Must have codecs

Hello I did a fresh windows install and this time i dont want to install any codecs pack. What would be the MUST HAVE CODECS and/or related software. I need to: Watch videos encoded with any Divx version Watch videos encoded with any Divx version I dont want to have any sound problems, ever. I also need a simple program that gives me the ability to have subtitles directly on WMP 6.4 - i've been using VobSub from Nimo pack and it works nice, but _sometimes_ make the movie very slow (i got a tbird 1.2 ghz with 256ddr and windows 2000 and directx9). I never encode videos, i just watch. Thats it. I appreciate your guidance into the cleanest and smoothest video codecs.

install -- it supports most MPEG4 codecs, such as DivX 3/4/5, XviD, MPEG4V3, etc. For audio, that will depend upon the audio used by the encoder. Common audio codecs are MP3 and AC3. Install to determine codecs used in any AVI container.

for subtitles, here's your guide it explains among other options a method for subtitles in wmp without vobsub! regards steVe

Well, you can't encode anything with ffdshow. And there is a few minor bugs, so do yourself a favour and dl new versions from sourceforge as they become available.