K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and decode (play) 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 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet.

• It it always 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.

• The basic version, which fits on a single floppy disk, it 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.

GSpot is a tool that can tell you exactly which codecs are needed to play a certain video file. This is very helpful when you have troubles playing a video file.

DirectVobSub is a tool for displaying subtitles. Your subtitle file should have the same filename as your video file (for example Movie.avi and Movie.sub) and should be in the same folder as your video file. Then the subtitles will automatically be displayed in most players.

Matrix Mixer can be used to amplify the sound of a video file. It also can mix stereo sound to multiple channels (useful for 4.1 or higher speaker sets).

Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher can be used to switch between two audio streams in a video file that has two audio streams. These types of video files are not very common.

FourCC Code Changer is a program for changing the FourCC code of a video file. The FourCC code is used to identify which codec should be used to decode the file. This tool is for expert users only.

Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 2.83 FULL version :

• Player :
- Media Player Classic (latest build from Celtic_Druid)
• FFDShow :
- FFDShow [rev. 806]
- extra plugins
- FFDShow VFW interface
• DirectShow video filters :
- XviD [version 1.2.0-dev with v1.1.2]
- DivX [version 6.2.5.34]
- On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 6.0.0.3402]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (DScaler5) [version 0.0.8.0]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (MainConcept) [version 1.0.0.78]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (Ligos) [version 4.0.0.77]
• VFW video codecs :
- XviD [version 1.2.0-dev with v1.1.2]
- x264 [rev. 600]
- Windows Media 9 VCM [version 9.0.1.369]
- On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0] [Encoding]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0] [Encoding]
- Intel Indeo [version 5.2562.15.54]
- Intel Indeo [version 4.51.16.2]
- Intel Indeo [version 3.24.15.03]
- Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
- Huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
- I420 (Helix) [version 1.2]
- YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]
• DirectShow audio filters :
- MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 1.9.0.311]
- AC3/DTS/LPCM (AC3Filter) [version 1.11]
- AC3/DTS/LPCM (InterVideo) [version 7.0.27.191]
- MP1/MP2 (MainConcept) [version 1.0.0.78]
- Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
- AAC (CoreAAC) [version 1.2.0.575]
- AAC (3ivX Pro) [version D4 4.5.1]
- MusePack [version 1.0.0.3]
- Monkey's Audio [version 1.00]
- WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.0.3]
- FLAC (illiminable) [version 0.73.1936]
- Voxware MetaSound [version 1.0.0.12]
- AAC encoder (3ivX Pro) [version D4 4.5.1]
• ACM audio codecs :
- MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 3.4.0.0]
- MP3 (LAME) [version 3.97]
- AC3 (ffcHandler) [version 1.3.1]
- Vorbis [version 0.0.3.6]
- DivX ;) Audio [version 4.2.0.0]
• DirectShow source filters :
- MP4 splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3]
- Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.2.9]
- Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
- MPEG-TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- MPEG demuxer (Cyberlink) [version 1.0.0.4528]
- MPEG demuxer (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3]
- MPEG demuxer (MainConcept) [version 1.0.1.20]
- MPEG demuxer (Elecard) [version 1.0.31.51211]
- MP3 Source (DCoder) [version 1.3]
- SHOUTcast Source [version 1.0.0.1]
• DirectShow subtitle filter :
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.37]
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.33]
• DirectShow audio filters (general purpose) :
- Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher [version 0.9.9]
• Encoding tools :
- LAME CLI and DLL [version 3.97]
- LameDropXPd [version 3.97]
- OggDropXPd [version 1.8.9 aoTuVb4.51]
• Tools :
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.60 rc1]
- Sherlock [version 2.0]
- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
- GraphEdit [build 041201]
- MMCompView [version 1.10]
- AVI Fixed [version 2.0b1]
- FourCC Changer
- Bitrate Calculator

Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 2.83 STANDARD version :

• Player :
- Media Player Classic (latest build from Celtic_Druid)
• FFDShow :
- FFDShow [rev. 806]
• DirectShow source filters :
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3]
- MP4 splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
- MPEG-TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.6.400.11]
• DirectShow subtitle filter :
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.37]
• Tools :
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.60 rc1]
- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]

Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 2.83 BASIC version :

• DirectShow video filters:
- XviD [version 1.2.0-dev with v1.1.2]
- DivX [version 6.2.5.34]
• DirectShow audio filters:
- MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 1.9.0.311]
- AC3 (AC3Filter) [version 1.11]
• DirectShow subtitle filter:
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.37]
• Tools:
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.60 rc1]
- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]