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Old September 13th, 2006
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CODEC is the long explanation.

They are mini programs that convert a particular format so a player can open & play it. VLC will open both audio & video files happily because it has in-built codecs. Try it out: VLC - (click on link) _ (choose nearest mirror site)
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