please help! very new to this! Uploaded videos from my JVC camera , but when 
I try to play them with Windows media there is no sound. Can someone tell me 
what the video codec does and could it be something related to this?

The video codec does what its name says: it decodes video. When you view
a movie and you see video but no sound, then the video codec is
working fine, but the audio codec usually isn't present or isn't working.

FFDShow contains a lot of commonly used video/audio codecs:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDshow.htm
Does installing it help?

Regards

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

fizzyg wrote:
> please help! very new to this! Uploaded videos from my JVC camera , but when 
> I try to play them with Windows media there is no sound. Can someone tell me 
> what the video codec does and could it be something related to this?

I work for JVC and would like to try to help.

I am assuming you are using a standard definition JVC camcorder.  When you 
install the JVC CD-ROM that came with your camcorder, you also install the 
codecs that are necessary for playback.  If you have installed the CD-ROM, 
then Windows Media Player should be able to play your JVC files with no 
problem.  Also, the CD-ROM includes playback software from JVC and basic 
editing software.  Please try this.  If this does not work, or if you have a 
JVC HD camcorder, please respond back with the specific JVC model number, as 
well as which version of Windows you are running.  Thanks!

Chris

"fizzyg" wrote:

> please help! very new to this! Uploaded videos from my JVC camera , but when 
> I try to play them with Windows media there is no sound. Can someone tell me 
> what the video codec does and could it be something related to this?

Thanks, Chris @ JVC - we do try telling users to install the CD which
came with the device, but I do winder if you should physically strap
the CD to the side of the camera on a piece of string to distribute
clue <g> 

The first thing users do is chuck the box aside and run about
recording their kids - it's only 3 months later when they try to get
the clips to play on the PC using a weird and wacky choice of codecs
selected by the manufacturer (different, seemingly for each camera)
that they realise that it doesn't work - and the CD has totally gone
out of their head and may indeed be in the attic by now <g>

Cheers !
Neil



On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:03:01 -0800, Chris@JVC
<Chris@JVC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>I work for JVC and would like to try to help.
>
>I am assuming you are using a standard definition JVC camcorder.  When you 
>install the JVC CD-ROM that came with your camcorder, you also install the 
>codecs that are necessary for playback.  If you have installed the CD-ROM, 
>then Windows Media Player should be able to play your JVC files with no 
>problem.  Also, the CD-ROM includes playback software from JVC and basic 
>editing software.  Please try this.  If this does not work, or if you have a 
>JVC HD camcorder, please respond back with the specific JVC model number, as 
>well as which version of Windows you are running.  Thanks!
>
>Chris
>
>"fizzyg" wrote:
>
>> please help! very new to this! Uploaded videos from my JVC camera , but when 
>> I try to play them with Windows media there is no sound. Can someone tell me 
>> what the video codec does and could it be something related to this?
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