Nov 29, 2010

K-Lite Codec - a great help for me!

There were times that I need to watch some documentary films online.  I need to review some things for a my studies.    Finding the documentaries were easy.  Google is there for me to help.  But it was playing it that makes it difficult.

I can see my brother's computer playing the movies so well.  But how come mine isn't able to do so.  The I realized it has something to do with my media software.

The answer was actually just under my nose:  K-Lite Codec.  An all-codec-in-a-single-pack.
codec pack K-Lite codec pack

This was my experience years and years ago.  I am trying to blog about this today because I still see people having the same problem.  This should solve it easily.

Right now, the latest version is 6.6.0 already!  Wow!  This codec doesn't help you with the movies only.  It also applies audio files as well.   Read on the features of K-Lite Codec below.



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K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) 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 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet.



The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
- It it always up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
- It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want.
- 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 three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: Basic, Standard and Full.
• K-Lite Codec Pack Basic contains only the most essential things. It contains everything you need to be able to play the most popular and widespread formats. It is small enough to fit on a single floppy. Also great for including on your movie CDs.
• K-Lite Codec Pack Standard contains everything you need to play all the commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.
• K-Lite Codec Pack Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for the various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.



Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 6.6.0 FULL version :

• Player:
- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.3.2086]
- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.2.1008.0]

• ffdshow:
- ffdshow [revision 3487]
- ffdshow VFW interface

• DirectShow video decoding filters:
- XviD [version 1.2.2]
- DivX H.264 [version 8.2.0.26]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.4.0.1014]
- MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]

• DirectShow audio decoding filters:
- AC3/DTS/LPCM/MP1/MP2 (AC3Filter) [version 1.63b]
- Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
- AAC (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.6.0]

• DirectShow audio parsers:
- FLAC (madFLAC) [version 1.8]
- WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.1]
- MusePack (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.2.0 | 0.4.0.0]
- Monkey's Audio (DCoder) [version 1.0]
- OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]
- AMR (MONOGRAM) [version 1.0.1.0]
- DC-Bass Source [version 1.2.0]
- AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.7b]

• DirectShow source filters:
- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.10.120.15]
- AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

• DirectShow subtitle filter:
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.3]
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.33]

• Other filters:
- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.9.42.1]
• VFW video codecs:
- XviD [version 1.2.2]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
- YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]

• ACM audio codecs:
- MP3 (LAME) [version 3.98.2]
- AC3ACM [version 1.5]

• Tools:
- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.4.4]
- Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.1]
- MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.31]
- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
- GraphStudio [version 0.3.2.0]
- Haali Muxer
- Bitrate Calculator


Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 6.6.0 STANDARD version :

• Player:
- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.3.2086]

• ffdshow:
- ffdshow [revision 3487]

• DirectShow video decoding filters:
- MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.4.0.1014]
• DirectShow source filters:
- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.10.120.15]
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]
- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

• DirectShow subtitle filter:
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.3]

• Other filters:
- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.9.42.1]

• Tools:
- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.4.4]
- Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.1]
- MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.31]

K-Lite Codec also has different packs catered to our needs.  To find out more about it, click on the download link below:




Important Note :
- The K-Lite Codec Pack works only on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7.


Enjoy your movies!


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