Description
A living room HTPC, a library full of unusual formats, or a playback problem that needs digging through layer by layer, and the Standard components sometimes fall short. Media Player Codec Pack Plus is the biggest tier of the family: on top of Standard it adds extras such as MPC FFmpeg and CW-PlayBridge recovery playback, in a 104.9 MB installer that requires 64 bit Windows.
The official site is upfront that if you are unsure you need the extras, Standard remains the easier recommendation. The installer groups components into additional players (MPC Home Cinema, MPC FFmpeg, MPC CW-PlayBridge) and video codecs and filters (LAV Video and more), and you tick what you want. It is free, needs no registration, and supports Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7.
Broader component set: a larger bundle of playback related extras than Standard, aimed at HTPC, high end systems and deeper compatibility needs
MPC FFmpeg and CW-PlayBridge: Plus adds MPC FFmpeg and CW-PlayBridge recovery playback, giving you another route when a file will not play the usual way
Bundled player: the component list includes MPC Home Cinema, so there is a player ready to use after installing
Pick components yourself: the detailed install lets you tick video codecs and filters one by one, including LAV Video
Hardware decoding page: the video settings page shows the detected CPU and graphics card and lets you set hardware decoding per codec, keeping software decoding as the fallback
64 bit only: Plus needs 64 bit Windows, the fuller choice if you have no need for 32 bit
Lossless audio: it also includes CW-Lossless, CW-Lossy, CW-MOD and CW-Surround, with DSD and HDCD playback through CW-Lossless
The official site is upfront that if you are unsure you need the extras, Standard remains the easier recommendation. The installer groups components into additional players (MPC Home Cinema, MPC FFmpeg, MPC CW-PlayBridge) and video codecs and filters (LAV Video and more), and you tick what you want. It is free, needs no registration, and supports Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7.
Features
Broader component set: a larger bundle of playback related extras than Standard, aimed at HTPC, high end systems and deeper compatibility needs
MPC FFmpeg and CW-PlayBridge: Plus adds MPC FFmpeg and CW-PlayBridge recovery playback, giving you another route when a file will not play the usual way
Bundled player: the component list includes MPC Home Cinema, so there is a player ready to use after installing
Pick components yourself: the detailed install lets you tick video codecs and filters one by one, including LAV Video
Hardware decoding page: the video settings page shows the detected CPU and graphics card and lets you set hardware decoding per codec, keeping software decoding as the fallback
64 bit only: Plus needs 64 bit Windows, the fuller choice if you have no need for 32 bit
Lossless audio: it also includes CW-Lossless, CW-Lossy, CW-MOD and CW-Surround, with DSD and HDCD playback through CW-Lossless
