The K-Lite Codec Pack is a very complete collection of codecs and tools. Once installed on your system, there will be very few times when you can't view a movie file. Another advantage of this collection, is that it is very user freindly and easy to customise the installation. Having said that, it does come in three flavors: Basic, Standard and Full. Standard is probably fine for most of us as it contains all of the more common codecs that you may run into. However, if you are really into this sort of thing, the Full version contains even some more codecs and it may also be desireable for those of us that are into encoding.
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Features of version 2.32 Full: * Media Player Classic [version 6.4.8.2] * DivX Pro [version 5.2.1] [Decoding]
* DivX Pro [version 5.1.1] [Encoding]
* DivX MPEG-4 Low and Fast motion [version 4.1.0.3927]
* XviD [Version 1.0.2 build 2004-08-29] [Decoding]
* XviD [Version 1.0.2 build 2004-08-29] [Encoding]
* 3ivX [version D4 4.5.1] [Decoding]
* 3ivX [version D4 4.5.1] [Encoding]
* Windows Media 7 [version 7.1.0.3055]
* Windows Media 8 [version 8.0.0.371]
* Windows Media 9 [version 10.0.0.3646]
* Windows Media 9 VCM [version 9.0.1.369]
* On2 VP3 [version 3.2.5.0]
* On2 VP6 [version 6.2.0.10] [Decoding]
* On2 VP6 [version 6.2.0.10] [Encoding]
* Cyberlink DVD decoder [version 5.0.0.1130]
* Ligos Indeo XP [version 5.2820.15.58]
* Intel Indeo [version 4.51.16.2]
* Intel Indeo [version 3.24.15.03]
* Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
* huffyuv [version 2.2.0]
* MS MPEG-4 [version 4.1.0.3927]
* Ligos/Elecard/MainConcept MPEG-2 demuxers & decoders * Fraunhofer MP3 DirectShow decoder [version 1.9.0.311]
* WMA DirectShow decoder [version 8.0.0.4487]
* AC3 DirectShow decoder [version 0.70b mod]
* AC3 ACM decoder [version 0.7]
* Ogg Vorbis DirectShow decoder (CoreVorbis) [version 1.0]
* AAC DirectShow decoder (CoreAAC) [version 1.0b9]
* MusePack DirectShow decoder [version 1.0.0.3]
* Voxware DirectShow decoder [version 1.0.0.12]
* Monkey's Audio DirectShow decoder [version 1.00]
* LAME MP3 Encoder [version 3.96.1] * Ogg Vorbis DirectShow splitter [version 0.9.9.5] and Vorbis DLLs [version 1.1.0]
* Matroska DirectShow splitter [version 1.0.2.4]
* Matroska DirectShow muxer [version 1.0.0.9]
* DirectVobSub (vsfilter) [version 2.33]
* Matrix Mixer [version 0.30b]
* SHOUTcast Source [version 1.0.0.1]
* Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher [version 0.9.9]
* DivX Anti-Freeze [version 0.4] * GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.52 beta 1 build 20040915]
* FourCC Changer
* Bitrate Calculator Changelog: 2.31 -> 2.32: - Updated Vorbis DLLs to version 1.1.0
- Updated GSpot to version 2.52 beta 1 build
2004-09-15
- Auto set the correct DirectX related settings
for Media Player Classic
- Added option to boost the AC3 volume
- Minor improvements
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The differences in the packages can be viewed on the K-Lite Codec Resource Site. On a side note, if you have never heard of Real or QuickTime Alternative, you can read all about them too, at the same place.
Source: K-Lite
