# What's the name of that...

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**Created:** [April 5, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-the-name-of-that/27166 "2007-04-05T16:03:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-the-name-of-that/27166/6 "2007-04-06T07:30:24Z")

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Naw, it’s not a codec. It’s a program that will read how a video file is encoded and tell you what audio and video codecs you need to play it.

 ![http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/images/GSpot260RC01.png](http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/images/GSpot260RC01.png)  
[http://www.headbands.com/gspot/](http://www.headbands.com/gspot/)

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