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 Standard:

Player:

• Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.3.1330.0]

ffdshow:

• ffdshow [revision 3126]

DirectShow video decoding filters:

• MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.4.0.923]

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]
• MPEG PS/TS 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]
• MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.24]

What's New in version 5.4.0:

• Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1330.0
• Added version 1.2.1008 of MPC-HC as alternative for those who have problems with the newer versions
• Updated ffdshow to revision 3126
• Added preferred filter tweaker for Windows 7
• Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.24
• Fixed settings issue when user chose to store MPC settings in an INI file
• Moved Media Player Classic DXVA options to a separate page so that people notice it better
• The DXVA H.264 decoder is now disabled by default to prevent people with a buggy graphics driver to get playback troubles
• Minor changes