What is Audio Codec Priority?

Jitter · Jan 21, 2005, 12:55 AM

I was helping someone getting their ventrilo working, they were missing the GSM 6.10 Codec that we use, and when i was surfing through my PC i was looking at my audio codecs and noticed I could change the priority for individual codecs. Does anyone know what this officially does if anything?

thanks

Vampyromaniac · Jan 21, 2005, 06:22 AM

moved to Software, by the man in the shadows

My guess would be that if you had more than one codec that can handle a certain format, the top priority codec is the one that would handle it.

pr0digal jenius · Jan 21, 2005, 08:02 AM

sounds right.

it probably changes the cases on the codec switch, if you know anything about programming. case 0 will take effect if it applies/is present, if not, it will fall to case 1, and so on and so forth

Jitter · Jan 21, 2005, 09:36 AM

Makes sense to me ill mess around w/ it see if i can notice any changes.

md5 · Jan 21, 2005, 10:25 AM

there are codecs which can encode/decode many formats

If for example you have 2 codecs that can decode an mp3 and you don't specify which one you want to do the job, the codec with the highest priority will be chosen first

Jan 21, 2005, 12:55 AM	#1
Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Rep Power: 0	What is Audio Codec Priority? I was helping someone getting their ventrilo working, they were missing the GSM 6.10 Codec that we use, and when i was surfing through my PC i was looking at my audio codecs and noticed I could change the priority for individual codecs. Does anyone know what this officially does if anything? thanks __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

Jan 21, 2005, 06:22 AM	#2
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	moved to Software, by the man in the shadows My guess would be that if you had more than one codec that can handle a certain format, the top priority codec is the one that would handle it. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Jan 21, 2005, 09:36 AM	Thread Starter #4
Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Rep Power: 0	Makes sense to me ill mess around w/ it see if i can notice any changes. __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

Jan 21, 2005, 08:02 AM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	sounds right. it probably changes the cases on the codec switch, if you know anything about programming. case 0 will take effect if it applies/is present, if not, it will fall to case 1, and so on and so forth

Jan 21, 2005, 10:25 AM	#5
md5 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Inside DriverHeaven Posts: 856 Rep Power: 0	there are codecs which can encode/decode many formats If for example you have 2 codecs that can decode an mp3 and you don't specify which one you want to do the job, the codec with the highest priority will be chosen first