The goal of this article is the security and certainty that when you want to see a video, DVD, Divx, Avi, Mpeg and other formats, that it is downloaded from the internet, the video is actually seen and the audio feels good., with Xp, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 .
Whether the film or video, of any format it is, is seen and heard well, it depends on the video and audio codecs that are installed on their PC and Windows Media Player, which is installed together with Windows and which for many is the the only media player present, it does not have all the existing codecs by default.
The file formats are generally .avi, .mpg, .flv, .mpeg, .mp4, .mkv, but if you don't have all the codecs, you risk reading, for example, a video .avi yes and another no depending on the codec used to compress it.
READ ALSO: Best Programs to watch movies and videos on the PC
First of all, it is important to know that you must never download players and updates from streaming video sites because they are almost always always viruses or deceptive advertisements that make you download junk.
To see all the movies and videos, if you still want to use the old Windows Media Player as a program, the best video codec package that is KLite Video Codec, basic (recommended), standard or full version
Once this codec package is installed, every time you start playing a video, Windows automatically recognizes the codec to be used and the viewing starts.
The Klite Codecs also work in Windows 10 and 8, act at the system level, that is, for all programs, and are the most complete to see all types of video on the PC with the new Microsoft operating system.
Alternatively, to watch standard movies and videos with Avi, Mkv and Divx format, you don't need to have all the codecs in the world and you can just install the Divx Codec Plus package.
With this software almost all the videos will be visible, both streaming, downloaded, and taken with cell phones, Iphones or video cameras.
For Windows 10 you can add system-level support for the video codevs OGG Container, Vorbis Decoder and Theora Decoder (especially used for online content) by installing the Web Media Extensions app.
READ ALSO: How to watch movies, DVDs and Blu-Ray in Windows 10 and 8
Once installed Klite Windows Media Player will read any valid Video and Audio format and there will be no need to use different players or convert video files from one format to another.
To view videos saved on your PC without installing any codec, you can use one of the media player programs listed in another article.
Among these is the popular VLC Player, the universal free and opensource player, indispensable, which can never be missing on your PC: light, capable of reading almost all formats, audio and video, fast and functional in receiving streaming broadcasts on the Internet.
VLC is the only player with which you can preview a video that is being downloaded, even before the download is complete.
Special mention deserves Media Player Classic - Home Cinema, included in Klite, a highly customizable, simplified and lightened video player of all the superfluous capable of reading all types of videos and films on the computer.
If the video on your computer still doesn't appear and there are codec problems and errors with corrupt Avi and Divx files, you can solve it by reading another guide on this blog.
For online video streaming of websites, make sure you have installed the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin on your computer, which is the only software required for Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Chrome already includes the Flash Player inside it so it doesn't need anything else.
For Youtube, on the other hand, nothing is needed because its videos are in HTML5, natively supported by all modern browsers (see also how to try the HTML5 video plugin ).
Any notice of updating or downloading other programs is always and only misleading advertising.
Whether the film or video, of any format it is, is seen and heard well, it depends on the video and audio codecs that are installed on their PC and Windows Media Player, which is installed together with Windows and which for many is the the only media player present, it does not have all the existing codecs by default.
The file formats are generally .avi, .mpg, .flv, .mpeg, .mp4, .mkv, but if you don't have all the codecs, you risk reading, for example, a video .avi yes and another no depending on the codec used to compress it.
READ ALSO: Best Programs to watch movies and videos on the PC
First of all, it is important to know that you must never download players and updates from streaming video sites because they are almost always always viruses or deceptive advertisements that make you download junk.
To see all the movies and videos, if you still want to use the old Windows Media Player as a program, the best video codec package that is KLite Video Codec, basic (recommended), standard or full version
Once this codec package is installed, every time you start playing a video, Windows automatically recognizes the codec to be used and the viewing starts.
The Klite Codecs also work in Windows 10 and 8, act at the system level, that is, for all programs, and are the most complete to see all types of video on the PC with the new Microsoft operating system.
Alternatively, to watch standard movies and videos with Avi, Mkv and Divx format, you don't need to have all the codecs in the world and you can just install the Divx Codec Plus package.
With this software almost all the videos will be visible, both streaming, downloaded, and taken with cell phones, Iphones or video cameras.
For Windows 10 you can add system-level support for the video codevs OGG Container, Vorbis Decoder and Theora Decoder (especially used for online content) by installing the Web Media Extensions app.
READ ALSO: How to watch movies, DVDs and Blu-Ray in Windows 10 and 8
Once installed Klite Windows Media Player will read any valid Video and Audio format and there will be no need to use different players or convert video files from one format to another. To view videos saved on your PC without installing any codec, you can use one of the media player programs listed in another article.
Among these is the popular VLC Player, the universal free and opensource player, indispensable, which can never be missing on your PC: light, capable of reading almost all formats, audio and video, fast and functional in receiving streaming broadcasts on the Internet. VLC is the only player with which you can preview a video that is being downloaded, even before the download is complete.
Special mention deserves Media Player Classic - Home Cinema, included in Klite, a highly customizable, simplified and lightened video player of all the superfluous capable of reading all types of videos and films on the computer.
If the video on your computer still doesn't appear and there are codec problems and errors with corrupt Avi and Divx files, you can solve it by reading another guide on this blog.
For online video streaming of websites, make sure you have installed the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin on your computer, which is the only software required for Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Chrome already includes the Flash Player inside it so it doesn't need anything else.
For Youtube, on the other hand, nothing is needed because its videos are in HTML5, natively supported by all modern browsers (see also how to try the HTML5 video plugin ).
Any notice of updating or downloading other programs is always and only misleading advertising.
