K-Lite Codec Pack 2.49

**Jorge** · June 15th, 2005, 01:53 AM

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.

Get the lowdown on the K-Lite Codec Pack from the website

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.

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**Auggie2k** · June 15th, 2005, 01:58 AM

Do you have to use kazaa to install these codecs because I don't feel like causing a slow and painful death to myself today?

**Badboy99** · June 15th, 2005, 03:53 AM

Originally Posted by Auggie2k

Do you have to use kazaa to install these codecs because I don't feel like causing a slow and painful death to myself today?

Not at all, Kazaa was in it's heyday and everyone was using it back when these packs first surfaced and the name has just stuck.

Personally I use Video Lan Player which plays whatever you throw at it regards of what codecs are installed on your machine.

**ABC123666** · June 15th, 2005, 04:57 AM

I've tried a few codec packs and they've all caused some kind of error. basicaly they're crap. If you cant be bothered spending a few mintues finding a codec, just use Video Lan.

**zarquon** · June 15th, 2005, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by Auggie2k

Do you have to use kazaa to install these codecs because I don't feel like causing a slow and painful death to myself today?

No! This is just a simple but complete codec pack that will play everything you can think of irrespective of what is installed. Ignore the name, it has nothing to do with kazaa, it was created by the same guys who made kazaa lite.

**Auggie2k** · June 15th, 2005, 08:56 AM

Cool, thanks for filling me in!

**Ne007** · June 15th, 2005, 10:01 AM

I've always used K-lite Codec Packs.....NEVER had any trouble.

**tomars** · June 15th, 2005, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Badboy99

Not at all, Kazaa was in it's heyday and everyone was using it back when these packs first surfaced and the name has just stuck.

Personally I use Video Lan Player which plays whatever you throw at it regards of what codecs are installed on your machine.

Does Video Lan play Apple Lossless m4a files?

**Travis982** · June 15th, 2005, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by tomars

Does Video Lan play Apple Lossless m4a files?

Go here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

Even if it doesn't play that particular format, this little proggy is worth having. I use it almost exclusively for video watching.

Hope it's okay to post link (the one with the article doesn't work).

**Danger Mouse** · June 15th, 2005, 03:06 PM

I have had K-lite codec pack for a while without any problems, or any files i couldn't play. Although the only program i use from it is Media Player Classic.

I've heard good things about Video lan, but have had problems with it myself: Crashing and loss of sound.

**YWD67** · June 15th, 2005, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Ne007

I've always used K-lite Codec Packs.....NEVER had any trouble.

Same here for the last 3 yrs.

**geoffanne** · July 4th, 2005, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by Badboy99

Not at all, Kazaa was in it's heyday and everyone was using it back when these packs first surfaced and the name has just stuck.

Personally I use Video Lan Player which plays whatever you throw at it regards of what codecs are installed on your machine.

How do I get video lan player?