Review
This is a quick review
Windows Essentials Codec Pack, or WECP for short, is one of the most comprehensive collection of Media Codecs, Filters, Splitters and other tools that will enable you to play 99% of all the movies, music and flash files you download off the internet. WECP also includes a set of powerful filters that can enhance the video quality as well as audio quality and it comes complete with an automatic update service that will keep your computer up-to-date with the latest software upgrades as soon as they become available.
WECP is clean and compact, it has no spyware / adware / or viruses, it's easy to use and even easier to install / uninstall and it's published under the GNU GPL open source license so it's 100% free. But more importantly, it was especially designed to fix the many errors and software conflicts caused by other codec packs which routinely install obsolete or overlapping codecs, and it's guaranteed to keep your to keep your computer up-to-date with the latest software upgrades.
The following full-length review applies to version 1.0
Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video codecs and filters that allow users to play almost all music and video files downloaded from the Internet, eliminate many problems and errors caused by using multiple codecs to decode the same file types and also provide users with the latest codecs with the Audio/Video Codec Update Service. Windows Essentials Codec Pack has been designed to be a complete user friendly solution to satisfy all your audio and video needs. Moreover, with it you can play audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs, and XCDs on the fly and it offers 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 great Media Player Classic. All in all, with this incredible product you have all you need to watch and listen whatever you want. |