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How to make all video files & extensions playable on your PC

Prashanth on January 9th, 2008
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Liked a video at your friends home, brought it to your PC using a CD or thumb drive. Open with windows media player. Damn!, it’s showing up some error that it can’t play video file. You probably got hurt a lot. There are two ways to make all video files playable:

1) VLC Media Player:

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I already described about this player on “Freewares I use” post. VLC is an open source multimedia player which is capable of playing all video formats. VLC supports popular formats like DIVX, MPEG-4, Quick Time & almost any video format.

2) Installing CODEC packs:

Installing codec packs will enable your current media player to play all video formats. One of the popular codecs is k-lite codec pack. K-lite supports all video files & available in different packs like Basic, Standard, Full, Corporate Edition & Mega. Mega is preferable if you want to get real alternatives to play real media files.


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5 Responses to “How to make all video files & extensions playable on your PC”

  1. Thanks for this article. It is very useful for many people. :)

  2. Yes. VLC is neat.

  3. the k lite codec pack is the best one~~~ i hav been using for years~~and its freeeeee

  4. I like this player for the reason that its very lt-wt(light weight)- consumes lesser compared to WM, Real players.
    I have seen problems in screen refreshing when you move a video forward. Its not that quick.

    -Shrini

  5. thanks for the article..was very useful!!

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