Best Codec Pack For Windows 7?

[Andrew Butler]

What Is The Best Codec Pack For Windows 7?

Or What Do you guys use/recommend?

I Have VLC Media Player, but I want to be able to use WMP for as much as I can, So I don't have to switch between programs.

Thanks

Andrew B.

 

[MikeHawthorne]

Hi

I haven't loaded any codec packages that didn't come with Windows and I haven't found anything that Media Player won't play.

I think that the .mov codec may have been installed by some software I installed like Adobe Premiere but I'm not sure.

But I can run AVI, MOV, Mpg, WMV, DVD, I can't really remember anything I've tried to run that didn't.
And I use it for everything. I don't have any other player except for QuickTime which I try and avoid.

Mike

 

[Andrew Butler]

Thanks for the reply,

The two I want to play are, .mkv and .flv.

Any Ideas?

 

[Trouble]

I think you will find that most people looking for codec pack will generally use this one Shark007's FREE Codec solutions - Windows 7 codecs which is also located here Download Windows 7 Codecs 3.1.6 - FileHippo.com
And I believe you'll find that there is support for your two extensions.

 

[Andrew Butler]

Ok, Thank You

 

[Josephur]

I know this is an older thread, but for anyone currently looking K-Lite has been my favorite codec pack since XP. Works fine on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Can be downloaded here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

 

[Pauli]

I know this is an older thread, but for anyone currently looking K-Lite has been my favorite codec pack since XP. Works fine on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Can be downloaded here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

I too know, it's an older thread, but never to old a matter to be discussed. I would agree with Mike Hawthorne above, having run ffdshow, K-Lite, and a few others, I've sort of gone back to the basics, running Windows as far as it goes. Although having lost my MediaPlayer for some reason, VLC works fine with basic Windows codecs.

The main thing is, not to have several codec packs. They just war each other!