Fix Media: x86-64 / GModCEFCodecFix Guide (Windows)

Visual Install Guide:

Step 1

First, close Garry's Mod.

Then open Steam, and right click Garry's Mod from your Library games list. Select Properties from the menu.

Steam > Garry's Mod > Properties

In the Properties window, select "Betas", then click on the Dropdown menu and select "x86-64 - Chromium + 64-bit Binaries"

Steam > Garry's Mod > Properties > Betas

Now you can close the properties window and wait for the update to download. Once it's done, proceed to the next step.

Download the Latest Release of GModCEFCodecFix for Windows.

GModCEFCodecFix Logo GModCEFCodecFix

Extract all of the files from GModCEFCodecFix-Windows.zip, then run GModCEFCodecFix.exe. You may have to allow the app through Windows SmartScreen.

Click More Info in the SmartScreen dialog Click Run Anyway in the SmartScreen dialog

Proceed to the next step.

GModCEFCodecFix should now patch Garry's Mod. It may take some time depending on your internet connection speed.

GModCEFCodecFix patching GMod

Once it's done, you can launch the 64-bit version of GMod from the GModCEFCodecFix window by typing the number that corresponds to it and pressing Enter.

Launch GMod prompt

Congratulations, you're done! 🎉

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❓ Having Trouble?

⚙ Advanced Options

Proceed to the next step if you'd like to see Advanced Options for:

  • Installing on unsupported versions of Windows
  • The Auto-mode feature

Auto-mode Feature

This enables you to use the GModCEFCodecFix as a launcher without having to input a number to launch GMod when it finishes.

  1. Right click on the GModCEFCodecFix-Windows.exe you previously downloaded and select Create a Shortcut. This Shortcut can be put anywhere on your PC.
  2. Right click on your new Shortcut and select Properties.
  3. From the Shortcut tab in the Properties window, find the Target text field.

    At the end of the text field, after GModCEFCodecFix-Windows.exe, add a space, then the text -a 2.

    After you apply this change, using this shortcut will automatically launch 64-bit GMod. (Use -a 1 if you need to launch 32-bit GMod instead.)

    GModCEFCodecFix Shortcut with Auto-mode

Installing on unsupported versions of Windows

  1. Download and install Python 3.8 (3.9+ cannot be used on Windows 7 or earlier). During installation, add it to your system PATH in the Advanced Setup Options.
  2. Download and install Git for Windows.
  3. Download and install Visual C++ Build Tools, ticking the box labelled "Desktop Development with C++".
  4. Restart your PC to finish installing Visual C++ Build Tools when prompted.
  5. Open Command Prompt and run the following commands, in order:

    cd C:\ git clone https://github.com/solsticegamestudios/GModCEFCodecFix.git cd GModCEFCodecFix pip install -r requirements.txt
  6. If all goes well, you should now be able to run the script in Command Prompt:

    python GModCEFCodecFix.py

To update and run the tool again in the future, using a batch file is recommended. We recommend putting the following in a file named RunGModCEFCodecFix.bat for easy use:

@echo off cd C:\GModCEFCodecFix && git pull && python GModCEFCodecFix.py