K Lite Codec Pack
In watching movies at home these days, codecs are everything. It's short for code-decode and rather than go into a technical discussion, suffice it to say that they define the technical format of how video files are encoded, often compressed to fit into small file sizes. You just can't watch one without the right codec support in your video players. Some players have default codecs but over time, you will need to upgrade your player with newer codec versions if you want to keep watching newer movies. One excellent bundle of video codecs all compiled into one package is the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack.
Video Players and Codecs Supported
The K-Lite Mega Codec pack is an all-in-one solution that would allow you to record and playback various video file formats that are currently used in popular movies and MTV videos. It is designed mainly to load its video codecs and filters in the Media Player Classic Home Cinema v7.5 and previous versions, along with the Media Player Classic v6 and its iterations.
Once loaded, you have support for decoding filters like ffdshow, DirectShow, ACM and other filters which allow it to support popular audio and video files codecs. Its video codec support include Xvid and DivX, AVI container files, Matroska (MKV files), Mpeg1, Mpeg2 and Mpeg4, Flash video, Real Media and high definition x.264 files, to mention the major ones. It supports DVD quality VOB video files and AC3/DTS audio files.
In music playback, it supports just about all the audio codecs known to man. This includes the uncompressed CD-quality WAV and LPCM files, compressed non-lossy FLAC and the popular compressed MP3, AAC. OGG/Orbis, and Monkey's Audio, to mention the more popular ones.
K-Lite Codec Pack Installation Simplicity
Nothing could be simpler. After downloading the file from Free-Codecs.com you just double click the file and run through the installer like any other program. Once done, you have empowered your Media Player to play all your favourite music and video files on the PC.
K-Lite Codec Pack Summary
With only a few codecs not supported, like Real Audio, which is a paid codec and this is one free, the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack stands out without peer. For sure, there are other packs out there in varying degrees of completeness, mostly for free as well. But with a freeware such as this, why bother to look for others?
K-lite Mega Codec Pack