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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-10-14</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000350621</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>C-COR INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CCBL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001305836</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Berman Mitchell</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O C-COR INCORPORATED</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>60 DECIBEL ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>STATE COLLEGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>16801</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP of Global Marketing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>60000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options (right to buy) acquired on various dates through C-COR Incorporated's Incentive Plan prior to the reporting owner's appointment as an Officer of the Corporation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Holding consists of 20,000 options, granted on 5/28/2004,with an exercise price of $8.89, vesting in four equal annual installments on the anniversary date of the grant and expiring on 5/28/2012 and 40,000 options granted on 10/12/2004, with an exercise price of $7.85, a 5-year cliff vesting subject to acceleration based upon achieving specific company performance standards, and expiring on 10/12/2012.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Mitchell L. Berman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-10-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

