sorry there wasn't any reply for the topic and i really need information about this problem. also i appreciate any other forum suggestion for finding a reply for my problem. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Mehmet Kaplan <mehmetkpln at gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > i'm trying to use mplayer for developing a video player application. > i know mplayer has a growing codec support. but after i created my > application i don't want to give a new version of mplayer.exe for new > codec support. in this situation my application should play media > files after installing codec into the system (like a codec pack). for > example in players using directshow you can open a new video file (you > can't open before) after installing codec of it. > my question is that, does mplayer have an ability like that on windows > operating systems? > on mplayer official page there is an information > (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html): > "On Windows MPlayer will try to use the codecs installed on your > system. Our packages can save you the hassle of installing every known > codec and using untested codec versions." > I couldn't try this situation because mplayer opened every video file I have :) > > thanks... >