Windows 7 Codecs

Martin | Jan 20, 2009 | Comments

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We already know that Windows 7 comes with a few additional codecs installed that can be used to playback some of the most popular multimedia formats including DIVX, H.264 video and AAC audio. There will however still be multimedia files that cannot be played in Windows 7 without installing the right codec on the computer system.

Some users prefer to only install the codecs needed on their system while others prefer to install one big codec package to get support for virtually any codec ever needed (or not).

Windows 7 Codecs is such a codec package specifically designed for Windows 7. The codec package for Windows 7 has been developed by the same author who created the Windows Vista Codec Package. It adds global support for a wide variety of codecs like XVID or Realmedia. It will also get rid of other codec packages that might be installed on the computer system to avoid compatibility issues.

There are basically two alternatives to installing a Windows 7 Codecs package. The first is to only install codecs that are needed to playback files. The second option is to install a multimedia player that uses binary codecs. Binary codecs do not get installed system wide but are only used by the media player. One of the best players in this regard is SMPlayer which basically plays any multimedia file out of the box.

Here is the download link for the Windows 7 Codecs package.

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