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Global Rank #5,928
United States Rank #9,957
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Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 16.72 days
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Average installed length: 259.14 days

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VersionDistribution
10.0.5 100.00%

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 10.0.5

What is K-Lite Mega Codec Pack?

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video codecs for Microsoft Windows that enables the operating system and its software to play various audio and video formats generally not supported by the operating system itself. The Full edition includes 31 additional components and four additional tools beyond those included in the Standard edition, as well as adding video encoding capabilities to Microsoft Windows PCs. However, no encoding or conversion tool is included in the package.

Overview

A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The setup package generally installs about 61 files and is usually about 87.78 MB (92,047,880 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 87.78 MB

Program filesFiles installed by K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 10.0.5

  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • avcodec-ics-55.dll
  • avcodec-lav-55.dll
  • avfilter-lav-3.dll
  • avformat-ics-55.dll
  • avformat-lav-55.dll
  • avresample-lav-1.dll
  • avutil-ics-52.dll
  • avutil-lav-52.dll
  • bass.dll (by Un4seen Developments) - BASS
  • bass_aac.dll (by MaresWEB) - Advanced Audio Coding and MPEG-4 add-on for the BASS library
  • bass_ofr.dll (by MaresWEB) - BASS_OFR (OptimFROG add-on for the BASS library)
  • bass_tak.dll
  • CodecTweakTool.exe
  • D3DCompiler_43.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
  • D3DX9_43.dll (by Microsoft) - Direct3D 9 Extensions
  • dsmux.exe
  • dxr.dll
  • dxr.x64.dll
  • ff_kernelDeint.dll - KernelDeint for ffdshow
  • ff_libdts.dll - libdts DLL built for ffdshow
  • ff_libfaad2.dll - FAAD2 DLL built for ffdshow
  • ff_libmad.dll - MPEG Audio Decoder DLL built for ffdshow
  • ff_samplerate.dll - libsamplerate DLL built for ffdshow
  • ff_unrar.dll (by Alexander Roshal) - RAR decompression library (RAR decompression library built for ffdshow)
  • ff_wmv9.dll - ffdshow WMV9
  • ffmpeg.dll
  • fourcc.exe
  • gdsmux.exe
  • GraphStudioNext.exe - GraphStudioNext
  • GraphStudioNext64.exe
  • IcarosPropertyHandler.dll (by Tabibito Technology) - Icaros Property Handler
  • IcarosThumbnailProvider.dll (by Tabibito Technology) - Icaros Thumbnail Provider
  • IntelQuickSyncDecoder.dll (by Intel) - Intel QuickSync Decoder (IntelQuickSyncDecoder DLL)
  • K-Lite_Codec_Pack_910_Mega.exe - K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (K-Lite Mega Codec Pack Setup)
  • libbluray.dll
  • libmpeg2_ff.dll - mpeg2dec DLL built for ffdshow
  • MACDec.dll (by Matthew T. Ashland) - Monkey's Audio (Monkey's Audio DLL Library)
  • madHcCtrl.exe (by madshi.net) - madHcCtrl (mad* home cinema control)
  • madHcNet32.dll (by madshi.net) - madHcNet (mad* home cinema network)
  • mediainfo.dll (by MediaArea.net) - MediaInfo (Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files)
  • mediainfo.exe
  • mkunicode.dll
  • mkx.dll
  • mkzlib.dll
  • mpc-hc.exe (by MPC-HC Team) - Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpciconlib.dll - Icon Library for Media Player Classic
  • mvrSettings.dll - mvrSettings (madVR settings helper dll)
  • OptimFROG.dll (by Florin Ghido, [email protected]) - OptimFROG Lossless/DualStream Audio Compression, http://www.LosslessAudio.org (OptimFROG Lossless/DualStream DLL Library)
  • psvince.dll (by Vincenzo Giordano) - psvince (psvince.dll for InnoSetup Extensions)
  • SetACL_x64.exe (by Helge Klein) - SetACL (SetACL 2)
  • SetACL_x86.exe (by Helge Klein)
  • swscale-ics-2.dll
  • swscale-lav-2.dll
  • tak_deco_lib.dll (by Thomas Becker, Osnabrueck) - TAK Lossless Audio Compressor (TAK Decoder Library)
  • TomsMoComp_ff.dll - TomsMoComp for ffdshow
  • unins002.exe
  • VobSubStrip.exe
  • vsfilter.dll (by xy-VSFilter Team) - VSFilter (VobSub & TextSub filter for DirectShow/VirtualDub/Avisynth)
  • vsfilter64.dll (by xy-VSFilter Team)
  • xmllite.dll - Microsoft XML Core Services (Microsoft XmlLite Library)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • mpc-hc.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'MPCPlayVideoFilesOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'MediaPlayerClassic.Autorun' and the action verb 'PlayVideoFiles.
2 Scheduled Tasks
  • unins000.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A438BFB5-2F36-4BD4-A5C0-F517E46682D1}' (runs on registration).
  • fourcc.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E172B339-6E92-4CA6-9785-247D31A03CD7}' (runs on registration).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

mpc-hc.exe
Memory:113.14 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0002523746%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00024762%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00000476%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:36,907,496
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:3,329
70 average
I/O reads/min:129.5 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:26 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove K-Lite Mega Codec Pack?

You can uninstall K-Lite Mega Codec Pack from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 10.0.5, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove K-Lite Mega Codec Pack.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 53%
Win 8.1 0%
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#5,928

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.04%
Windows 10 31.27%
Windows XP 7.01%
Windows Vista 1.61%
Windows Server 2003 0.06%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 29.93%
Windows 7 Home Premium 16.10%
Windows 7 Professional 10.54%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.98%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.92%
Windows 8.1 5.75%

Distribution by countryGeography

23.23% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 23.23%
  Brazil 10.31%
  Germany 5.79%
  Iran 4.01%
  Italy 4.01%
  Egypt 3.44%
  Russia 3.31%
  France 3.06%
  United Kingdom 2.86%
  Czech Republic 2.36%
  IQ 2.36%
  Indonesia 2.04%
  DZ 1.97%
  Poland 1.72%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 22.95%
Hewlett-Packard 20.58%
Acer 17.13%
ASUS 10.99%
GIGABYTE 9.81%
Lenovo 6.47%
Toshiba 4.20%
Samsung 3.66%
Intel 1.19%
American Megatrends 0.86%
Sahara 0.75%
Sony 0.75%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.00%
ASUS All Series 4.75%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.75%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.00%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.25%
Dell Latitude E6520 2.25%

About Codec Guide

Codec Guide is the organization that developes the K-Lite Codec Pack which is a collection of audio and video codecs for Windows that enables the OS and installed software to play various audio and video formats not supported by Windows itself.
Publisher URL: codecguide.com

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