AVIcodec :  Free multimedia-file analyser  --  version 1.1.0.2
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 Gives detailed informations about multimedia files, especially
 the codecs needed to play the file and where to download these
 codecs if they are missing on your system.


 Filetypes recognized :
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 avi, asf, ogg, ogm, mp3, mpg, rm, rmvb, vob, wav, wma, wmv;

 also eDonkeys part and Kazaa dat

 as well as all types handled by DirectShow!



 Help Guide :
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 - Icons             :  eye     = video not viewable
                        speaker = audio not hearable or no audio in file

 - Quick Analyze     :  there are 2 levels of testing which can be made to see if a multimedia
                        file will "work" on your computer; the second level works by asking
                        DirectShow if it can play the file. The problem there is that it takes
                        a lot of time, thus is can be disabled with the "Quick Analyze" option.

 - Removing a column :  just right-click on a column header; a confirmation box will pop up.

 - Header            :  not the precise and real header, but a header for debug purposes. The
                        size of this file may vary depending on the format (big size for MPEG
                        files).

 - Quality           :  based on following formula (I'm open to improvments):

                        sum of:

                        20% video framerate  (Min = 20 fps,     Max = 30 fps   )
                        30% video resolution (Min = TV 160*120, Max = 640*480  )
                        30% video bitrate    (Min = 500 Kbps,   Max = 2000 Kbps)
                        20% audio bitrate    (Min = 96 Kbps,    Max = 192 Kbps )

                        Data out of bound is forced to the lower or higher value accordingly.

 - Duration          :  for some mpeg and ogm files, this information is not present.

 - Data amount       :  sizes in bytes, rates in bits per seconds.

 - Settings          :  not saved if you don't have administrator rights on your computer.




 Languages available for the user interface
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 Chinese, Deutsch, English, Español, Francais, Hungarian, Ital-
 iano, Nederlands, Polski, Portugûes, Romanian, Russian.

 If your language isn't listed here, please help to translate ! 



 Contact info
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 web:    http://avicodec.duby.info
 e-mail: philippe AT duby DOT info

 You can contact me in either english or french.

 You can contact the translation authors by extracting their e-
 mail addresses from their corresponding languages lang file.

 All e-mail addresses have been disguised to avert viruses rea-
 ding them (like the Sobig virus does). Replace AT by @ and DOT
 by . and remove all spaces from e-mail addresses: then you get
 the real thing.



 Extra Features
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 install program, tooltips, drag&drop support, context menu extensions,
 export information to csv file, recusive directory analysis, ...



 Code
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 Borland C++ Builder 6. Source code available on demand.