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 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 doesn´t contain any conflicting codecs.
- It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
Contents of K-Lite Codec Pack Basic:
ffdshow:
DirectShow source filters:
- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.9.42.1]
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1290.0]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1290.0]
DirectShow subtitle filter:
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.2]
Other filters:
- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.9.42.1]
Tools:
- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.0.0]
What's New in version 5.4.0:
- Updated ffdshow to revision 3126
- Minor changes