K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a free software bundle which includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full and Real Alternative. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
- It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
- It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want.
- It has been very well tested, so that the package doesnt contain any conflicting codecs.
- It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
This Full Pack contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings
Contents of K-Lite Mega Codec Pack:
Player:
- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.3.1959.0]
- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.2.1008.0]
- Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.1 rev. 107]
ffdshow:
- ffdshow [revision 3461]
- ffdshow VFW interface
DirectShow video decoding filters:
- XviD [version 1.2.2]
- DivX [version 6.9.3]
- DivX H.264 [version 1.2.1 build 9.0.1.21]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- WebM VP8 [version 0.9.5.0]
- MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.4.0.1408]
- MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
DirectShow audio decoding filters:
- AC3/DTS/LPCM (AC3Filter) [version 1.63b]
- Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
- AAC (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.6.0]
DirectShow audio parsers:
- FLAC (madFLAC) [version 1.8]
- WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.1]
- MusePack (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.2.0 | 0.4.0.0]
- Monkey's Audio (DCoder) [version 1.0]
- OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]
- AMR (MONOGRAM) [version 1.0.1.0]
- DC-Bass Source [version 1.2.0]
- AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.7b]
DirectShow source filters:
- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.10.175.0]
- AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
- Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
- Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
- CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.3.1959.0]
DirectShow subtitle filter:
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.3]
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.33]
Other filters:
- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.10.175.0]
VFW video codecs:
- XviD [version 1.2.2]
- DivX [version 6.9.2]
- x264 [revision 1613]
- On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- Intel Indeo 4 [version 4.51.16.2]
- Intel Indeo 5 [version 5.2562.15.54]
- Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
- huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
- DivX [version 3.11]
- YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]
ACM audio codecs:
- MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 3.4.0.0]
- MP3 (LAME) [version 3.98.2]
- AC3ACM [version 1.5]
- Vorbis [version 0.0.3.6]
- DivX WMA [version 4.2.0.0]
Real Alternative:
- RealMedia codecs [version 12.0.0.756]
- RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
- RealMedia plugin for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Opera/Chrome
- RealMedia DirectShow splitter [version 1.3.1959.0]
Tools:
- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.4.0]
- Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.2]
- MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.33]
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.70a]
- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
- GraphStudio [version 0.3.2.0]
- Haali Muxer
- FourCC Changer
- Bitrate Calculator
Note: Older versions of K-Lite Codec Pack Full which run on all operating systems can be downloaded here.
What's New in version 6.0.0:
- Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1959
- Updated ffdshow to revision 3461
- Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.1408
- Updated DivX H.264 decoder to version 1.2.1 (build 9.0.1.21)
- Updated DivX MPEG-4 decoder to version 6.9.3
- Added VP8 decoder
- Updated Haali Media Splitter to version 1.10.175.0
- Updated x264VFW to revision 1613
- Updated DivX MPEG-4 VFW codec to version 6.9.2
- Updated RealMedia components to version 12.0.0.756
- Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.4.0
- Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.33
- Updated Win7DSFilterTweaker to version 3.2
- ffdshow is now used by default for decoding Vorbis audio instead of CoreVorbis
- Added playback support for Google's new .webm video file format
- Minor changes
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