Download Windows 7 Codec Pack

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Wednesday, 21st Jan 2009 | Share

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Windows Media Player by default does not support many popular codecs and there are many alternatives you could use to get playback support for those codecs in WMP. However in Windows 12, Microsoft has build native support for popular formats such as DivX and MP4.

However there are still some unsupported codecs in WMP 12 on Windows 7, which will result in some videos not playing, to overcome the issue you can download the Windows 7 Codec pack, which will add support for the missing codecs.

Also Read: How To Play Any Video File In Windows Media Player

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The new Win7codecs which I have created do not change or mess with what Microsoft has going on with native support.This includes the native H264 playback in WMP12 and Media Center. DXVA accelerated H264 playback is provided by the codec package for all other capable non Microsoft players.

Download Windows 7 Codec Pack

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Tags: Media Tools, Windows 7, Windows Media Player 12, WMP12

Author: Keith Dsouza

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Mayur
January 21st, 2009 at 8:54 pm #
I haven’t installed Win7 yet but will try out later …
Thanks Keith
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Money Academy
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 pm #
i try to decrease my usage of windows because i try to move to Linux , but still use windows , the codec will solve a big problem which face me when i try to play some extension which not supported , but now i think it will solved . thanks
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Pratyush
January 24th, 2009 at 6:00 am #
Hi Keith, thanks for the codec pack. However I loved FFDSHOW with previous versions of WMP to enhance music volume for resize purpose. So is there any way to force WMP12 to use FFDSHOW codecs instead of default ones ?
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Motorcycle Trader
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 am #
I will installed it surely…
Thnx 4 sharing :)
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Ruben
December 17th, 2009 at 9:15 pm #
I still don’t understand why they won’t install this on brand new computers before they are shipped. Its such a valuable tool , every computer needs this.
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Gourav sharma
January 7th, 2010 at 10:56 am #
I always Prefer K-lite Codec pack , Ultimate solution for
all type of formats and for all windows from older 2000 to
Windows7
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Williams
January 16th, 2010 at 10:06 am #

Great tools man, Thank you for the windows 7 codec pack. I will install now.
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