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The Media Player Codec Pack is a simple to install package of codecs/filters/splitters used for playing back music and movie files. After installation you will be able to play 99.9% of files on the internet. Formats supported include: SD, HD & UHD .hevc, .mkv in x265, x264. DivX and XviD in .avi, .divx, .ogm. Many other formats are also supported.
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Media Player Codec Pack for video and audio playback, streaming, ripping, etc.)

The Media Player Codec Pack is a simple to install package of codecs/filters/splitters used for playing back music and movie files. After installation you will be able to play 99.9% of files on the internet. Formats supported include: SD, HD (1080p/i) & UHD (4K) .hevc, .mkv in x265, x264. DivX and XviD in .avi, .divx, .ogm. Many other formats are also supported.
Additional file associations are applied to make Windows Media Player play BDMV (unencrypted BluRay/AVCHD), EVO (unencrypted HD-DVD), MKV, HEVC, M2TS, MP4, VOB, OGM, WEBM, FLV, and NUV movie files, as well as AC3, DTS, FLAC, APE, OGG, WV, TTA, OFR, SHN music files, and finally MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, and UMX tracker audio files. Compression types supported include AVC, H.264, x264, H.263, H.261, DivX, XviD, Flash Video, VP3-8, Morgan JPEG, MJPEG, MPEG4, MPEG2, along with many more.
The package detects the best proof tested settings with additional options for CPU/GPU including Intel Quick Sync, Nvidia CUVID and DXVA. Audio options during install allow users to set output from basic 2.0 channel stereo, right up to 7.1 channel output. Digital audio S/PDIF / HDMI passthrough for home theatre systems can be set by the user to output Dolby Digital AC3, Dolby Digital Plus E-AC3, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, even multichannel non-AC3/DTS audio (for example 5.1 channel FLAC) can be set to encode as AC3 and output to digital S/PDIF, TOSLINK and HDMI.
Included in the package are a number of encoder codec's, allowing you to encode files in your favourite encoding application.
Please note that protected formats may require a specific player. 32-bit and 64-bit version of Windows Media Player are supported as well as most other players. The package supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.
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