Windows Essentials Codec Pack 4.6

Updated: 16 Nov 2013

Using this codec pack you will be able to play almost and audio or video file on your Windows computer and you will be provided with the latest encoding/decoding tools due to the application’s Update Service.

After an easy and straightforward installation process, you will be able to play Audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs and XCDs, plus a variety of formats such as 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, AVC, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M4A, MPC, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV/MKA, MTM, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, WavPack, ATRAC3, XviD, XM, WV, UMX and so on. You can either use your favorite media player or Media Player Classic, which is included in the codec pack.

Windows Essentials Codec Pack makes it possible to play about 99% of multimedia formats due to the tools it includes: codecs, filters and splitters.

The components of this pack are APE Source Filter, AC3 filter, AVI Splitter, CDDA Reader Filter, CDXA Reader Filter, CoreAAC Filter, CoreFlac Filter, CoreFlac Decoder, FFDShow, FLV Splitter, OGG Splitter, GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder, MOD Source Filter, MPEG Splitter, MPV Decoder, MPA Splitter, MPC Source Filter, MP4 Splitter, Matroska Splitter, OFR Source Filter, RealMedia Splitter, SHOUTcast Source Filter, WV Splitter / Decoder and VobSub Filter.

The Windows Essentials Codec Pack is constantly updated, and its last updates include a 64-bit version, improved subtitle rendering, support for DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD bitstreaming and a new H.264 encoder.

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is recommended to all users; it is a compact and easy to install tool that will help you watch and listen to your favorite contents, no matter what their format is.

Windows Essentials Codec Pack

Review

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a free and open source codec collection software download filed under video codec packs and made available by Mediacodec for Windows.

The review for Windows Essentials Codec Pack has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC.

A clean codec pack feature virtually everything you need

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is one of the most comprehensive collection of Media Codecs, Filters, Splitters and other tools that will enable you to play 99% of all the movies, music and flash files you download off the internet. Windows Essentials Codec Pack also includes a set of powerful filters that can enhance the video quality as well as audio quality and it comes complete with an automatic update service that will keep your computer up-to-date with the latest software upgrades as soon as they become available.

WECP is clean and compact, it has no spyware / adware / or viruses, it’s easy to use and even easier to install / uninstall and it’s published under the GNU GPL open source license so it’s 100% free. But more importantly, it was especially designed to fix the many errors and software conflicts caused by other codec packs which routinely install obsolete or overlapping codecs, and it’s guaranteed to keep your to keep your computer up-to-date with the latest software upgrades.

Windows Essentials Codec Pack 5.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from video codec packs without restrictions. Windows Essentials Codec Pack 5.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. As an open source project, you are free to view the source code and distribute this software application freely. Filed under:

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Windows Essentials Codec Pack

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A reliable and fully equipped codecs pack that should be one the list of top priorities after a fresh install of your operating system

The Windows codec market is crowded enough to make it hard on you to pick a favorite. In fact, it’s difficult to choose the one that’s the most efficient, as all of them claim to benefit from the greatest features, although some do nothing than to slow down the operating system and lead to poor quality when it comes to audio or video files.

Features a well-deserved name

Windows Essentials Codec Pack or WECP for short includes a rich collection of video and audio codecs, filters and splitters ready to prepare your computer for any media format. Just like its name suggests, this suite is actually a pack of the essential codecs you need to play audio and video files on a Windows computer.

The installation process however comprises a toolbar that the software does not need to function properly and attempts to change the homepage and the default search engine for the web browsers installed on your computer. However, you can decline the offer if you don’t want any third party components on your system.

Enabling playback of various media file formats

With Windows Essentials Codec Pack on your system, you are prepared to play audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs and XCDs, as well as any of the following file types: 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, AVC, DTS, Nero Digital, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPC, M4A, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV/MKA, MTM, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, WavPack, ATRAC3, XviD, XM, WV and UMX, to name the most important ones.

Fully living up to expectations

Windows Essentials Codec Pack also installs Media Player Classic, a reliable media player that supports a wide range of audio and video formats.

Developers claim that after installing this pack you should be able to run 99 percent of multimedia files, but as far as we’re concerned, it could go as high as 100 percent. During our testing, everything worked like a breeze and we could open every multimedia file we had on our computers.

In conclusion

All in all, Windows Essentials Codec Pack indeed includes the essential tools you need to open multimedia files, so if you’re in search for a powerful codec solution, be sure to write down this one on your list, managing to do everything but disappoint you.

Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack

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Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack is a freeware software download filed under video codec packs and made available by MediaCodec for Windows.

The review for Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.

Several audio and video codecs which support many media formats

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video DirectShow codecs and filters. With Windows Essentials Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all movies and music files that you download off the Internet, stay up to date with the latest codecs with the Audio/Video Codec Update Service, and eliminate the many conflicts and errors caused by using multiple codecs to decode the same file types.

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly near complete solution for all your video and audio needs, with it you can play audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs, and XCDs on the fly, and it adds support for 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1/2, M4A, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, XviD, XM, WV, and UMX formats so you could play any video/audio file with your favorite DirectShow media player or with the (included) Media Player Classic.

