K-Lite Codec Pack 4
Collection of video & audio codecs
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There are three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: The Basic version, who fits on a single floppy disk, contains only the most essential codecs and related tools. The Standard version contains everything what is needed to play all the commonly used formats. The Full version contains even more codecs and also has encoding support. It is highly recommended to uninstall all existing codec related software before installing. This way your system stays clean and potential problems will be avoided.

Last Updated 10 July 2008
Win 98/NT/2000/XP

Nimo Codec Pack 5.0
Most frequently used codecs and filters
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Coder & decoder Divx 4.12 Build 307 (Project Mayo)(DivX).
Coder & decoder DivX V3.11a (3.11Alpha Low Motion)(Div3) for playing old compressed movies.
Coder & decoder DivX v3.11a (3.11Alpha Fast Motion)(Div4) for playing old compressed movies.
Coder & decoder DivX WMA Audio V4.2 (Standard)(divxa32).
Coder & decoder MPEG-Layer 3 Audio V4.2 (Professional)(l3acm), With control panel icon.
Decoder for AC3 Audio V2.2.
Coder & decoder MS MPEG-4 (For ASF/DivX Conversion)(mpg4,mp42,mp43).
Filters for Vob playback in Windows Media Player: MPEG Parser ActiveX filter MPEG Decoder ActiveX filter
MS-MPEG4 ActiveX filter
DivX V3.2 ActiveX filter
DivX V4.0 ActiveX filter
DivX AC3 Prologic ActiveX filter
and many more...
Win 98/Me/2000/XP

Tsunami Codec Pack 3.9.9
Most of the codecs and filters that you'll ever need
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A collection of most of the codecs and filters that you'll ever need. You may also want to try some of the other codec/filter packs
Win NT/2000/XP
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ACE Mega CoDecS Pack
Plenty of usefull Codecs
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This is the lastest and greatest release of famous ACE Mega CoDecS Pack. In this codec pack you will find plenty of usefull CoDecS (CoderS/DeCoderS), Media Player FilterS, Media Players and other UtilitieS. Also I added Authoring ToolS for video watchning, audio and video processing. In Add-On Pack you can found Authoring ToolS for content creation.
Win 98/ME/2000/XP

Matroska Pack Full v1.0.3
Will also allow playback of most modern video formats
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The famous full pack will not only allow playing matroska media files (.mkv and .mka), but it will also allow playback of most modern video formats on any DirectShow player, even with WMP 6.4/7/8/9 (Windows Mediaplayer). For this reason the Matroska Pack Full has gathered some attention from the video compression scene, and has established itself as a very slim and intelligent alternative to the usually overloaded codec packs out there. Most of the hard work is being done by the great ffdshow decoder Filter based on FFMPEG and enabling playback of
DivX 3/4/5
XviD
WMV7/8
but the pack also adds playback support for
Vorbis using CoreVorbis (for Ogg Vorbis audio files, install also the Ogg Splitter from Tobias Waldvogel)
AAC and AAC+SBR (HE-AAC) audio, using CoreAAC
AC3 audio, using AC3filter
FLAC lossless audio, using CoreFLAC
TTA another lossless audio codec
Subtitles, using vsfilter (DVobSub)
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista

XP Codec Pack
Complete codec pack
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XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec pack which helps you to play all major audio and video formats.
And... to complete your multimedia experience, instead of 3 or 4 different players you get one, simple integrated player that plays almost all audio and video files: Media Player Classic.

Includes:
* AC3Filter 1.09a
* AVI Splitter 1.0.0.7
* CDXA Reader 1.0.0.1
* CoreAAC (AAC DirectShow Decoder) 1.2.0
* CoreFlac Decoder 0.4
* FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2004.10.12
* GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder 0.1.2.0
* Matroska Splitter 1.0.2.9
** Media Player Classic 6.4.9.0 rev. 609
* OggSplitter/CoreVorbis 1.1.0.79
* RadLight APE Filter 1.0.0.4
* RadLight MPC Filter 1.0.0.4
* RadLight OFR Filter 1.0.0.4
* RealMedia Splitter 1.0.1.1
* RadLight TTA Filter 1.0.0.2
* The Codec Detective 2.0
* VSFilter (DirectVobSub) 2.37

Last Updated 22 April 2008
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003

Codec 8
One of the most advanced codec pack
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One of the most advanced codec pack, contains always the latest version of codecs to play popular multimedia formats.

