ENJOY FULL PLAYBACK OF ALL OF YOUR MEDIA FILES
WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR SYSTEM.
If you have renamed system files or used a utility such as
MCDU, this may not work for you.
Please attempt to return all system files back to original filenames
before using this product.
If you decide to installed registry hacks; you machine may already be
broken beyond repair.
MKV playback is fully supported including thumbnailing.
You can choose any media player you want, everything will play.
H264 / AVC, hi10p / 10bit codecs are available for use by all players.
The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of
the Windows 8 Codecs.
amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka
| ape | flac | evo
| flv | m4b |
mkv | ogg | ogv
| ogm | rmvb | xvid
All of the above filetypes can be queued to the Windows
Media Player Playlist using a right-click.
>>>> SETUP AND USAGE <<<<
Concerning S/PDIF, digital, optical and HDMI: The
administrator and a regular user are different users and each must
setup the Audio TAB. At no time should
anyone have a need to click the leftside of the Audio TAB manually;
it uses system detection.
Things the Shark pack does that other packs cannot do . . .
1. Full color thumbnails including FLV's and 10bit
MKV's
(also allows users to select at what point by percentage to grab the
thumbnail)
2. Enable the Preview Pane for ALL newly enabled
filetypes such as MKV and FLV.
3. Explorer properties are displayed for non native
filetypes such as MKV and FLV
4. Updated often - and has update notification
builtin
5. Allow use of the PDVD12 decoders for 32bit
LiveTV
6. Supports the use of Xbox360 as Extenders to
playback MKV files
7. Support DLNA playback of
MKV files using the LAV filters
8. Support playback of MOD audio files and M4A
files containing ALAC
9. Supports playlist creation for use in Media
Center
10. Allow users to Enable/Disable codecs installed
on their system
11. Funtionality such as Win7DSFilterTweaker
builtin.
12. Support 'Add to Windows Media Player List'
using rightclick on all files such as MKV.
The Settings Application is 100% UAC compliant.
Restricted access is enforced. (User Account
Control)
The Application allows each user to maintain individual Windows
8 codec settings while at
the same time seamlessly integrating any administrative commands directly
into the users account. New users accounts are detected upon opening the
Application and automatically inherit the Administrators settings.
This
installation will enable intuitive video file descriptions of hidden
file extensions.
Adding files to the Windows Media Player Playlist
On the Help TAB of the Settings Application is a button to allow you to choose Windows Media Player Filetype Associations. Once you have used this button, you can Enqueue newly associated files to the Windows Media Player Playlist as depicted below. If for some reason this doesn't work for you, go back to the associations button, click No twice, consecutively, then select Yes. No reboot is required.
This
will also work for audio files such as FLAC, APE or musepack.
Codecs have been a problem for most users at one time or another. This is because there has never been an 'out of the box' working solution that the average computer user could install and just have everything work properly from the beginning. There are several decent codec package solutions out there, but none of them did everything I wanted. I was always in need of a tweak, adjustment, or even a re-installation just to get the codecs I needed/wanted and most of the time, the file still didn't play properly. This frustration was the basis for me to begin making a codecpack that works with ALL players.
The installer will automatically remove most other popular codec releases from your computer before installing this concise yet comprehensive windows media center setup package. For a list of all things automatically uninstalled by the Windows 8 codecs installer, Click Here. After installation completes you do need to rightclick the installed Settings Application shortcut found in the Metro interface, and choose 'Run as Adminstrator' from the commands across the bottom. When the program opens, check the box for [x] SUGGESTED settings and Windows Media Player and Media Center will instantly recognize all your files as playable.
It does not contain a media player and it does not associate file-types. With the Windows 8 codec package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play all movies and video clips. Streaming video is supported in several formats in all popular web browsers. Users of the Windows 8 media center codecs have the ability to choose what is installed and where to install it using the public redistributable. After installation you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. You can also re-add the removed items at any time.
Download the latest stable release, v1.5.6 from:
distribution file information: MajorGeeks
receives the distribution file directly from me.
It is currently 15MB and has an MD5 of 4d76325e19c9dc3ccb5f23b827e8ae06
changelog:
- update LAV filters 56.2+
- update subtitle renderer
PLEASE UNINSTALL you old version before installing a newer release.
This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the GPLv2.0 and its source can be downloaded
