Update Windows Media Codecs without installing WMP11
Posted by lars | Filed under Personal, Software
I noticed that the downloaded Windows Media Video files, WMV files, sometimes looked messed up, green, blue and distorted colors and I figured they were using a new and improved version of the WMV codec that my (I’m guessing version 9) didn’t quite go well with. Oh and I haven’t actually used WMP at all since I loath it, I use VLC or Media Player Classic for all my video watching needs.
Anyhow. I didn’t want to install Windows Media Player 11 but I wanted the codecs. What I did was:
- I downloaded WMP11
- Extracted the downloaded file with WinRar
- I ran wmfdist11.exe
..and presto, done, no need to validate anything and no need to install the actual player (which blows).
Tags: wmp11 codecs, wmp11, windows media codec update, wmw codec update, wmw10
