What is a Codec?
Codec -
Audio and Video Encoder / Decoder
A codec is used to compress audio / video on a digital data stream or signal while maintaining optimum quality and file size.
For example a video that is uncompressed could be 500MB+ in size. Using a codec, you can drastically compress this video below 25MB. Depending on the codec and settings used; The video will vary in quality and filesize. Anyone who tries to play this video must have the same codecs installed used to create the video.
You can use a Video Utilities such as afreeCodecVT to determine the Codec of a video. If the codec is properly installed, the video will play just fine.
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