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Hello. First post on here. Anywho, my problem, I think is that I've lost the GSM 6.10 audio codec which I believe comes default with XP SP2. The reason I believe this to be the problem is because it is the codec Ventrilo (online voice communication program for those who are not familiar with it) uses and whenever I connect, I get an error message saying unable to initialize outbound codec GSM 6.10. Also, my sound in every other area works perfectly fine.
I was just wondering what I could do about getting this codec back. I've found a method online that entails installing the codec from my XP cd, however, my cd says on it that it should only be used for the purpose of reinstalling the operating system, not for driver/program reinstallation. Before trying that as a last resort (since not listening to something explicitly said on the cd is not something I want to rush into), I wanted to come on here and see if anybody could help me out by way of other possible solutions. Thanks in advance and good night! :]
I was just wondering what I could do about getting this codec back. I've found a method online that entails installing the codec from my XP cd, however, my cd says on it that it should only be used for the purpose of reinstalling the operating system, not for driver/program reinstallation. Before trying that as a last resort (since not listening to something explicitly said on the cd is not something I want to rush into), I wanted to come on here and see if anybody could help me out by way of other possible solutions. Thanks in advance and good night! :]
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1. Choose Start > Control Panel and click Add hardware, then click Next from Add Hardware Wizard.
Click "Yes, I have already connected the hardware" then click Next button, again.
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom Choose Add a new hardware device and click Next.
Select "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)", and click Next.
3. Select "Sound, video and game controllers" from "Common hardware types" list and click Next.
Select "(Standard system devices)" from "Manufacturer" and click Have Disk... button.
4. Click Browse in the Install From Disk dialog box and open the folder C:\Windows\System32
Find mmdriver.inf file, select it and click Open then click OK in the Install From Disk dialog box. If you see a warning about logo compatibility, just click "Continue Anyway".
5. Now you should finally see a list of audio codecs.
Amongst the other items, you should find Microsoft ADPCM Audio Codec and IMA ADPCM Audio Codec. You need to install them one by one, so select either of these and click Next. This should re-install the codec (take care, you may need your Windows XP CD).
6. Reboot
- All default audio codecs are in the same list with Microsoft ADPCM Audio Codec and IMA ADPCM Audio Codec; just go to step 5 and select them.
- If you want to (re)install video codecs go to step 3, Select "(Standard system devices)" from "Manufacturer" and "Video Codecs" from "Model" then follow the instructions.
The following table lists the codecs included with Windows:
Manufacturer Model
DSP Group TrueSpeech Software Audio Codec
Intel Indeo R3.1 Video Codec
Indeo R3.2 Video Codec
Microsoft Audio codecs ADPCM Audio Codec
CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law Audio Codec
GSM 6.10 Audio Codec
IMA ADPCM Audio Codec
Microsoft Video codecs RLE Video Codec
Video 1 Video Codec
SuperMatch Cinepak Video Codec
Message Edited by SpeedStep on 01-28-2006 12:22 PM