Which codec pack is better?

newfellow · Dec 1, 2009

latest ffdshow with icl10 (for SSEx) + x64 ffdshow latest. AC3Filter x86/x64 v1.63b and there we go whole x64 system covered.

CoreAVC huh, that thing doesn't work even on what it should support. Xvid is like hellish codec alone and x86 in x64 v1.2.2 is horrible installation, if it's even capable of understanding that there is x64 even with x64 xvid. DivX well looking in their pages of that bloated installer + internet based installer wouldn't touch that software with a stick plus to consider 9/10 features on x86 side of ffdshow atm copy are multi-threaded.

K-lite? yeah this is a good one alright, megacodec pack? Like which edition to choose? CCCP? looks pretty good.

but all these I'd still stick with MPC-HC x64 as an player.

Mussels · Dec 2, 2009

i'm not a fan of x64 players simply because the codecs are few and far between, and immature.

Sure you get better performance, but at a fairly large loss of compatibility.

DirectorC · Dec 2, 2009

K-Lite is great. It is constantly being updated with the latest packages. I know a lot of people used to have issues with it especially on Vista and 64-bit systems but it has evolved and it is the most complete and stable codec package I've used. And Media Player Classic is the most feature-rich video player available, having trumped VLC in my system a long time ago.

wiak · Dec 2, 2009

i only use
Media Player Classic Home Cinema (x264, H264, VC-1 Hardware decoding)
FFDshow (XviD,DivX for resize and deblocking)
Haali Matroska Splitter (mkv)

no mess up at all, simple and clean

thraxed · Dec 2, 2009

To get my pc to play everything, i installed klite, followed by the latest ffdshow sse2, then sharks codes both 32 and 64, a mp4 & flv splitter, then xvid, ac3 filter, and a few other codecs not covered. So one not better then the other since there always a file one has difficulty playing. Stay away from coreavc it doesn't like to play well with other codecs.

naoan · Dec 2, 2009

Since I believe that users of this forum won't have performance problem playing 1080p video, i'd recommend CCCP, and don't install any other codec except realvideo or quicktime if you must.
Coreavc 1.9.5 have issue with newer x264 encoded video (2.0 will solve this though) and installing random codec might screw your system if you don't know what you're doing.

Mussels · Dec 3, 2009

thraxed said:
To get my pc to play everything, i installed klite, followed by the latest ffdshow sse2, then sharks codes both 32 and 64, a mp4 & flv splitter, then xvid, ac3 filter, and a few other codecs not covered. So one not better then the other since there always a file one has difficulty playing. Stay away from coreavc it doesn't like to play well with other codecs.

you had to install an awful lot there

naoan said:
Since I believe that users of this forum won't have performance problem playing 1080p video, i'd recommend CCCP, and don't install any other codec except realvideo or quicktime if you must.
Coreavc 1.9.5 have issue with newer x264 encoded video (2.0 will solve this though) and installing random codec might screw your system if you don't know what you're doing.

as long as you have a 2GHz+ dual core, you can just install CCCP and forget about it. its great

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Which codec pack is better?

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