Canon RAW Codec, this is something new to me, and I'm using DPP for my RAW convertion and no idea about the Canon RAW Codec about, would this is the plug-in for DPP.

Anyone can tell me, I thank you in advance.

regards
Paul

The canon raw codec allows canon raw images to be viewable in windows vista explorer.

Thank you so much for your advice.

As an aside if one converts their files to Adobe DNG there is now a beta Adobe DNG codec. Truly a great thing.

Hi DarkPenguin,

So, would this codec also apply to my Mac OSx. Please advice.

Thank you
Paul

No, the codec is for Vista.

On Mac OS X you should be able to see the previews for your raw files in the Finder anyways.

Eric

How difficult would it be to make this for XP too?

John

So far as I know there was a short lived powertoy from Microsoft that supported RAW files under Xp. I'm 90% certain it has been orphaned in the hopes that this will drive a handful of people to Vista.

It's still available for download from Microsoft:

My (limited) understanding is that the codec APIs are only for Vista. Having a generic DNG reader for XP is straightforward but I don't think XP itself supports it. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about this.

Eric, I'm pretty certain that it does (if nothing else, I have seen a 3rd party DNG codec). My suspicion is that the Codec's not been a high priority for Adobe, so there's not been testing under XP and the installation package has been limited to Vista.

John