CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack)

[ferguj1]

The CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) is a DirectShow filter pack.

The full title is the Combined Community Codec Pack. Actually, it's more a filter pack than a codec pack, but filter doesn't begin with C and we wanted a good acronym. The name is also a pun on the Russian name for USSR, Ñîþç Ñîâåòñêèõ Ñîöèàëèñòè÷åñêèõ Ðåñïóáëèê, abbreviated as "ÑÑÑÐ". Blame Lenin and the Commies. Blame movax.

Jokes aside, the CCCP was created to replace the video playback packs provided by several anime fansub groups in favor of a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically any groups' files - without breaking compatibility for other formats. Since then it has grown into a pack that can decode more or less anything that you will run into during your travels on the internet.

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CCCP - Combined Community Codec Pack

 

[wheelo]

cheers ferg, am i right in thinking that this runs in conjuncton with media player, and it allows you to play all different file names, .avi, .divx, etc?

 

[ferguj1]

That is the general idea wheelo. Although windows media player (recent version) natively supports those formats that you listed, so this is more important for the newer or more obscure formats such as .mkv or 3gp and others. However, that being said, if you use something like VLC Media Player it will support playback of almost any file type through its own direct show filters.

 

[wheelo]

cheers ferg