Windows Media Player Codecs
Frederic Laureano
Note: the Basic version does NOT include a player
You need to use it together with an already installed DirectShow player such as Windows Media Player. For playback issues with WMP please read our F.A.Q. for solutions.
This is the recommended variant for the average user. Use this if you don't know what you need. It already contains everything that you need for playback. The extra components that are included in the larger versions provide no benefit for the majority of users.
Important note:
The K-Lite Codec Pack does not expand the import abilities of professional video editors such as Adobe Premiere or Vegas Movie Studio. Those applications often only support importing a small set of file formats, and do not support using the type of codecs that are included in the codec pack (DirectShow/VFW). Modern editors often only use their own internal codecs or only support external codecs of the Media Foundation type.
KLite mega does this...there is more than one version of klite though...make sure you get klite mega. Windows media player might not like to play VOBs that don't appear to be on a DVD though...It seems like i got it to see a folder as a dvd once. MS trying to copy protect stuff. alternately, you could convert from vob to something WMP friendly.
K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) is one of the most complete and up-to-date codec packages for both video and audio. Thanks to this package, you can play practically any movie or audio file you have stored locally on your computer. No matter your preferred player, with these codecs, you can access any video or audio file you want.
The installation of this package includes several video players, among them the well-known Media Player Classic and BSplayer, two of the most popular and well-established players. K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) is the easiest way to get the decoders needed to view any movie, video clip, or video fragment you've recorded and exported to your PC.
The main difference between this FULL version of K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) and the STANDARD version is that this one includes the ability to play two formats not included with STANDARD. These two formats are OptimFrog and Tracker, both of which are uncommon. With the FULL version, you'll have no problem listening to any file with the following extensions: .it, .mo3, .mtm, .s3m, .umx, .xm, .ofr, and .ofs.
As usual with K-Lite codec packs, K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) also includes a number of configuration tools and filters to provide better image quality and performance. In short, if you ever have problems playing a file, don't hesitate to install this application and put an end to these errors and incompatibility problems.
Yes, K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) is fully compatible with Windows 11. This program works perfectly with the following versions of Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
Each version of K-Lite Codec Pack has its advantages and disadvantages, but none of them is better or worse than the others. K-Lite Codec Pack (Full), for example, has almost the same features as the Mega version, except for a couple of supported formats.
This is the best powerful program for every version of Windows I ever had; It's magically reads/supports any video and audio format, so we never see problems by using it! Thanks to K-Lite (Mega) and U...See more
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I thought that the mediaElement is essentially the windows media player, but I already found cases where videos play, but show a black screen, while the audio track plays normally, and others where the scrubbing on the timeline takes a lot of time.Also I noticed that when I load a video in this type of player, K-lite codecs doesn't seem to load on the bottom right part of the windows taskbar like they usually do when I use VLC player or Media Player Classic for example.
I 've already found another topic stating that: "The MediaElement is a control that's able to play only some file types. It's based on media player of windows but only on its core encoders. Its basically a bare-bones media player"
Lastly, in the case that this is as good as mediaElement gets, what alternatives are there?I 've seen people open VLC through their players, but I would like to know what other alternatives are available as well before I dive into that. I ve seen that Microsoft now has "Player Framework" available for Windows 8 for example, but is it only for windows 8?
Having worked with an unholy mess of different player/recorder/streamer/media things generally, I think your best bet for universal playback support is either MPlayer or VLC. WPF wrappers exist for both
I can vouch for Vlc.DotNet ( ) as a media player option for WPF/WinForms. It's a little miserable getting over the learning curve, but worthwhile for the truly vast array of options. There are very few media tasks that you can't pull off with it one way or another.
Ok so I am happy to announce that I was wrong on a couple of observations and that there is a solution to improve the support for popular media formats, such as mp4, in windows media player and therefore in medialement!!!
So I was wrong to say that the media element is not really Windows media Player but rather a "bare-bones media player". It is indeed windows media player and it just needs the right set of codecs to be able to play more formats.
I already had K Lite codecs installed and I added this set of codecs _player_codec_pack.html and now my windows media player doesnt lag anymore when playing mp4 files. Just follow the suggestion of the installer and restart your pc BEFORE starting the installation process. Also... it attempts to trick you with dialogs to install secondary software so BEWARE!!
Once Installed, just remember to experiment with the "preferred acceleration" parameter in the application's video settings, to see what goes better according to your hardware. I have set it to - CUVID.
Have the codecs for my windows media player. Need more info on the file codecs.
I read: "To determine what codec was used with a specific file, play the file in the Player and check Properties. On the File tab, look at the Audio codec and Video codec sections."
Understand that but, I checked one song with WMA File (.wma) Plays with Grove app and Windows media.
Yet another song WMA File (.wma) doesn't play on either and the Pop up still states:
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."
When MOV videos from my wife's iPhone download to our Dropbox desktop app, we can't view them. The audio transfers but there is no video with it (black screen only). I do not have this issue with my Android phone, which transfers as a MP4 file.
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Unless you identify the correct codec and install it yourself, the video will not play properly in Quicktime or the Windows players. VLC has most of the popular codecs built-in, which is why it can play the video.
And there's your problem... iOS 11. But before we get into why, remember that where video is concerned, the file extension (.mov, .mpg, etc.) means very little. That's just a container file for the encoded video within. In order to play that encoded video, you need a player that not only recognizes the file type (remember, just a container) but also a proper CODEC installed that is capable of decoding the video content within the container.
Prior to iOS 11, the CODEC used by Apple was H.264/MPEG-4. This was (is?) the most popular video format, widely supported by almost all media applications and many hardware devices. Windows Media Player, Quicktime, etc., all supported it out of the box. I'm betting that your iPad hasn't been updated to iOS 11 yet, and this is why videos from it continue to work; they're H.264 videos in a .MOV container.
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