ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition

I have been using this codec pack for a while and I must say I'm very pleased with it, but I think it's time for an update...
A number of codecs are a bit old, and some of them don't quite go so well with 64bit processors...
Still, very good but I'd sure would like 6.04, or more...
Greetings!

I rated it 4, because it does have it's downsides.

PROS: THIS really defines the idea of a "codec pack". It's truly an all-in-one, totally complete package that installs all the needed codec to play almost all types of audio and video formats. With this installed, I would never need to download any codec again.

CONS: It's not really beginner-friendly, since with a lot of stuff thrown in, you might have a hard time installing the codecs that you would need. The dashboard system does ease up things a bit, but without codec knowledge and which conflicts to which, problems WILL occur (though I only used the default settings for ACE, and everything works fine)

Overall, for me, the pros outweigh the cons, and this codec pack sure is a keeper. After all, for all my media playing needs, I only needed Zoom Player WMV Pro (with some Media Player Classic to supplement it).

Oh, and for those who think that uninstalling ACE MCP is VERY difficult and messy, maybe you wanted to try running a registry cleaner and restarting the computer afterwards?

Tested and works fine,
except for one thing, it crashes explorer if i click on some video files(especially the ones frm a digicam) and brings up the Data Execution Prevention thing up

btw has anyone tested if this works with windows Vista

now,this is more of a question then a rewiev... you see,i don't need half of these coedcs... the only reason i installed this was to upgrade the old ones and maybe get better quality on the movies i allready got... but now,on of my mkv filed appelseed movie copy wont work... everything els works.. got a couple of new things on the screen,and it seams like i got everything,but still,somthing about the mkv files... i checked everything,and everything is on,so it should work.. but all i get is a green screen. now,this movie worked perfectly with the "old" mkv package i had,and now it doesn't... so,4 because it playes all the other ones and 1- because i can't play certan mkv file... now,please,if you got any tips or anything,please email me.. BoiNo@hotmail.com...

Just my experience ... I need to have sound of an AVI file ... So I install this package ... Now I can hear the sound of the AVI file, which I'm glad.

On the other hand, I don't have Realplayer anymore ... When I installed, I chose option 'Player' ... There were messages that DIVX and Mastra codecs were to be uninstalled ... But it wasn't clear to me that Realplayer would be disabled.

I like to have Realplayer back, and I'm glad that I have a Restore point I could restore Windows to.

...and I really don't know why some idiots are still expecting to use Windows Media player after they instaled this codec pack?You idiots, choice only lite or 'player only" install type, than you will not have problems with your f***ed Windows media player and p***ed of internet radio that is useful only for not informed users that don't know that everywhere exists much better sotware for playing video files and listening internet radio stations...for example Jet Audio and Winamp! F*** off!

Codec pack is great, it contains almost all known video and audio software codecs and they are working as well...most of them.The problem is only if you use it at computer that already has instaled some video hardware as Matrox, Cannopus or Pinnacle video cards.In that case some of codecs are not working, or all of them are not useful as it is the case with Matrox video cards.But, I think that this is not problem of this great sotware, the problem is probably with closed system of codecs components in video cards. Use it guys, it's good, you can render with this all video compressions!

does anyone know where to get the "add-on" pack with the authoring tools?

Download this codec pack _only_ if you know which codecs you want. If you are an unexperienced user, go for K-Lite instead.

ACE has a lot, probably _too_ much for an average user to cope with. Installing everything in one go will definitely wreck your system. Otherwise it is quite nice.

The only thing bad about this pack is that it is not updated often. I have encountered some minor issues with older version of codecs in the pack trying to play a video encoded with newer codec versions.

Now that Divx 6 is out, I wonder how long it'll take the codec pack's author to bring out an updated pack?! It's been half a year now since the last release.

It is great but can anybody give me an answer why my Real Player won't start?It is blocked and even Media Player Classic won't play my radio stations.HELP

it`s realy a great Programm what I have seen....

Rating 4, because it`s a great Pack, has all you need (and a lot you don`t need). But it doesn`t work with some components, like the Realplayer. Be sure to set a restorepoint on your pc before installing. Uninstalling makes problems, it crawls into the whole system. Download the free "Your Uninstaller" and choose the "force to uninstall" mode, then delete the rest manually from "windows>>>programs". No guaranties, every system is different. I would recommend to download the "Refiler" (found on this pages)and for the rest use singlecodecs (wm9codecs, BCMpegs2, Ympeg). This saves a lot of space and causes no difficulties with other programs. For detecting codes download "G-spot".