CodecInstaller Alternatives

CodecInstaller is described as 'Ever had a movie where you could only hear the sound and there were no video? Or only video and no sound?' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are nine alternatives to CodecInstaller for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Chocolatey. The best CodecInstaller alternative is GSpot, which is free. Other great apps like CodecInstaller are MediaInfoXP, MovieScanner, AVInaptic and MediaTab.

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  1. GSpot icon
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    GSpot is a Windows-based freeware designed to identify codecs used in video files. In addition, the application checks if the required DirectShow filters or Video for Windows codecs are installed and configured for proper playback.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • GSpot is the most popular Windows alternative to CodecInstaller.

    • GSpot is the most popular free alternative to CodecInstaller.

    • GSpot is Free and ProprietaryCodecInstaller is also Free and Proprietary
  2. MediaInfoXP icon
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    A simple GUI for MediaInfo, an open source tool for displaying technical information about media files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • MediaInfoXP is the most popular Open Source alternative to CodecInstaller.

    • MediaInfoXP is Free and Open SourceCodecInstaller is Free and Proprietary
  3. MovieScanner icon
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    Small utility to scan your video files and store the media details (audio, video, subtitles) into a small database. Support export end printing of data, multiple databases, external subtitle, HDR and 3D detection, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • MovieScanner is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CodecInstaller.

    • MovieScanner is Free and ProprietaryCodecInstaller is also Free and Proprietary
  4. AVInaptic icon
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    AVInaptic is a program with a simple GUI (GTK +2) that analyzes file type AVI, ASF / WMV, MP4/MOV, Matroska (MKV), OGG, OGM, FLV, and shows a lot of information about technical characteristics (useful in predicting if the movie will be read from your portable player).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Chocolatey
     
  5. MediaTab icon
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    MediaTab provides you information of your multimedia files, like MediaInfo does, but without the need to launch an application. MediaTab use the power of MediaInfo integrating it on your operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
    • MediaTab is the most popular Android alternative to CodecInstaller.

    • MediaTab is Freemium and ProprietaryCodecInstaller is Free and Proprietary
  6. VideoSpec icon
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    VideoSpec is a free AppleScript studio App (Xcode 3.0 on Leopard) making use of MediaInfo CLI, MPlayer, FFmpeg, qt_tools and AtomicParsley binaries to display detailed informations on video files. Compatibility of analyzed media file with QuickTime Player v.7.6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Avicodec icon
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    AVIcodec is a free multimedia file analyser for Windows.

    Find avi and divx codecs, solve codecs issues.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    With "Media Info+" app you can immediately extract all possible Media Details Information from every Video, Audio or Music file in your Device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Themonospot is a simple application that can be used to scan multimedia files and extract some informations about audio and video streams:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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