Free windows essentials codec pack software for windows

W.E.C.P. is designed as a user-friendly near complete solution for all your video and audio needs, with it you can play Audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs and XCDs on the fly, and it adds support for 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1/2, M4A, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, XviD, XM, WV, UMX and many more formats so you could play any video / audio file with your favorite DirectShow media player or with the (included) free and wonderful Media Player Classic.

Major Features:

1. APE Source Filter: DirectShow audio decoder filter used to decode Monkeys Audio files (APE files)
2. AC3 Filter: DirectShow audio decoder and processor filter used to decode audio tracks in movies (DVD, MPEG4 and others)
3. AVI Splitter: Replacement for DirectShows default Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Splitter (It can open many broken files and can reindex when needed)
4. CDDA Reader Filter: DirectShow audio decoder capable of reading Audio CDs
5. CDXA Reader Filter: DirectShow video decoder capable of reading (S)VCDs and XCDs
6. CoreAAC Filter: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) DirectShow audio decoder capable of reading AAC files
7. CoreFlac Decoder: DirectShow audio decoder for the Flac audio codec
8. FFDShow: DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and various other audio and video formats. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPLed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder
9. FLV Splitter: Capable of splitting Flash Video files (FLV) and decoding On2 VP62 Video streams (notable users of the FLV format include Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.
10. OGG Splitter: DirectShow OGG Splitter capable of splitting OGG and OGM file(s) and enables to play / create .ogm wrapped video
11. GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder: DirectShow MPEG decoder filter can be used to play MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams
12. MOD Source Filter: DirectShow filter decoder capable of decoding Tracker files (MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD and UMX)
13. MPEG Splitter: DirectShow splitter capable of splitting MPEG1/MPEG2 files (MP(E)G, VOB, DAT, TS, TP, etc.
14. MPV Decoder: DirectShow decoder capable of decoding MPEG1/MPEG2 Video streams, and DVDs
15. MPA Splitter: DirectShow Splitter capable of splitting MPEG Audio files (MP3) and MPEG4 Audio files (AAC)
16. MPC Source Filter: DirectShow decoder filter capable of decoding MusePack Audio files (MPC).
17. MP4 Splitter: DirectShow Splitter capable of splitting MP4, M4A, 3GP and HD-MOV files
18. Matroska Splitter: DirectShow splitter capable of splitting Matroska files (MKV and MKA)
19. Media Player Classic: an open source media player that looks just like Windows Media Player, but has many additional features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support
20. OFR Source Filter: DirectShow filter decoder capable of decoding OptimFROG Audio files (OFR)
21. RealMedia Splitter: DirectShow splitter that allows you to play RealNetworks audio/video files.
22. SHOUTcast Source Filter: DirectShow decoder filter capable of handling internet radio stations streams.
23. WV Splitter / Decoder: DirectShow WV Splitter and decoder capable of splitting and decoding WavPack Audio files (WV)
24. VobSub Filter: DirectShow Vob Subtitles filter capable of displaying (embedded) Subtitle files (SRT, SUB, IDX, etc).

Enhancements

• Added missing dependency file
• Fixed FLAC decoding setting
• Fixed Minor bug with FFDShow configuration
• Fixed Minor bug with Update Service.

The Xenorate Codec Pack will install the all the necessary codecs that you need to play multimedia files on your system. This package will work greatly with Xenorate Player application.

The AVI Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and filters. Codecs are needed for encoding (and decoding) audio and video.
This package is one of the most complete codec packs available which will allow you to play all major audio and video formats, including DivX, XviD, OGG and many more.
During the installation you get to choose which components to install, and after installation you will be able to play encoded media right away.