K-Lite Codec Pack

K-Lite Codec Pack
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Christopher Park

“Play almost every media format”

by Christopher Park about K-Lite Codec Pack

K-Lite Codec Pack Basic is one of the most versatile media content packs available for users anywhere.

The K-Lite Codec Pack Basic comes in three separate versions for different tiered users. From the simple basic pack, which includes the most common video and audio codecs and includes subtitle support, the K-Lite Codec Pack Basic version will allow the majority of users to watch and listen to their content with relative ease.

One main difference of K-Lite Codec Pack Basic is that it does not include Media Player Classic Home Cinema. This simple media player is the easiest to use, but not necessary in K-Lite Codec Pack Basic. Windows Media Player is more than enough for the small amount of codecs in this set.

K-Lite Codec Pack Basic’s functionality is also directly connected to the hardware specifications of the system it is running on, so do not expect to be able to easily play high definition content with smooth framerates even though K-Lite Codec Pack Basic is able to render the files.

The most common codecs like DirectShow, MKV decoders, and MP4 decoders are installed in K-Lite Codec Pack Basic so there is not much more needed for every day viewing. Even though K-Lite Codec Pack Basic supports audio, it is meant for video. With the numerous video codecs and encoders creating files that are high quality with smaller file sizes, native Windows support does not exist for all the variations.

The different tested content in K-Lite Codec Pack Basic included MP4, AVI, WMV, and MKV; all at different levels of quality and resolutions. The codec pack had no problem playing any of the files in Windows Media Player. K-Lite Codec Pack Basic also supports different subtitle formats like SRT, SUB, and IDX, but take a little customizing for the subtitles to display properly.

K-Lite Codec Pack Basic is the perfect set of third-party codecs that are not natively supported in Windows.

Pros
  • Supports multiple formats
  • Supports subtitle formats
  • Easy to use
Cons
  • Uses Windows Media Player
  • Does not include Media Player Classic Home Cinema
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Developer's description

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video.

The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

  • It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs
  • It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable
  • It's easy to make an unattended installation
  • It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs
  • It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies
  • There are different packages.

    From small to extra-large

There are three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack:

Basic contains only the most essential things.

It contains everything you need to be able to play the two most popular and widespread formats, DivX and XviD. It is small enough to fit on a single floppy.

Also great for including on your movie cds.

Standard contains everything you need to play all the most commonly used formats.

This package should be enough for the average user.

Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats.

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