What is CODEC and how does it work?
CoDec stands for Compressor/Decompressor which is related to media files and which enables them play videos & audios.
Size of the video or audio content would be very large without these codecs and it is for this very reason we use codecs to compress these media files to help enable transmission. When these files are played, they are then decompressed by these codec programs.
There is NO one standard codec which would serve for all your needs. MP3, DivX, Real player, Mplayer – all requires their respective codec which would enable them to serve the audio or video content.
Error: Codec for audio format 0x162 Not Found
Reason: The respective codec file is missing for the MPlayer to play a video content with its corresponding audio content. So you need to follow the steps below to install the respective Codec program
[root@computer /]# wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm
[root@computer /]# wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm
[root@computer /]# rpm -Uvh mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm
[root@computer /]# rpm -Uvh mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm
