@Greg

maybe you should go back and actually read my thread going through my problems. It's ffdshow that keeps causing problems, not codecs. Thanks for 'trying' though.

@Aerik

Playback of WMV files is done purely with codecs from Microsoft.

I've tried reinstalling it again, double-checking to make sure in the last phase I checked "reset to default settings" and that problem seemed to go away.

Before I did that though, I disabled the ffdshow directshow decoders and that also fixed the problems. We were back to square 1, folks. Also, I couldn't play .flv files before this fresh reinstall.

It's friggin happening again! 3.6.5 was working perfectly fine, but as soon as I changed to 3.7.0, I tried to open an .wmv file and there was no sound, and as soon as I stopped playing the video, my whole pc froze up and I had to manually turn it off, and turn it on again a few minutes later.

@Russell

K-Lite is the best codec pack available. It will most likely solve your problems.

If you still can not play the file after installing the pack, then open your file in the included GSpot tool. That can tell you what kind of audio in inside your AVI file.

i'm having problems with one file that i have. it was recorded from a helmet cam in an AVI Format well the video will play but i have no sound.

i'm running a Toshiba machine with vista and the new Media player 11. i'm trying to get the sound so that i can edit this video in windows movie maker for my fire fighter buddies here in iraq as memory of we were here and what all we've done. can some one please tell me if this will fix my problem or not. i've been looking at other codecs and was told about this one but i've seen a lot of bad and good.. any one else have this problem and found that this works or something else please let me know.

thanks

I have just installed k-lite. Media Player Classic closes before I can select a file and to be completely honest, I have no idea how to use it! I want to be able to play movies that my media player says it's unable to play due as it does not support the file or codec. Can someone help me please?

@Anonymous

Check if the region of your DVD drive is configured correctly. If the region of the drive does not match that of the DVD that you want to play, then it will result in errors.

Hey there. Just installed K-lite Codec 3.6.5 Standard on my IBM ThinkPad laptop, but when I try to play a DVD, Windows Media Player keeps saying there's an error:

WMP has encountered a problem and needs to close

I tried playing the DVD via Media Player Classic and got a similar error.

Clicking on the PCFriendly icon for the DVD gives this error message:

Unknown or unsupported DVD decoder encountered

I tried uninstalling then reinstalling K-Lite but got the same messages. Without K-Lite I get the message that a compatible DVD decoder hasn't been installed on the computer. Anyone have any ideas?

I don't know why some people say it doesn't work with vista x64. I installed and works JUST GREAT!
So k lite codec pack WORKS WITH VISTA X64!!!

Does K-Lite Codec Pack 3.6.5 Work on Vista X64?

The thing with the dual audio problem is that it did not present itself prior to the problems with the video decoder. Before, I could easily switch between the english and japanese audio.

Another interesting point of this problem was that after really tweaking media player classic I was able to get it to play only one audio track, it would only play the japanese audio. Yet the English was the default track.

just got a new laptop, has vista with wmp11 on it. Will this solve my problems running ipod files (mp4a)? also will i be able to play all avi, acc etc through the same codec pack?

@Aerik

There are several easy solutions for the dual audio problem that you have. You can find them in the FAQ.

Suddenly I wonder if I was a victim of the 3vix mp4 codec stack overflow vulnerability.

http://hackademix .net/2007/12/09/pr0nowned-3ivx-mp4-codec-stack-overflow/

@Greg:

All I can say is that if I had ffdshow video decoder enabled at all with version 3.6.2, it would eventually freeze up my pc.

The interesting part, I guess, is it would happen a couple of seconds after I press stop on media player classic.

I tried a clean uninstall and reinstall, and went to configure and just clicked "reset to recommended settings" and that seemed to fix the problem. Although since I had done very little to cause the problem in the first place, and undoing everything I thought I had tweaked did not seem to help, it's iffy why this worked.

I just installed 3.6.5, I'll see how things turn out.

I also had a problem with the audio decoder, though it wasn't debilitating. I had some anime .avi files with dual english/japanese audio. Suddenly after going from 3.5.4 to 3.6.2, playing these movies would bring up two instances of ffdshow audio, along with two instances of the winamp dsp plugin I was using (DFX), and played both audio streams simultaneously.

Opening the decoder and setting directshow to allow only one instance of ffdshow audio didn't help.

Then .flv files would have no sound.

I eventually just went back to 3.5.4

this is a great package but now im having problem with all you packages trying each one separate

this codec wont work anymore
http://www.psp-hacks .com/file/536

i need i to test if my pmf's encode
dont worry the audio never played


also lately when playing avi files i get a duplicate video inside thats more to the right and blue

like a ghosting effect but in movie maker this does not show

@Lauren

Washed out colors can usually be solved by changing the video renderer in your player.

Sometimes it can also help to reset the Overlay control and/or color correction settings in your graphics card control panel. Wrong settings there can screw up colors.

@Aerik

Report your problem in more detail, then maybe the ffdshow people can fix it.

NEED HELP PLEASE GUYS

Have had K lite for several months now and absolutely love it...but the other day I was cleaning out crap of the hard disk and I must have deleted something that K lite relies on to run properly.

I have avi's saved that used to display perfectly on my monitor however now they appear grey and washed out...like there is a grey filter over the movie. It is driving me up the wall, I unistalled and reinstalled K lite, but the problem is still there?

Any ideas? Your help is most appreciated.

Lauren

I believe something is wrong with this software.

If I enable the same tweaks with the ffdshow video decoder that I was using with version 3.5.4, it freezes up my computer as soon as I stop playing the video. I have to manually restart the computer. It's doing something bad.

Windows XP Pro
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+
512 mb RAM

This is the best codec pack i have ever seen. thank you so so so so much for providing this package for free

It is ashamed that there's no Super Chain Media Codec (scm)?

I hope it will be included in klite soon!!

I used k lite codec pack for ages but ever since i installed wmp 11 and whent to k lite v3.5.7 half my videos will not work

Excellent codec pack, Good Work, thanks a lot

Another solution would be to put the game on the ffdshow blacklist. See K-Lite FAQ.

Used it since years with XP, very stable and comfortable , but version 3.57 crashed with Silent Hunter 4 1.4. I hab all the latest Nvidia/XP-patches, but the main menu of the game stayed black. I almost got nuts. In the game-forum I found a tread, where they recommended to uninstall K-Lite Codec pack as a last measure (http://forums.ubi .com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6921019045/m/2021017016?r=2021017016#2021017016).
It helped immediately. Dunno why, but in case someone has the same problem...

K-Lite Codec Pack 3.5.7 DOES NOT Work With Vista Ultimate x64.

Couldn't hear a .avi file and couldn't find the sound codec....d/l K-Lite Codec Pack and everything is fine. Thank you guys (and girls) for making it freeware.

This is the ONLY ONE, absolutely excellent!!!!!!!

es muy efeciente

where can i download k-lite for windows 9x/me?

i've been using k-lite i dunno since when until now still my favorite codec :D

DAMN! finally! something that fuken works! i didn't sleep till 4 in the morning trying to play my digital video clips... n now i finally found something that works! thank-YOU!

Great product - valuable codecs, the media player classic has come in handy more than once too.

Commenter #197: If you paid for this, you're a fool. It has always been free! If you are seeing pay sites and other popups, it's not this site or the codecs, your pc is infected. n00blet!

Commenter #194: By your own admission it wasn't k-lite that caused the problem, Dell's only advice really would be to uninstall ALL the codecs you loaded and, if nothing works, reinstall the OS.

By and large, the majority of the issues here are people not customising the codecs they actually need. More than once have I overwritten codecs with K-Lite's list, only to have problems which necessitated getting a copy of the older ones back, I had this with the Indeo video codecs once ages ago... Bear in mind you will rarely need the FULL installation and having all those codecs may cause more issues than if you just ONLY ADD THE ONES YOU ACTUALLY NEED!

Always an amazing product. Truly does run 99% of videos you can come across. Also many configurable options for movies while playing.

A+++

K-Lite Codec Pack 3.5.3 DOES NOT Work With Vista Ultimate x64.

Excellent codec pack, thanks much..

is there no such thing as FREEware any more? you still have to pay for it, even though all the sights that direct me to it are free sights. can i not find a free dvd player for my computer anywhere.

Thx for your hard work! Excellent pack

@Sean, they can fix it if you would mention which games give you problems.