Windows Defender compatibility is included
This release contains an extra file outside of the Shark007Codecs directory. Allow.exe is placed wherever the Shark007Codecs folder is going to be extracted to. After executing Allow.exe, you can extract the main folder there and use the codecs without any Windows Defender issues.
Anything that the Media Player app fails to play, will be able to play in WMP using my codecs.
All you need to do is check the box... [x] WMP suggested settings. This includes 4K video.
Check out the Windows MCI Video Player with automated codec selection. Its on the Misc TAB.
This release has an option to move the configuration settings to the Application folder.
The Save and Restore settings feature is automated and also controlled by the commandline.
To have your settings restored automatically during an upgrade, all you need
to do is [Save ALL Settings]
The checkboxes involved are correctly set by default to allow automatic upgrade settings restoration.
Top 10 things the Shark007Codecs do better than other packs . . .
1. Full color thumbnails including FLV's and 10bit MKV's provided by Icaros.
(also allows users to select at what point by percentage to grab the thumbnail)
2. Enable the Preview pane to process new filetypes such as FLV.
3. Explorer properties are displayed for non native filetypes such as FLV.
4. Updated often - and has AutoUpdate built into the App.
5. Distributed as a portable version with no installer.
6. Support playback of M4A audio files containing ALAC.
7. Support all system users without them being logged into Windows.
8. Allow users to Enable/Disable codecs installed on their system.
9. Fix Preview pane playback for all files such as MKV and FLV in Windows 11.
10. Support 'Add to Windows Media Player List' using rightclick on all files such as FLV.
Both ADVANCED and STANDARD have been deprecated @ ver 17.5 and replaced by the Shark007Codecs
Download the Shark007Codecs version 20.1.6:
This file can be downloaded from
MajorGeeks ^ This release contains major stability improvements ^
The new Allow executable bypasses Windows Defender
It is 24.7MB and it is has an MD5 of
5ad4abb848af2b7840296fd7db5c3b06
You can click HERE to get the MPC-BE player
that is pre-configured to go with this release.
notable updates (current):
- update LAV filters 0.79.2.29
- update MediaInfo DLL v25.4
- update MPC-BE filters 1.8.4.22
AutoUpdate will install version 1.8.4.23
- update Icaros 3.3.4 beta 1
- Fully functional Save / Restore settings
- Remember monitor and screen positioning
- AutoUpdate all files directly from within the Application
To UPGRADE, overwrite the files with newly obtained files,
Or just use the AutoUpdate feature on the Help tab and everything gets updated automatically.
Using the Save | Restore settings feature on the Misc TAB,
you can save a current configuration and have it automatically restored, silently, if prefered.
No GUI is presented when using the commandline parameters
This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded
