
These codec packs are compatible with Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10. Detailed differences can be found on the comparison of abilities and comparison of contents pages. The global differences between the variants can be found below. Ranging from a very small bundle that contains only the most essential decoders to a large and more comprehensive bundle. No sense at all.There are four different variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack. Since this was so extremely easy to set up, it doesn't seem - to what must be my minuscule mind - to make any sense at all that a 64-bit PortableApp version of the VLC portable installer would be difficult or pointless to create. I used "Process Hacker 2" to confirm (1): That the full path to the running executable was indeed pointing to the 64-bit portable executable, and confirm (2): That the running binary executable was indeed the 64-bit version.

When I then ran the VLCPortable.exe file in the PortableApps root folder, it correctly launched the 64-bit version which worked perfectly. I also replaced everything else which had a filename in the portable folders that matched a filename in the permanent (i.e., non-portable) folders. Then I replaced the 32-bit executable file it created on the portable drive with the non-portable 64-bit executable I had installed earlier. I appreciate your detailed reply! But here's what I've done instead, which certainly appears to work correctly: Some additional details on how 64-bit apps fit into portable apps: You can copy in the 64-bit version of VLC downloaded as a zip into VLC Portable and replace the 32-bit version if you're doing a ton of media encoding/converting to use that instead. VLC is much larger (123MB for just the 32-bit version) and would have no noticeable advantage for the vast majority of users.

With 7-Zip, for instance, there's only around a 7% performance improvement, but since people often encrypt/decrypt large files where that could make a difference of time and 7-Zip is a small app (8MB for both 32-bit and 64-bit), we do 7-Zip Portable as a dual mode app. If you're using it as a media encoder/converter, it's possible there may be a slight advantage to the 64-bit version. The vast majority of users use it as a media player for with the 64-bit version has no real advantage.

We make VLC available as a 32-bit only app as it works on both 32-bit and 64-bit Window as people either move a drive around or sync their cloud folder between computers.
