K-Lite Codec Pack Full 5.5.8 Beta

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files on the system. 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 is always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
It is very user friendly and the installation is fully customizable so that you can install only those components that you really want.
It has been very well tested, so that the package does not contain any conflicting codecs installed.
It is a very comprehensive package includes 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

Players
Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.3.1430.0
Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.3.1430.0 - This is a full-featured player with many useful options and features. It has internal filters for the opening of the various container formats like MP4, Matroska, Ogg and flv. It is also able to play, QuickTime and RealMedia content if those frameworks are installed. The Home Cinema version has internal DXVA decoders for H.264 and VC-1 video.

ffdshow
ffdshow revision 3166 - ffdshow is a very powerful DirectShow filter that can decode many audio and video formats. It also includes many opportunities for manipulation of audio and video, such as resizing and post-processing. Examples of supported video formats are: DivX, Xvid, MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, VC-1, H.263, FLV1, flv4, VP3, VP6, Theora, SVQ1, SVQ3 and MJPEG. Examples of the audio formats are supported: MP3, AAC, AC3, DTS, LPCM, Vorbis, MP1, MP2, E-AC3, Dolby TrueHD, AMR, Nelly Moser and IMA ADPCM.

ffdshow VFW interface - VFW decoder that supports many video formats. VFW encoder for some video formats: MPEG-4, DV, H.263, Theora, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MJPEG and a couple more.
Extra plugins: KernelDeInt and TomsMoComp deinterlacer DScaler plugin

DirectShow video decoding filters
Xvid 1.2.2 - For decoding Xvid MPEG-4 video. This is currently the most popular video format.
DivX H.264 8.2.0.26 - For decoding H.264 video.
On2 VP7 7.0.10.0 - For decoding VP7 video. This format is not very common.
MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) 8.4.0.1014
MPEG-2 (Gabest) 1.0.0.4 - For decoding MPEG-2 video. The Cyberlink filters also support playback of DVD video in Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. Windows Vista, and seven already an MPEG-2 decoder included by default. You do not need to install another, if you prefer to use the Microsoft decoder.

DirectShow audio decoding filters
AC3/DTS/LPCM/MP1/MP2 (AC3Filter) 1.63b - Audio for AC3 and DTS decoding. Also decodes DVD audio.
Vorbis (CoreVorbis) 1.1.0.79 - For decoding Vorbis audio. This is the recommended Vorbis decoder.
AAC (MONOGRAM) 0.9.6.0 - For decoding AAC audio.

DirectShow audio parsers
LAC (madFLAC) 1.8 - Source-(filters and filter for decoding FLAC files. Flac).
WavPack (CoreWavPack) 1.1.1 - Source filter and decoding filter for WavPack audio files (. Wv).
Musepack (MONOGRAM) 0.9.2.0 / 0.4.0.0 - Source filter and decoding filters for the Musepack audio files (. Mpc).
Monkey's Audio (dcode) 1.0 - Source filter with integrated decoder for Monkey's Audio files (. Ape. Apl).
OptimFROG (RadLight) 1.0.0.1 - Source filter with integrated decoder for OptimFROG audio files (. Ofr Ofs).
AMR (MONOGRAM) 1.0.1.0 - Source-(filter and filter for decoding AMR audio files. Amr). This filter is also able to encode and mux AMR audio.
DC-Bass Source 1.2.0 - Source filter with integrated decoders for the following audio file types: AAC (. Aac. M4a), ALAC (. Alac)
Tracker (. It. Mo3. Mtm. S3m. UMX. Xm) and True Audio (. TTA).
AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) 0.7b - Source filter for. Ac3 and. Dts files.

DirectShow source filter
AVI Splitter (Gabest) 1.0.0.9
AVI splitter (Haali Media Splitter) 1.9.42.1 - For parsing the AVI container (. Avi files).
MP4/3GP/MOV splitter (Haali Media Splitter) 1.9.42.1
MP4/3GP/MOV splitter (Gabest) 1.3.1372.0 - to read the MP4/MOV/3GP containers (. Mp4. M4v. Hdmov. Mov .3 gp files).
Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) 1.9.42.1
Matroska Splitter (Gabest) 1.3.1372.0 - For parsing the Matroska container (. Mkv. Mka files).
Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) 1.9.42.1
Ogg splitter (Gabest) 1.3.1372.0 (- For parsing the Ogg container. Ogm. OGV. Ogg. Oga) files.
MPEG-PS/TS splitter (Gabest) 1.3.1372.0
MPEG-PS/TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) 1.9.42.1 - For parsing the MPEG PS container (. Mpeg. Mpg. M1v. M2v files) and the MPEG-TS container (. M2TS Ts. M2t. mts files). The Haali MPEG PS splitter supported. Evo files, but it does not always work properly for regular MPEG files to work.
FLV splitter (Gabest) 1.3.1372.0 - For parsing the FLV container (. Flv files).
CDXA Reader (Gabest) 1.0.0.2 - For reading VCD, SVCD and XCD discs.

Subtitle DirectShow Filter
DirectVobSub (VSFilter) 2.39.5.3
DirectVobSub (VSFilter) 2.33 - DirectVobSub is a filter for displaying subtitles (SSA / ASS, srt and vobsub). Your subtitle file (s) should have the same name as your video file (for example) have MovieName.avi MovieName.idx MovieName.sub and should be in the same folder as the video file. Then the subtitles will automatically be displayed in most players.

More Filters
Haali Video Renderer 1.9.42.1 - Excellent video renderer that can be used as an alternative for the video renderer, which offers Windows. Requires a modern graphics card with pixel shader 1.4 or higher.

VFW video codecs
Xvid 1.2.2 - For encoding video in the Xvid MPEG-4 format.
On2 VP7 7.0.10.0 - For encoding video in the VP7 format.
huffyuv 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5 - For encoding video in the huffyuv format. huffyuv is a lossless (no quality loss) video compression format.
YV12 (Helix) 1.2 - For decoding and encoding the YV12 format.

ACM audio codecs
MP3 (LAME) 3.98.2 - For encoding MP3 audio in applications like VirtualDub.
AC3ACM 1.4 - for decoding and encoding AC3 audio in applications like VirtualDub.

Tools
K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool 4.0.8 - With this multi-use tool you can recognize (1) and fixes some known issues (2) a detailed list of all installed codecs and filters (create restore Reset 3) Preferences (4) Backup / settings ( 5) manage the installed codecs and filters.
Recommended Filter for Windows Tweaker 7 2.6 - Allows you to set as the preferred decoder third filter in Windows 7
MediaInfo Lite 0.7.26 - This tool can analyze a media file and displays detailed information about them.
VobSubStrip 0.11 - With this tool, you can (languages from VobSub subtitle files stripes. Idx and. Sub files).
GraphStudio 0.3.2.0 - GraphStudio is a tool for the design and analysis of DirectShow filter graph.
Haali Muxer - Tool for (re-) muxing audio and video into a Matroska container.
Bitrate Calculator - This can be used to calculate the bitrate when encoding a movie to be used.

What's new
Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to 1.3.1458.0
Updated ffdshow to revision 3175
Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder 8.4.0.1014
Updated MediaInfo Lite to 0.7.26
Updated the K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool 4.1.0
Updated Preferred filter Tweaker for Windows 7 to 2.7
Broken codecs and filters can now be removed during an unattended installation, this is optional and is enabled by default
Various small optimizations
Minor changes and improvements