I've recently downloaded some video files on a new laptop running Vista. Some of the downloads didn't work, so I installed some codecs. Now, many of the video files always have this message displayed on the screen:
Audio Track:
Input description: 48000 Hz, stereo 128 kbps mp3 (Ibmad)
Output description: 48000 Hz, stereo 16-bit integer
Number of channels: 2
Current input bitrate: 128 kbps

I transferred one of the video files to another machine and I don't have that message displayed. I downloaded VLC media player, and it plays the files without this text. Any idea how I can identify the culprit and get rid of it so I can use Windows Media Player and the HP QuickPlay application to view my vids? (It also has the same problem when I use Media Player Classic - so it's not just a Windows Media Player problem.

I'm not a windows user per se, so perhaps someone else can best advise. However, some more information would be helpful for everyone.

Which codecs (or codec package) did you previously have installed (and version of codec if you know)?
Which codecs (or codec package) did you install recently that have caused this problem?

One thing I am aware of is that two different types of codec packages installed can clash with each other. So if updating or installing a different brand of codec package, it's best to uninstall the previous package if installed via package.

Thanks. I think it was the K-Lite codec pack that caused the problem. I uninstalled it, then installed Vista Codec Pkg 5.0.9. Everything seems fine now. I didn't realize that you uninstalled codecs using the same control panel that you use to remove programs. (duh!)

I have a real codec problem and I have downloaded Vista Codec 5.1.4 I still can't play most video files ie:mpg/mp3

If you're only using the codecs for playback, then I'd recommend this player VLC - (click on link) _ (choose nearest mirror site). It has the codec's built into the player.

Yeah I got it and its great, but what do you do with zip files, mine never turn out to a movie.

So Sorry I forgot to say thank you

If they show up as ZIP files, make sure you scan them with your Anti Virus program. I'd be highly suspicious of them. Remember videos should be many MB's in size, & audio files should be a couple of MB's at least. Take a look at these tips: Movie download issues (click on blue link) (2nd last post has information on best video formats.) & also Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see). Learn to recognise those file sizes so you can side-step them.

Your welcome.

Since I last posted I have read up on zip and exe file extensions, so far i have not downloaded any exe and my antivirus tells me I'm safe. I appreciate the info in these
posts although some of it is pretty hard to follow. Thanks again

Well its me again, now I can download and launch from limewire but I can't burn mp4, something about file types not supported. Can you help. Please
Thanks
Brandi