ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition reviews

Really...anyone posting problems with this should look at the date of the last update

21 Dec 2004

If you've downloaded this in 2008 and are having problems with your computer after then shame on you. we're talking a little over three years old and people are still d/l'ing this and using it.

It was fine in it's time. I had to do some tweaking with it back in 2005 but that's been the last time I've used it. It's been on my computer since but now that new Codecs are coming out I'm thinking of grabbing k-lite to replace it.

But ANYONE that uses this product in 2008 should be slapped across the face with a wet noodle for not noticing how old the product is. A/V doesn't sit still like this pack apparently has. Get a newer pack folks!!

I saw this codec pack and decided to try it, I have no problems viewing most any video out there. EXCEPT when its an embedded flv in some website embedded players. Such as tinypic. I made the mistake of letting it give "Browser support" to my firefox.

How do I remove the "Browser support" from Firefox?

just unistalled it because it caused itunes photoshop etc. to crash now that i uninstalled it it wont let me play any kind of video on my laptop e.g videos on bebo profiles etc. dont now what to do:( if any one could help my address is Nathan_Griff@hotmail .co.uk would rilly rilly epresiate it thanks x

Install this Codec Pack on an old computer that you don't care about. What happens to Itunes?!! What happens to QuickTime?!!What happens when you try to uninstall it?!! Unfortunately I only read the comments posted AFTER I installed it!Take my advice: don't subject your new desktop or laptop computer to such cruelty, stick to a more conventional codec pack such as K-Lite.

Itunes crashes with ace mega codecs pack because it interfears with quicktime. try this, uninstalll ace mega codecs pack, and when you reinstall it, search for the quicktime codec. Make sure its unchecked and click install. that should work.

Simply put, if you just want to watch movies, you don't need hundreds of rare codecs clogging up your system and polluting your registry. This is a piece of bloatware, a buggy one at that. You know something's wrong when explorer crashes trying to create thumbnails for a folder of videos. And you can't go back completely once you've installed since the 6.03 uninstaller isn't clean; the only way to make sure is to wipe and reinstall Windows. Best to stick with K-Lite Mega.

Ace maga codecs pack is an awful piece of software.The codecs work fine but they are not configured properly and wrong codecs are launchaed during playback.it crashes quicktime & itunes 7.x.To repair these progams go to the "system32" directory in your pc.Go to-tools-options and uncheck the box that says-"hide protected operating systam files."Ignore the windows warning message and click ok. Scroll down and delete the folder named "QuickTime." Reinstall quicktime and itunes.It Should work now.

If you have windows vista & running iTunes it's better not to install Ace mega codecs because iTunes will not start(error: iTunes has stopped working...) and you'll have an headache trying to make it work again!!!

Complete, yeah.

But it's so buggy. I had too many inrepairable errors upon installing this. And the fact that the codecs used are now TOO outdated for my taste.

This codec pack REALLY needs a serious update.

Really could be more user friendly. I installed everything and its nearly wrecked my system.

Part of it is my fault for installing everything but surely the creators should warn about potential conflicts and refuse to install rogue items.

iTunes nor quicktime works for me now.

Very disappointed.

I run Vista on my laptop and had to install ACE to be able to run certain video files online.

Since I've install ACE, MSN live crashes whenever I start my webcam, itunes crashes, media player crashes...What could be wrong with this?

Advice anyone?

Tested and works fine,
except for one thing, it crashes explorer if i click on some video files(especially the ones frm a digicam) and brings up the Data Execution Prevention thing up

btw has anyone tested if this works with windows Vista

I rated it 4, because it does have it's downsides.

PROS: THIS really defines the idea of a "codec pack". It's truly an all-in-one, totally complete package that installs all the needed codec to play almost all types of audio and video formats. With this installed, I would never need to download any codec again.

CONS: It's not really beginner-friendly, since with a lot of stuff thrown in, you might have a hard time installing the codecs that you would need. The dashboard system does ease up things a bit, but without codec knowledge and which conflicts to which, problems WILL occur (though I only used the default settings for ACE, and everything works fine)

Overall, for me, the pros outweigh the cons, and this codec pack sure is a keeper. After all, for all my media playing needs, I only needed Zoom Player WMV Pro (with some Media Player Classic to supplement it).

Oh, and for those who think that uninstalling ACE MCP is VERY difficult and messy, maybe you wanted to try running a registry cleaner and restarting the computer afterwards?

i have 4 pc's all have ace mega codecs installed great product i like having tools and codecs in 1 exe, anyway 3 pc's itunes will no longer work and will not uninstall 1 pc itunes is fine but adobe premier will not work.
i just reformatted my machine and installed ace mega 1st i realize it install quicktime 6.52 which break qicktime bundled w/ itunes since its 7.x if itunes is installed first.
i've installed itunes nero and adobe after and everything is fine. so install ace first and you should be ok.

I notice that most of the negative comments and poor ratings given to this software are by people who also don't have a grasp of english spelling or grammar. These signs of idiocy or laziness clearly indicate the root of the 'problems' you folks have with this codec pack.

The only issue is with the Moonlight MPEG-2 filter which is not an MPEG-2 filter at all (PowerDVD or InterActual should be used instead, thankfully, these are distributed along wit the package anyway).

Provided you configure the Codecs you wish to use, set the merits in order of preference and don't overload your system with irrelevant dsp's etc. then you'll have no worries and find this package is very useful indeed.