CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) 2009-09-09

Rated 20/50 by 4rcane at Sep 2, 2009

i noticed cccp uses an older version media player home cinema to the k-lite pack. Some videos I have were missing subtitles, Playing HD/Blu Ray h264 files causes it to stutter

Rated 50/50 by OAKsider at Sep 3, 2009

The finest codec pack. Minimalist and clean. Updated regularly. Installer is as finely crafted (and hilarious) as any.

Rated 50/50 by Raysy at Sep 8, 2009

Very good codec pack. Was more stable on my PC than K-lite codec pack.

Rated 40/50 by Galifray at Sep 21, 2009

I tried this pack after getting tired of how many extras the VistaCodecPack installs. It had a few gliches with settings, but that turned out to be how the HomeCinema edition of MediaPlayerClassic was setup. Once I solved that problem, it works just fine. It plays a ogm file and others without problem. So why not give it a 5? Well, the file association part of its wizard won't work and some of the setting choices seem a bit vague.

Rated 40/50 by pl4sman at Jan 21, 2010

"Great codec pack" Has codecs for basically any kind of file you may need to watch. Includes media player classic which is also pretty great. The settings are pretty complicated for even an advanced user. Tons of options.Better when it included both media player classic and vlc because then there truly was not anything you couldn't play.

Rated 40/50 by Virtual_ManPL at Apr 1, 2010

4/5 cause K-Lite Codec Pack works better here...

Rated 30/50 by johnk119 at Apr 8, 2010

I'm sorry, but K-lite is just so much better and I'm very loyal to it.

Rated 50/50 by sr1030nx at Apr 22, 2010

Good codec pack, been using it for a couple years with no problems.

Rated 40/50 by BCTech at May 10, 2010

This is a great codec pack, but I'm tired of the betas. K-Lite makes new *final* releases faster than CCCP comes out with betas. Is a fast release cycle inherently a plus? No. But K-Lite seems to manage it without messing anything up the vast majority of the time (there have been a few hiccups in the past, but quickly corrected), and this helps them keep up-to-date on fixes, performance enhancements, etc. This is especially important as some things have changed with Win7 vs. Vista and, as far as I recall, CCCP hasn't had a release since Win7 came out, or at least a follow-up release to fix any Win7-related issues. Are there such issues? Yes, some. Rendering method defaults are generally advised to change, for example.

Rated 40/50 by AnthonySPT at Jun 6, 2010

One of the better codec packs... Warning/Note: If you are using Windows7, be careful of what codec packs you install, and ONLY install the codecs that are NOT already available in the OS. Even this package turns on FFDShow for a lot of things Win7 already does. The reason it is IMPORTANT to not replace the Win7 codecs that are already in the OS is that the built in codecs are usually GPU accelerated or offer themselves to your GPU/Driver for acceleration when possible. Installing 3rd Party codecs to replace the built in XVID, H.294, VC1, etc will put the load back on your CPU, often be more blocky/less quality when decoding, and if you are using a notebook will cut time out of your battery life. So be careful and only install specific codecs/filters that Win7 does not already provide.

Rated 50/50 by aler13 at Aug 22, 2010

let me see many videos none. this program is very good

Rated 50/50 by CyberDoc999 at Sep 9, 2010

note to AnthonySPT you do not know what you are talking about... I replaced all of the codec's in windoze 7 with ffdshow and others the codec's that come with win 7 are crap I have a 52 inch monitor and now everything is high def and smooth as butter (it was a pain in the a!!!) you have to change the merit of your codecs and lower windoze codecs merits.... I also had to manually delete the MS files.... but it was worth it.... high def now

Rated 50/50 by OAKsider at Sep 28, 2010

Five stars. CCCP is the finest codec pack, but you knew that. Also: AnthonySPT knows what he's talking about, some is simply opinion. On W7, I like MS' codecs (less CPU), & FFDshow may only look slightly better. I still love CCCP for many reasons, filters, etc. & use FFDS sparingly.

Rated 50/50 by OAKsider at Sep 28, 2010

Five stars. CCCP is the finest codec pack, but you knew that. Also: AnthonySPT knows what he's talking about, some is simply opinion. On W7, I like MS' codecs (less CPU), & FFDshow may only look slightly better. I still love CCCP for many reasons, filters, etc. & use FFDS sparingly. And: There is no "2010-09-25" beta, at least officially, or that I can see.

Rated 20/50 by toupah at Oct 3, 2010

The only pros here, are what it claims to do, cause that sounds pretty good, actually, too good to be true. Would not recommend to anyone at all...maybe my worst enemies. Problems after the installation, corrupted my video driver, lost my DVD/CD-RW icon and drivers and even corrupted my DirectX files. Had to do System Restore. Was running Windows XP with latest Microsoft updates. Also installed it onto other comp running Windows Vista with latest updates installed. Was told to install an additional DirectX component, checked CCCP wiki page for more info and found it was documented, so installed it. It corrupted the R300 program and also further corrupted the installed video driver, completely stopping the video driver's UI program. Had to also do System Restore. Contacted Microsoft about problem, have recieved reply from tech. Updated on Oct 3, 2010

Rated 50/50 by Orbiting235 at Nov 24, 2010

Most full featured codec pack period. Install this and you won't have any problem playing back any file and as an added bonus you don't end up with the mess the K-Lite packs do to systems.