How to determine a missing Codec from video files

Trying to play certain video files in different viewers (IrFanView for starters) and some won't open because a certain Codec is missing. Others with that same extension will play. How do you determine what Codec is needed with a given file before you try to open it other than looking at the file extension?.

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Trying to play certain video files in different viewers (IrFanView for starters) and some won't open because a certain Codec is missing. Others with that same extension will play.
How do you determine what Codec is needed with a given file before you try to open it other than looking at the file extension?

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Google for a program called GSpot. It'll identify what codecs you need to play a video file and it also tells you other things about the file like wether it's complete or not.

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Gracias ... I myself was wondering this

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Gracias ... I myself was wondering this