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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Date added: July 07, 2009
- Total Downloads: 4,303,445
- Downloads last week: 14,153
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- Average user rating: stars out of 341 votes
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Publisher's description
From MediaCodec :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.
Version 2.3d may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 341 votes
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Version: Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 2.3d
Pros: Does what it's supposed to
Cons: none that I have seen
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 2.3d
Pros: Played anything that I gave it
Cons: Still like my VLC media player better
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Version: Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 2.3d
Pros: plays every codec that I have downloaded so far
Cons: Hasn't let me preview the torrent to see the quality of the download
Summary: You can't beat free! I reccomend it.
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Version: Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 2.3d
Pros: I have not been unable to play any of the media since using WEMCP.
Cons: I get an error message everytime I install the software and get some things I do not need along with each install.
Summary: See the above.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 2.3d
Pros: light and compact media codec pack that manages to play all of my media files. with this baby i can play avi, mpg, mkv, and flv (flash video from youtube et al) all with my favorite media player!
Cons: none that i can find
Summary: great product, been using it for over 2 years now, safe, stable and continuously updates itself with the latest versions of all the codecs which is great for someone like me who doesn't have time to find, download and install new codecs every few mo... read more >>
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