, can check if the necessary codecs are already installed and up-to-date and with just a click can install the ones required.

Who distributes videos on CDs can include this program to be sure that who have to see the video, will have all the necessary codecs installed.

CodecInstaller can be also used just to have the complete list of the installed codec and detailed informations on them.
Since version 1.3, contains a MovieLauncher that displays informations about the distributed video file (author, plot, director...)
Since version 1.4 can analyze avi files. It detects: width/height and ratio, lenght, video codec, framerate, size, bitrate, total frames.

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. (Note that .NET Framework is included in Windows XP. It is recommended to update to the latest version.)