Combined Community Codec Pack
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The Combined Community Codec Pack, more commonly referred to as the CCCP, is a filter pack for Microsoft Windows designed primarily for the playback of anime fansubs. The CCCP is developed and maintained by members of various fansubbing groups. The name is a pun on the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Soyuz Sovyetskikh Sotsialistichyeskikh Respublik), the Russian name for the USSR; the Cyrillic name for the USSR is initialized CCCP, however it transliterates to SSSR.
 The CCCP logo | |
| Stable release | 15 / January 24, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Filter pack |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | http://www.cccp-project.net/ |
As of 2006, the CCCP is now the official Matroska playback solution on Windows, having superseded the Matroska Playback Pack.[1]
Purpose
According to its official website, CCCP was created to meet the following:
- Alleviate the major problems caused by conflicting codec packs
- Provide a video media playback standard for the anime community
- Be capable of playing back most common video media files and formats
- Be easy to install and uninstall—even for users with no technical knowledge
The pack is small and compact, containing only what is needed for most videos; it intentionally disables support for many codecs it considers unnecessary. It thus can potentially avoid problems caused by inappropriate combinations of filters by providing an all-inclusive playback solution. To view a CCCP-approved video, one must simply theoretically uninstall all other codec packs and install the CCCP. This philosophy leads to some disadvantages; since many formats are not enabled by default, they have to be manually toggled by the user if needed. Additionally, unlike many competing packs, CCCP is designed around decoding rather than encoding, and as such doesn't include many video encoders that other packs do.
The CCCP is made only for the Microsoft Windows operating system and works with 2000/XP/Vista.
Result
In 2006, On2 began recommending the CCCP as a simple decoding solution to feed video and audio to their Flix encoding application.[2] The CCCP staff recommends to not use On2's included registry patch, but rather turn on or off any necessary codecs within the CCCP settings menu.
Technical details
Contents
- Note: Installing all of these separately will not have the same effect as installing the CCCP because the ffdshow build (the core video/audio decoding software) is customized and so are all of the components' settings.[3]
- CoreWavPack
- ffdshow-tryouts (custom build)
- Gabest's FLV Splitter
- Gabest's MPV (MPEG-2) Decoder
- Haali Media Splitter
- Media Player Classic
- VSFilter
- Zoom Player
Supported formats
- Container formats: AVI, OGM, MKV, MP4, FLV and TS
- Video codecs: MPEG-2, DivX, XviD, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, WMV9, FLV1, Theora, and Generic MPEG-4 ASP (3ivx, lavc, etc.)
- Audio codecs: MP1, MP2, MP3, AC3, DTS, AAC, Vorbis, LPCM, FLAC, TTA and WavPack
Notable unsupported formats
- RealMedia .rm .rmvb (Can be played back by MPC (one of CCCP's supported players) by installing the Real Alternative)
- QuickTime .qt .mov (Can be played back by MPC (one of CCCP's supported players) by installing the QuickTime Alternative)
- Nullsoft Streaming Video .nsv
- Indeo
References
- ^ "CCCP FAQ". Retrieved 2006-09-22.
- ^ "On2 Windows FAQ". Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ "Advanced FAQ - CCCP". Retrieved 2007-08-30.