# generally really quick to set up and there are quite a few options. # You'll need an internal/private cloud repository you can use. Internal/Private Cloud Repository Set Up # # Here are the requirements necessary to ensure this is successful. Your use of the packages on this site means you understand they are not supported or guaranteed in any way. With any edition of Chocolatey (including the free open source edition), you can host your own packages and cache or internalize existing community packages. Packages offered here are subject to distribution rights, which means they may need to reach out further to the internet to the official locations to download files at runtime.įortunately, distribution rights do not apply for internal use. If you are an organization using Chocolatey, we want your experience to be fully reliable.ĭue to the nature of this publicly offered repository, reliability cannot be guaranteed. Human moderators who give final review and sign off.Security, consistency, and quality checking.ModerationĮvery version of each package undergoes a rigorous moderation process before it goes live that typically includes: Another solution is to use MPC with a huge bundle of codecs called the K-Lite Codec Pack.īoth can do the same purpose, which is to be able to play any encountered video without manually installing single codecs piece by piece.Welcome to the Chocolatey Community Package Repository! The packages found in this section of the site are provided, maintained, and moderated by the community. VLC makes use of its own plugins in order to substitute for codecs, therefore you would not need to use or find any codecs as VLC can practically play any file. Thus one of the solutions would be to use VLC media player. The problem with codecs is that there are so many, to figure out which ones to use every time a media player encounters an error and then to manually find and install that certain codec would be tedious. Codecs are pieces of software that compress and decompress videos when they are encoded in certain file formats. The main difference with both of these softwares is in the way they handle codecs. In terms of user interface, community updates, support, both of these free software are much better than WMP. Media Player Classic (MPC) is a video player program similar to VLC Media Player.īoth of these free media players are available freely on the internet and both far outclass the continually brought in Windows Media Player (WMP) with every new version of the Windows Operating System.

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