rach 1,950 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Most of players these days have already supported a lot of formats by its own internal codecs. I don't use codec pack personally, only standalone player. Even if I needed external filters, I would install them separately. UberGeek and dcs18 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
november_ra1n 37,407 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I use Windows 10 Windows Media Player only and that is more than enough for me not to use another player. It is an old habit yes i use Kazaa Lite K regardless if I really need them or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SnakeMasteR 2,468 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 No, on demand only. 99% of the codecs are unused all the time anyway, i don't see any advantage in having what i don't need.. It's like installing 10000 drivers in case there may be one or the other that applies for your hardware, nobody is going to do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gipsy 2,049 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 nope,MirillisSplashEX+windows media player r more than enough for my needs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steven36 24,464 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) I use to install codec packs about 5 years a go but now most players for windows they already have codecs to play most formats so i no longer have a need to install them. In other O/S if i need a codec i only install the codec i need. like x265 i can just install the codec, even though Ubuntu flavors dont come with codecs all you have to do is check a box and they install most needed codecs. Debian is the same way. Edited February 25, 2016 by steven36 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sylence 2,781 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 K-lite codec packs because it's great, reliable and also I need it for SVP sKywalKer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jordan 28,564 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Only Standalone players here. especially MPC-HC (light on resources, sharp image) Sometimes i use specific external codecs for authoring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rseiler 143 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 14 hours ago, november_ra1n said: I use Windows 10 Windows Media Player only and that is more than enough for me not to use another player. It is an old habit yes i use Kazaa Lite K regardless if I really need them or not. You must have one of the very particular video cards that lights up Windows' x264 support. Otherwise, Win10 doesn't support it. It supported it for everyone pre-RTM, but only then, unfortunately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edgar.Elooo 676 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 K-Lite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pjotr 1st 111 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) For many years, i used k-lite codec pack with mpc-hc. In this time, i often used virtualdub and with the k-lite codec pack, i had all i needed. But when i stopped using virtualdub, there was no need for installing a codec pack anymore and the many updates were bothering me anyway, so i stopped using it. The video-thumbnails were the only feature of installed codecs, i missed now, but then i've found Icaros and this problem was solved. MPC-HC (portable) + Icaros - that's my combi. Edited February 26, 2016 by Pjotr 1st Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luisam 1,364 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Latest K-Lite helped me to enable watching a particularly "nasty" video format, using WMP. Strangely, had a problem with VLC. WMP issue was sulved after I installed K-lite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesDDI 1,360 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 No, never used. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macnavarra 111 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) I use WindowsMediaCenter from windows 8.1 on windows10 with MatroskaSplitter+LAVFilters-0.68+xy-VSFilter. Edited March 22, 2016 by macnavarra Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRS 716 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Pretty tedious to install additional codecs. today they are already integrated in the players. or use of k.lite codec and vlc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BioHazard 6,095 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I use cccp Recruit 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kowalski215 29 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I used them few years ago (especially k-lite ones). Nowadays I feel they're unnecessary. Just get MPC, or VLC and most formats can be played w/o external codecs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pc71520 1,436 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Quote Do you use codec pack? Not anymore. doctoru30 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katzenfreund 306 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Since my old XP suffered stability problems from additional codecs, or lack thereof, I don't trust these things very much. Fortunately, media players like VLC don't need any external codecs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wartas 73 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I use the K-Lite Codec Pack Full for convenience, I've been using it for years and it works for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moopster 299 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 CCCP with LAV filters on top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dMog 4,176 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 got vlc so not sure if I even needed the k-lite codec pack jabrwky 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doctoru30 34 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Not anymore. 🛑 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leapinlizards 1,521 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 At one time I did. no real need anymore. doctoru30 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BioHazard 6,095 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Nope don’t need them anymore, I use to use CCCP doctoru30 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shadowisback 46 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I use Bsplayer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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