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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: June 07, 2010
- Total Downloads: 4,372,765
- Downloads last week: 41,577
- Product Ranking: #6 in Video Players
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- Average user rating: stars out of 347 votes
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Publisher's description
From Media Player Codec Pack:The Media Player Codec Pack is a simple to install package of codecs/filters/splitters used for playing back music and movie files. After installation you will be able to play 99.9% of files through your media player, along with XCD's, VCD's, SVCD's and DVD's. Also included in the package are a number of encoder codec's, allowing you to encode files in formats such as DivX. XviD, x264 and many more in your favourite encoding application. Compression types supported include DivX, XviD, x264, h.264 and many more in AVI, MKV, OGM, MP4 files. Video file types supported include 3GPP, AVI, MKV, OGM, MP4, MPG, MPEG, VOB, DAT, FLV, PS, TS, NUV. Audio file types supported include AC3, DTS, AAC, APE, FLAC, TTA, WV, OGG, Vorbis, MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, UMX. Please note that protected formats may require a specific player. All versions of Windows Media Player are supported as well as most other players. The package supports 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows.
What's new in this version:
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User reviews
- All versions: 3.8 starsout of 347 votes
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- Current version: 4.0 starsout of 29 votes
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5 stars
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"I am overwhelmed how great my music and movies play."
Pros: Does the job.
Cons: None at this time.
Summary: This is a must pass on to others.
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4 stars
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"does what it says on the tin"
Pros: does what its needed for
Cons: none as of yet
Summary: great finally able to watch dvds on my laptop!
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5 stars
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"You solved my problem !!"
Pros: It was free and it didn't come with annoying malware, stupid screen savers, endless popups, etc. etc.
Cons: Can't see anything wrong with the product
Summary: Couldn't play AVI videos from my Samsung camcorder on my computer !! Windows Movie Maker said "the required codec is miassing from your computer " Couldn't find codecs!! Found your web site on Google !! Problem solved !! Thanks a jillion !!
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5 stars
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"thanks...solved the problem"
Pros: .i recommand it.
Cons: its fast, easy solution... i need not install other player. k
Summary: i love it
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5 stars
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"an image viewer capable of handling mist visual files"
Pros: It's simple and easy to operate, t does a good job, it's steadily being upgraded to handle more and more types of files, and IT'S FREE ! Programs don't get any better than this!
Cons: nothing at all
Summary: Been using it for 10 years - never had a moment's trouble with it. I love it!
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5 stars
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"Don't Run Movie Maker Without It"
Pros: Ever since I installed Media Player Codec Pack, my Windows Movie Maker (On XP - embedded) has NOT crashed.
Cons: Cures Windows Movie Maker crashes.
Summary: If you use Windows Movie Maker, your blood pressure will go back to normal since it prevents WMM from crashing.
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5 stars
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"Works just fine"
Pros: Have had zero problems with anything I have played on Media Player. This does not mean that there is not something out there that will not work.
Cons: Have found nothing yet after two weeks.
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5 stars
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"Works really well for me"
Pros: I download a lot of video files through bittorrent, this pack allows me to play all of them, with exceptional image quality
Cons: Don't know why I'm forced to write something in this box?
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4 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"It is great if it includes the codecs you need"
Pros: It installs quickly and clean. The codecs provided work great
Cons: It did not include some codecs that I needed. I was trying to play a video DVD that plays on Vista and Windows 7, but not on Windows XP.
Summary: This is a good set of codecs that cover most people's needs.
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5 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Media Player Codec Pack 3.9.6
"Great. Has all I needed"
Pros: All the Codec's I need to watch any type video on my system.
Cons: None at all
Summary: The perfect package.
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