Later on in the steps, they like to give you an option to install unnecessary software which can be easily looked over and the next thing you know, you have some piece of software on your machine that you don’t understand how it got there. The second option is important for keeping extra unwanted software from being installed. I have found that things in the codec playback world aren’t that rapidly changing to affect your end-user experience that much to warrant updates every few weeks or so. This way you can stay reasonably up to date without the extra annoyance. New versions are coming out regularly and you will get bugged often to install the latest version. So for this setting, I recommend that you get prompted every three months. Bear in mind the cleanest way to update this software is by uninstalling the complete software package, doing a restart and reinstalling the newly downloaded version of the installation package. Select your installation modeįor these settings, scroll down right to the bottom of the settings page.įirstly specify if you want to be reminded of updates. How to play any video file: Install K-Lite Codec Pack 1. Once you have downloaded the codec pack from the link provided, go ahead and right-click on it and in the menu left click on ‘Run as administrator’.
Usually, it goes to your ‘Downloads’ folder. Download the version you want and save it to a location you can get to it. If you aren’t sure which package you want, I’d suggest going with the Standard version.
This can greatly impact the visual performance of your video playback. We also recommend that you check your screen’s resolution. So instead of having to transcode all your media files, having a codec pack allows you to play them in the original format that you received them in. It will also install codecs corresponding to each type of video file that works well and reliably.
If you configure this pack correctly, it will have you covered for just about every video file out there. I’ve been using this codec pack for many years. Here is a guide to show you exactly how to install the K-lite codec pack and how to play any video file. It is frustrating when you click on a video file to play it and you either get an error message, or nothing happens.
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