K-Lite Codec Pack 13.1.5 : All PACK S Update
Christal Rasband
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.
To play such videos you need to use the included MPC-HC player and select MPC Video Renderer or Madvr as the video renderer. These video renderers can automatically send the HDR metadata to your TV when it is HDR capable. Otherwise they will convert the video colors to SDR so you can watch it on a normal monitor/TV.
MPC-HC is capable of playing Blu-ray discs. There are just two limitations:
1) It doesn't support Blu-ray menus. It automatically plays the longest title on the disc. Other titles can be accessed through the Navigate menu of the player.
2) The disc must be decrypted using an external tool. For example AnyDVD HD or Passkey Lite.
The codec pack contains a plugin for decoding H.264 MVC 3D Video. To properly watch such videos you should use the included MPC-HC player (64-bit version) and select Madvr as the video renderer. Outputting 3D video to your monitor/TV requires Windows 8.x/10 (or Windows 7 with a modern NVIDIA GPU).
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video codecs for Microsoft Windows DirectShow that enables an operating system and its software to play various audio and video formats generally not supported by the operating system itself. The K-Lite Codec Pack also includes several related tools, including Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC), Media Info Lite, and Codec Tweak Tool.[1]
After version 13.7.5, a user can remove installed components by deselecting them while running an updater. This also makes it possible to switch to a smaller variant of the codec pack without uninstalling first.
After version 17.0.0 AC3Filter is removed, because it is obsolete and only a tiny portion of people use it. The options to use ffdshow for decoding is removed as well. However, after installation a user can still use them for decoding by enable them manually with Codec Tweak Tool. Moreover, the ffdshow processing filters are still kept, and new options to load them in all compatible DirectShow players are added.[7]
The last version that is compatible with Windows Vista is version 16.7.6.[9]The last version that is compatible with Windows XP SP3 is version 13.8.5.[9]The last version that is compatible with Windows XP SP2 is version 10.0.5.[9]The last version that is compatible with Windows 2000 is version 7.10.The last version that is compatible with Windows 9x is version 3.45.
As of 27 October 2009[update], CNET reported a total of 1,074,578 downloads for K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.2 since its release date of 12 October 2009. User ratings gave it an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars, but it received only 87 reviews.[12] Meanwhile, CNET reported only 122,552 downloads for K-Lite Codec Pack Full Edition 5.2 (released on the same date); however, it also received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, albeit from only seven reviewers.[13] No CNET editors had reviewed these products up until this time.
On the same date, Betanews Fileforum reported a rating of 4.7 out of 5, based on 2,346 votes for K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.2.0 and 9,416,511 downloads.[14] Fileforum did not have an entry for K-Lite Codec Pack 5.2 Full.
In October 2009, Softpedia reported K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.2 and K-Lite Codec Pack 5.2 Update had been downloaded a combined total of 2,011,113 times after their release on 12 October 2009, and gave them a user rating of 4.4 out of 5 based on 2,281 votes. K-Lite Mega Codec Pack was chosen as a Softpedia Pick.[15] Softpedia also reported K-Lite Codec Pack 5.2 Full, K-Lite Codec Pack Full 5.2 Update, and K-Lite Codec Pack 2.7 64-bit Edition have been downloaded a combined total of 1,452,750 times up until this date, and have received a user rating of 4.3 out of 5 from 2,082 users. K-Lite Codec Pack Full 5.2 was also a Softpedia Pick.[16]
Detailed differences between the four variants of the codec pack can be found on the comparison of abilities and comparison of contents pages. The other smaller variants are: Basic, Standard, and Full.
Detailed differences between the four variants of the codec pack can be found on the comparison of abilities and comparison of contents pages. The other variants are: Basic, Full, and Mega.
The codec pack contains a plugin for decoding H.264 MVC 3D Video. Included in Full/Mega edition only, for this Standard edition it is available separately HERE. To properly watch such videos you should use the included MPC-HC player and select Madvr as the video renderer. Outputting 3D video to your monitor/TV requires Windows 8.x/10 (or Windows 7 with a modern NVIDIA GPU).
I formated my PC but nothing changed, I updated everything I could on my computer even the codec pack. I also removed the Codec pack in case that was the problem but still no luck. Vegas keeps crashing during render and my Pc restarts. It happens only when rendering on vegas.
My pc is quite strong and I have plenty disk space available and as I said everything was working fine before. If you need any more details please let me know. But where I want to conclude is that can a Codec pack like K-lite provoke such a big issue on my computer?
K-Lite can overwrite the good codecs that Vegas installs with inferior ones.
If you find that you need a codec to play a specific file, use a free tool like GSpot or MediaInfo to determine which one is needed and then install ONLY that codec from a reputable site.
I have to admit (quite sheepishly) that when I first started using Vegas (SVP10) I installed the K-lite CODEC pack and did not have one issue. I was using it so I could import this AVI file that would not import or play in Vegas unless I installed K-lite. I then rendered out to the DVDA template. Having said that, when I rebuilt my computer (as part of my 3 yearly refresh), I did not reinstall K-lite.
For Vegas to blue screen your computer at ANY time, it has to be pretty serious. The only time I have ever had blue screen issues with Windows 7 was when I was using a USB video card on my backup system whilst the primary system was being upgraded. I deduced the problem was related to a video driver update, and once I rolled it back to the version that shipped with Windows 7, the blue screens stopped.
Unless you post some information about what the blue screen error is saying, it is going to be hard to work out what the actual problem is. Most likely you have unknowingly downloaded a suggested Windows 7 update which has caused this issue.
Someone told me that it could be a memory issue. I used the windows memory diagnostic tool but no errors were detected. Do you believe the memtest can give a better result? In any case, I will follow what you suggested and will look deeper on this issue.
I have a C# windows form application in which I am playing videos one by one using WMP activex object and WPF MediaElement (I have included it using element host into windows forms). When application starts user selects either WMP or Media Element to play the videos. Then application starts the playing videos one by one from predefined local directory.
Now, the problem is that after installing the k-lite and my application everything works perfectly (All videos plays perfectly). But after sometime some videos stops playing in both the components. At that time I checked whether it plays in actual (native) windows media player or not but it does not play in it also. Then if I uninstalls the K-lite and installs it again, video starts playing both in my application as well as native WM Player. This behavior happens again after some time.
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