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5 stars
Version: Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 1
"So easy to install. Must have for all Windows users!"
Pros: After messing with video and audio playback on Windows for over 10 years this has got to be the easiest "universal" package I have seen to date. So easy your grandmother could install it. No spyware or other garbage. Works great in Vista. Includes a fantastically efficient playback program called "Media player classic" which seems to make playback far easier when compared with "Windows media player.
Cons: I'm using Vista Home basic. Some files required the use of the VLC media player due to the included media player classic not being able to play them, The codecs worked great, but it seems media player classic occasionally can't open SOME files. If this was my codec pack I would include both VLC and media player classic.Otherwise this is a fantastic package for anyone who enjoys audio and video on a Windows computer. BIG THUMBS UP, FIVE STARS, ETC
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