K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want.
It has been very well tested, so that the package doesnt contain any conflicting codecs.
It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
There are 3 packages available: Basic, Standard, and Full.
This Standard Pack contains everything you need to play all the commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.