Codec 8 includes:
DivX Pro™ 6.2.2 Codec Full
XviD 1.2 (25.02.2006)
Cinepak Codec by Radius Inc.
Ligos Indeo® XP Codec 5.2820.15.58
AC3Filter 1.02a (test5)
Fraunhoffer IIS Mpeg Layer-3 ACM Codec 3.4.0.0
Ogg Vorbis 1.1
Ogg Vorbis DirectShow Filter Decoder 1.1.7.9
Ogg Vorbis DirectShow Filter 0.9.9.6
Ogg Vorbis Audio ACM Codec 0.0.3.6
Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista

X Codec Pack
Codec Pack that only includes the most used codecs
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X Codec Pack is not just another codec pack.
Just the most used (popular) codecs are included (see below). If you are looking for a big pack with lots of codecs, filters, tools, this is the wrong place. Lots of codecs can mess up your Windows.
Unlike other codec packs, you can select the components you want to install, you get uninstall support, detection for previous installed versions, update for new versions - you don’t have to download the whole pack again, support for unattended installs.

It includes
DivX Codec
XviD Codec
AC3 Filter
DivX AntiFreeze
DivXG400
Video Inspector
All these codecs, filters, tools are FREE!
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

MUSK Codec Pack 5
Plenty of usefull Codecs
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DivX 3.11 Codec + Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec
DivX 5.1.1 Pro Codec + Config DivX 5.1.1 Pro
XviD Codec (Koepi v1.0.1-05/06/2004) + Config
Real Media RV9/10 Codec + Real Media Splitter 1.0.0.9 DirectShow Filter + Config
QuickTime Codec + Config
3ivX D4 v4.5.1 Codec + Config
VP3 v3.2.5.0 Codec
VP6 v6.1.0.2 Codec + Config
Cyberlink MPEG2 Decoder (DvD)
Elecard MPEG2 v2.0 Decoder (DvD)
Filtres
OGG Vorbis v0.9.9.5 Codecs + Encoder OGG Vorbis
AC3 Dolby 5.1 Filter v0.70b + Config
DivXG400 Codec Filter v2.83 + Config
Morgan Stream Switcher Filter v0.9.9
FFDShow 06/17/2002 Filter + Config
DivX AntiFreeze v0.4 Filter + Config
VSFilter v1.0.0.9 (Gabest) Filter
Matroska Gabest Filter v1.0.2.3
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Gordian Knot Codec Pack 1.9
Contains additional software for Gordian Knot Rip Pack
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The CodecPack includes all codecs for video encoding, and audio / video playback.
The pack also contains the brand new DivX5.05 codec fix fixes encoding problems in DVD2AVI, AviUtl and other applications not using ICImageCompress (VirtualDub and derivates are not concerned by those problems).
Features:
AC3Filter 0.70b
Morgan Stream Switcher 0.99
DivX 3.11 alpha
DivX 5.2.1 Pro Trial version for win2k/xp
Huffyuv 0.2.2.1 cce-patch
XviD 1.0.2
ffdshow alpha 2004-08-28
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003

Codec Pack (Advanced) V6
Mainly for use by encoders
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The Advanced Codec Pack is mainly for use by encoders, it features a large number of codec's/filters and also some additional tools.
The package will enable you to playback and encode most major formats currently available.
Installation of the package is made easy for users through the informative menu's.
Options that may cause problems have a warning in the description pane, the installer will also unselect options that my cause conflicts.

Last Updated 22 April 2008
Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista

CodecInstaller
Detects which codecs are installed
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CodecInstaller is a Windows program that detect which Audio&Video codecs are installed on your system and that suggest you to install the ones necessary to correctly view the movie it is distributed with:
in fact it's designed to be burned on a CD together with a compressed video, to be always able to play them.
The users who receive the CD, with a single tool with a simple and intuitive interface, can check if the necessary codecs are already installed and up-to-date and with just a click can install the ones required.

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2
Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista

Advanced Vista Codec Package
You won't need to install any other codecs
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Codecs have always been a pain in the butt. Thats because there has never been a 100% viable working solution available for the average computer user. There are several good codec package solutions out there, but none of them did everything i wanted. I was always in need of a tweak, adjustment, or even a reinstallation just to get the codecs I needed/wanted and most of the time, the file still didnt play. I've never claimed to be a media guru. My media experience is to doubleclick a file i downloaded and hope that it plays. What I do know is how to package software. So I decided to package some codecs and share them with the rest of the world. With this package all possible conflicts are already dealt with. Many user suggested default settings are implemented.

It does not contain a media player and it doesn't associates filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play DVD's, movies and video clips of almost any filetype. Streaming video is supported in all popular web browsers. By default you won't need to make any adjustments to enjoy a variety of media content immediately.

Users have the ability to choose what is installed using the public redistributable or after an unattended install, you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. Future releases will recognize previous releases and are capable of performing upgrade installations.

This package contains QuickTime v7.1.3 components with the tray icon permanently disabled.

Note:
Uninstall all other codecs BEFORE installing this comprehensive package.

Last Updated 22 April 2008
Win NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista