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Download essential Windows media codecs

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Many a time, you must have got some errors while trying to play audio or video files on Windows Media Player due to missing codecs. The solution is to install all necessary codecs on your Windows computer.

Windows Media Player Codecs

The Windows Essential Media Codecs Pack does the job for you by installing all necessary media codecs required by Windows to play files. Free of cost, the Windows Essential Media Codecs Pack consists of audio and video codecs, and it has been designed in such a way that it will not conflict with previous codecs used for decoding a media file.

Formats supported include: 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, DAT, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M4A, MPC, MP3, MP4, OGG Vorbis, VOB, Xvid and many more.

The suite also comes with an update service that frequently checks for updates and downloads the latest codec versions. The pack is GNU GPL licensed and is available for download from here.

Great for audiophiles who keep downloading music stuff and enjoy listening to them on their computer!

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September 8th, 2007 at 3:40 pm

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  • http://www.sizzledcore.com Haris

    Since I have started using XP Codec Pack, I have never had a problem in playing music or video files. Never heard of Windows Essential Media Codecs Pack. I’ll give this one a try and see if it’s any better than the XP Codec Pack.

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    @Haris: Do tell us if it’s good.

  • http://techyantra.net Beta3

    I use KLM Media Pack. Its light on resources (the player) and can play all formats!!

  • http://ashwinr.com/ Ashwin

    Good find. But IMO, it’s always better for you to download the codec that you actually need and use.

  • http://www.rahulpatel.in rahul

    so how diff on size in compare with K-lite codec ?

  • http://www.whoismadhur.com Madhur Kapoor

    For me , K Lite Codec Pack does the job well

  • http://notjustcricket.com RJ

    K-Lite Codec is the one size fits all for all media needs. K-Lite fan here :)