ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition reviews

It works great for those who know what they are doing. Like it said above, if you dont, then dont. You need to know what you already have installed and what you need to install before using, if you cant answer those questions then you have no business using this software in the first place.

Don't under-rate it just because you are ignorant... it is exactly what it says it is, a huge codec pack, 9 times out of 10 you are NOT going to be installing ALL of them...doh! and a note to the newbies who think they can just start encoding and sharing movies: PLEASE leave it to the pros, there is far too much crap out there thanks to you newbies thinking you are good at encoding just because you got it to work for you...

leave it to those that know how to actually give the best encoding for their byte,cpu and gpu cycle.

If you are one of the computer noobs, who click install without even reading anything, and expecting the computer to do the rest, this is simply not for you.

There are loads of codecs, but its up to you to decide which ones are necessary. If you do it wrong(or try to install it all) you will end up with a ruined OS, and a media player working with less file types than before.

If you dont know what you are doing, it has options like "minimalist" "just play" "lite edition" \"player edition\" in it. Either use them or dont even bother downloading it.

However if you have some experience how to configure this, it provides many extra encoding options for adobe premiere, 3ds max or similar programs. It doesnt cause any problems, I installed it 6 years ago, and still havent formatted. Since then, I installed it on another pc, 4 laptops and 2 notebooks, no problems at all.

This PACK deserves so much better rating than it gets, as the problem is not the codec pack, but people with zero knowledge trying to act like experienced users. This is a codec PACK, not a miracle worker.

After having this installed I had very few issues, or so I thought. After about 3 months of haveing certain avi files causing Windows Media Player to crash I uninstalled this codec pack and it worked fine. Ironic that a codec is suposed to help files work is messing them up.

My oppionion is that they lumped these codecs together without seeing which ones conflicted. If you're having BEC errors THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

It screwed up Explorer so it kept crashing with a Data Execution Prevention error, and Premiere wouldn't even load.

AVOID!


As an addendum to my previous comment, Windows Restore is your friend for getting rid of this codec pack. Boot into safe mode first.

WARNING!

1) It writes some script in my windows registry folder, whithout asking me !!

-> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT DO !!

2) After installation and the deinstallation, as Tom said, my Realplayer and a Radio Player do not work now !

-> This download should be disabled !

Thank You greatly for this software it does what microsoft should of done in the first place when they made the media player and should of been included for free within it.
ONE WORD OF ADVICE FOR EVERONE !!!
make sure you dont install the one piece they say might cause problems on your system. they do warn u it can cause issues with various os's. Second install the pro version to get all the benifits this does. you dont neccessareilly have to install the bs player or media classic but u do need to put the finger prints everywhere and force the codecs into your media player.
Have fun All and enjoy for i know i have greatly :) and again MY DEEPEST THANKS

Great! Now I messed up my registry database with a half installed codec pack, and the uninstall script does of course not work.

What a piece of cow dung!!!

DON'T USE THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE MADE AN IMAGE OF YOUR HARD DRIVE SO THAT YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR SYSTEM *WHEN* THIS CRAP FAILS TO INSTALL THE FIRST TIME!!!

I have been using this codec pack for a while and I must say I'm very pleased with it, but I think it's time for an update...
A number of codecs are a bit old, and some of them don't quite go so well with 64bit processors...
Still, very good but I'd sure would like 6.04, or more...
Greetings!

I'm not going to complain about the actual codecs here - I understand many of them are out of date, but rather the fact that installing this almost completely wiped out my windows start menu. Where did it go? It left on some folders but completely removed a LOT of links.

Either fix the LAME encoder or remove it. Having explorer crash every 5 seconds is not my idea of functional software.

if you don't need ENCODE videos, DO NOT INSTALL THIS CODECPACK. it contains lot of cool codecs, which are easy to find, but in such compilation? noone is telling you "install professional", there is also "player edition" or "minimalist" one - just use those and it works fine. btw: it uses quicktime alternative, which is in trouble with itunes and quicktime also.
trouble with hangin' explorer? just don't use it. it is fast, but using key-commanded total commander you will be much faster - and see thumbnails too :)))

To stop the error between iTunes and mega codec pack... So...
You have 2 options...
- First of all, you NEVER should install Ace Mega Codec Pack 6.03 (or CodecLite) after install iTunes (it's going to have a troubleshot between Mega Codec Pack and Quick Time Player)
- If your already done it, you need to...
1- Delete the folder and the components about Quick Time in System32 folder (C:\Windows\System32...)
2- Unistall Quick Time Player (don't unistall itunes)
3- Download iTunes installation file and repair it.

I'm not sure if it works 100%. I did it 2 last times in my computer and it works well until now.

Stay good...(sorry for my bad english)

this Ace mega Codec Pack is the worst software ever. I am software maker and I know. what it do It, try to took over all of your DIVX and any player context and then, when you try to uninstall it, it glue itself in your registry and then you cannot remove the nuts!!! so anyone who says that ACE megacodec pack is good, can sux balls... !

Don't do it !

Sure they decode the videos well - albeit introducing a delay before playback quite often. They also prevent a number of programs from working - most obviously iTunes, Quicktime, and to a less dramatic extent Safari. They also prevent Bonjour from working properly, which in turn prevents Adobe products from installing properly, which in turn corrupts the MS Windows Installer routines. All in all quit a mess to sort out.

I have an older system devoted as a servaliance system and needed some codics to render some footage for court-room presentation after installing this software, the previously clean computer showed signes of problems, spybot found a Worm & Trogan, and several anti-Virus scanner's not just one found over 30 intances of virus's, maleware, spyware & adware and so called grey-ware on the computer, so much for a computer that was supposed to be a spy, HA! HA!, One of the programes installed with this bundle may even highjack your browser to an adult pr0n site so this software is not recommended for the KID's Computer at all.