K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compress and De-Compress Media Files. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.
The K-Lite Codec Pack allows you to play almost every movie file that you can find on the Internet.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs
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It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
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All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
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It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
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Works great with Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. But also with all other DirectShow players, such as Media Player Classic, BS.Player, ZoomPlayer, and others.
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The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
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The pack has many options, which allows you to tweak it to your own specific needs and preferences.
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Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys. All changes are properly undone.
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It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
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It does not contain any codecs or filters that are known to be bad, buggy or unstable. In fact, the installer is able to detect and disable several known troublemakers.
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It tries to avoid potential conflicts with other codecs installed on your computer. The installer is able to detect and remove over 100 different codec and filter packs.
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The installer is able to detect broken codecs and filters on your system, and helps you to remove them.
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It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
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The pack has options to activate thumbnail generation in Windows Explorer for several popular video file formats, which are by default not thumbnailed in Explorer.
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The pack automatically configures Media Center to recognize all common audio and video file formats, so that such files show up in your media library.
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This pack has a huge user base. This means that problems are found and resolved quickly.
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There are different variants of the pack. From very small to large.
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The pack is suitable for both novice and expert users.
There are several different variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack. Ranging from a very small bundle that contains only the most essential decoders to a large and more comprehensive bundle. The global differences between the 5 variants can be found below. Detailed differences can be found on the comparison of abilities and comparison of contents pages.
K-Lite Changelog 7.5.0 to 7.6.0 ~ 2011-08-08
- Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.5.3.3611
- Updated ffdshow to revision 3964
- Updated LAV Splitter to version 0.31 build 2011-08-08
- Updated LAV Audio to version 0.31 build 2011-08-08
- Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 5.0.7
- ffdshow is now able to decode H.264 Hi10P
- ffdshow now uses libavcodec instead of libfaad2 for decoding AAC
Download : K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 7.6.0
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6-bit version
Download : K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 7.6.0 64-bit