K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 20.1.0 Final

No doubt it's the best video player/codec pack available on www. I use it since 2007; started with older codec pack, different name but similar to this, then K-lite codec 2.88 then version 3... time passed and now voila, 10.3.5 :)

However, there are still some issues, hoping in the future it'll be even better:

1. I don't like those "lav codecs" default settings when installing. ffdshow is still way better generally speaking, regarding the quality of playback. Those guys working on lav codecs will have to prove first that they have the best stuff, and then it'll be okay to put those first
2. LAV splitter - yes, this is really good, Haali splitter had&still have lots of issues, especially on mpeg-2 playback. But: when the direct vobsub is active (subtitles), 25i fps videos have interlaced effects(the video becomes a bunch of horizontal lines, not watchable at all). With nero splitter - no problems at all. And yes, the de-interlace sett. I use is 'bob'-which plays real 25i fps. Is's a lav splitter issue. The reason I don't use nero is because of the interface. In lav is easier to change audio/subtitles streams. Hope they will get this fixed.
3. mpc-hc DXVA decoder - working fine, no problems on Win7. On XP, there's a horizontal black line (of maybe 20 pixles) on the very bottom of the screen. Not big issue though; at the same time I realize that most apps made today are tested on modern sistems: win7, 8... and less testing on sp3 xp.

Now, maybe some people will be telling me something like :"it's just you, you didn't adjust the correct video renderer, the x setting or the y setting". This may not be the case, it's been a while since I'm playing around with different playback settings & stuff, on both old & new computers ;)

@kalyanprodhan
The time scale changes if you click on the time indicator.

@Skypilot
Bookmarks was fixed in latest MP-HC.

During installation the DivX installer showed up, witch was strange since the reason to use this codec pack is to avoid installing the crapware so I canceled it. Later windows notify me that security center was disabled and security essential as well.

Later installed AVG and discovered that regular program files were infected.

Excellent codec pack, has been my choice for more than 5 years, and I only had twice since that time to use VLC for a problem of subtitles handling on 2 rmvb movies. Except those very very rares exceptions, it has never failed, and MPC is a kick-ass player !!

Only deception : since a few packs, the tool G-Spot have been removed from the pack, it was a great tool to get every info you needed from the audiovideo files.

Keep on the good work (and please get back G-Spot :P)

@sprinter
Read the K-Lite FAQ and you will find a solution.

@Junaid
Report your problem on the forum of the developers. They should be able to help you.

@Abbas Hussain
You can avoid crash by disabling thumbnail generation.
The developers can only fix crashes if you send them a link to a crashing file.

K-Lite Codec Pack 8.1.0
To fix crashes while playing certain formats, untick "Use of DXVA hardware acceleration" in Codec Tweak Tool=>Various Tweaks.

this version crashes my pc when playing avi files.
No FAQ did not help.
Disabling ffdshow.ax filter helped but then i couldn't play some of the other files.
trying 6.2

@Misha
MPC-HC is 99% identical to the old MPC. If you are having problems with MPC-HC you should report them in detail. Without specifics they can't fix it. If you don't report details, you will not be taking seriously and they may remove the old MPC.

@GLowingStar
You have accidentally enabled D3D FullScreen. You can disable it in Options>Playback>Output.

@Cupid
Change the video renderer in MPC settings, or update your graphics driver.

@Tobias
Upside down video is because of bad graphics driver

One more thing....no matter what I do, I can get explorer to extract thumbnail out of mkv files

Excellent as usual...few suggestions though:
* Some *easy* configuration setting to make ffdshow default audio decoder in Win 7 for everything (incl. Windows Media Player).
* Please keep GSpot in pack.

K lite is working fine every time i instaled a new version.you have to run a reg cleaner, your reg extension is mess up

7.5.0 It's working Great! but not support 10-bit h264 yet.