K-Lite Codec Pack issues, Compatible with Win 7? |
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K-Lite Codec Pack issues, Compatible with Win 7? |
 Oct 31 2009, 05:03 AM
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Extremely Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 31-October 09 Member No.: 16,120  |
Having just installed Win 7 in my PC thereafter reinstall the latest K-Lite codec 5.3.0 (did not state Win 7 compatible) but problems arise.
(1) Videos files has no image preview on most especially MKVs (2) Some MKVs cannot play properly such as no image / sound / cannot play Side Qs. I do not know the actual setup for output of surround sound like Dolby Digital EX but prior to my Win 7 upgrades is Vista Busniess. But now all output are standard multichannel. If used together with MPC then the audio decoder be used for DD EX for music and movies. What is the correct setup to get the best of both forms. PS I using HDMI connection between home theatre and CPU. Any other alternatives to K-Lite welcome but it must be able play most formats and output surround sound as music / videos. Thanks. |
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Oct 31 2009, 05:34 PM
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Expert Group: Members Posts: 336 Joined: 10-February 06 Member No.: 3,550 |
Windows 7 uses its own decoders by default for some formats. Those do not work very well in some cases.
Set the preferred H.264 video decoder to ffdshow with this tool: http://www.codecguide.com/windows7_preferr...ter_tweaker.htm After that reboot. Then the thumbnails for .mkv files should get generated like they did in Vista. If you want to output over HDMI, then you need to enable S/PDIF in the audio decoder. -------------------- The recommended codec pack is: K-Lite Codec Pack
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