Hi,
Microsoft did at one time provide most needed codecs... until Media Center was discontinued....
Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video DirectShow codecs and filters. With Windows Essentials Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all movies and music files that.
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If you upgrade to Win 10 from Win 7 or Win 88.1 with Media Center you will still have most of them...
Windows Media Audio Voice Codec Server 2012 R2
I actually use a 3rd party codec package for my machines in which Win 10 was a clean install, but it is not totally necessary... A 3rd party video player will include about everything...
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I use K-Lite Codec Pack Basic at default settings on the clean install machines and have absolutely no issues with malware or virus's... Just be sure to watch closely during for a additional app of some type... They ASK if you want it, but if you are too quick to hit next you may miss it...
I would agree that it would be nice if they were provided by Microsoft, but they are not... I should say that ALL of them are not...
LOL, Media Center has been discontinued too?! Remind me again why I 'upgraded'?!
Anyway, I did a clean Win 10 install too. And was indeed hoping to keep it clean, for a change. K-Lite used to be horribly invested with malware, and I haven't touched it in years! I used Shark007 (iirc) on Windows 7, which had no viruses, but it messed up the Media Foundation stuff a bit (which no sane person can ever hope to repair manually).
Thanks for your reply, regardless. :)