Features and highlights

• OSD settings are now based on the current ffdshow preset; this allows turning OSD on/off using the «Automatic preset loading» mechanism
• Buffered video RAM access improves video memory access in certain scenarios
• AviSynth filter now uses AviSynth’s frames for buffering which improves performance and reduces the filter’s memory usage
• «Max. amplification» in the Normalization filter will only be applied after pressing «Apply»
• Better handling of DVD menus
• Improved autocrop algorithm
• Added RealVideo 8 (RV30) support
• Added soft telecine detection

Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 5.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from video codec packs without restrictions. Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 5.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. Filed under:

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Windows Essentials Codec Pack 3.4

Windows Essentials Codec Pack — это пакет разнообразных кодеков, программ, аудио и видео фильтров. Разработчик отмечает на своём сайте: установив данный пакет, у пользователя будет воспроизводиться 99% всех известных форматов мультимедиа файлов, которые можно загрузить из интернета. Видео фильтры, входящие в состав пакета Windows Essentials Codec Pack, позволяют значительно улучшать качество видео материала и позволяют настраивать даже самые труднодоступные видео-опции. После установки данного пакета пользователю будут доступны опции автоматического обновления компонентов, входящих в этот пакет. В Windows Essentials Codec Pack поддерживается работа со следующими мультимедиа форматами: 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, AVC, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M4A, MPC, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV/MKA, MTM, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, WavPack, ATRAC3, XviD, XM, WV, UMX. Кроме аудио и видео кодеков в пакет Windows Essentials Codec Pack входит медиаплеер Media Player Classic.

Changelog for Version 3.4

Bugfixes
* Removed OpenCandy
* Fixed 64-Bit installer issues
* Fixed a lot of issues with mp4 muxer
* Better support for VC-1 in MPEG Transport streams
* Various H.264 and MPEG-2 seeking issues fixed
* Several memory leak fixes
* Subtitle fixes:
o Don’t show closed caption if «Subtitles» is not checked
o Non-DVD subtitles: check if «Subtitles» is checked before showing subtitles
o Setting «Maintain outside text inside screen» was not always applied correctly
o Subtitle file could not be disabled during DVD playback
o Duration of SSA move tags was randomly applied
o Various fixes to alignment, line spacing, movement and positioning of ASS, SSA and SRT subtitles
o Several crash fixes
* Fixes in the Audio mixer and LFE crossover filter:
o Center and LFE were too loud when downmixing 5.1 -> 2ch
o If the original sound had LFE channel, it was overwritten
o If the center channel existed, left and right channels were ignored
* Several MLP/TrueHD/LPCM decoding fixes
* Playing a CSS-protected DVD using MPC or MPC-HC caused a crash in certain scenarios
* Fixed DVD menu positioning and freeze issue
* Fixed several crashes in WMP11 and Media Center
* ffdshow.ax failed to register when a registry key was missing
* Removed black lines in Perspective Correction filter
* ffdshow would crash when using the Grab filter and the Resize filter with aspect ratio correction
* Many fixes across multiple ffdshow components including OSD, deinterlacing, remote API, DVD and MPEG-2 playback

New and improved features
* Added support for WebM files
* Added AC-3 in MP4 support
* Added a 64-bit version(s)
* New multi-threaded H.264 decoder: ffmpeg-mt
* DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD bitstreaming support for the ATI Radeon HD5000 series, ASUS Xonar sound cards and Intel Clarkdale CPUs
* New color space converters:
o Supported input color spaces: progressive YV12, progressive NV12, YV16, YUY2
o Supported output color spaces: RGB24, RGB32
o High quality chroma upscaling
o Added dithering to reduce «banding»
o Support for color primary parameters such as ITU-R BT.601/709, input and output levels
o RGB conversion done in 11-bit or higher
o Significant improvements in YV12 -> YUY2, YUY2 -> RGB, and YV12 -> RGB conversion performance
o Requires SSE2-capable CPU; for better performance multi-core CPU recommended
* New RGB conversion options:
o Output levels («Computer monitor» or «TV/Projector»)
o YCbCr specification «Auto»
* Various improvements in the Subtitle filter:
o Improved rendering quality, memory usage and performance
o General code cleanup
o SSA/ASS subtitles: better compatibility (support for position & move tags), better calculation of line wrapping, new dialog to configure ASS specific options. Also support added for ASS tags within SRT subtitles (SubViewer)
* FFDShowAPI: .NET wrapper around FFDShowRemoteAPI allows integration of ffdshow with third-party applications
* FFDShowRemoteAPI:
o Improved subtitle/audio streams detection; now compatible with most filters handling the IAMStreamSelect interface
o New command to disable FF/RW OSD
o When using absolute positioning, x and y coordinates are now representing pixels instead of percentages
o Added new parameter to determine the duration in which a message will be displayed
* OSD settings are now based on the current ffdshow preset; this allows turning OSD on/off using the «Automatic preset loading» mechanism
* Buffered video RAM access improves video memory access in certain scenarios
* AviSynth filter now uses AviSynth’s frames for buffering which improves performance and reduces the filter’s memory usage
* «Max. amplification» in the Normalization filter will only be applied after pressing «Apply»
* Better handling of DVD menus
* Improved autocrop algorithm
* Added RealVideo 8 (RV30) support
* Added soft telecine detection
* Added several new preset autoload conditions
* libavcodec is now used by default to decode Theora videos
* libavcodec is now used as Dolby TrueHD decoder instead of MLP
* Various updates to libavcodec