Codec pack for Windows that includes all the necessary codecs for playing video and audio files.
Windows Essentials Codec Pack 5 is a free and open source codec collection app and video codec developed by Mediacodec for Windows. It's reliable, efficient, poor quality and powerful.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC.
A clean codec pack feature virtually everything you need
Windows Essentials Codec Pack 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. Windows Essentials Codec Pack 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.
Compatibility and License
Is Windows Essentials Codec Pack free to download?
Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a free application released under the GPLv3 license on Windows from video codec packs. With software released under the open source GPLv3 license, anybody can download, install, run and distribute the software with little in terms of restrictions. The latest version we have is 5.0 and is available to download here.
What version of Windows can Windows Essentials Codec Pack run on?
Windows Essentials Codec Pack can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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- Windows Essentials Codec Pack Download
- Free Video Codec Packs
- Open source and GPL software
- Codec Collection Software
