K-Lite Codec Pack

There are four different variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack. Ranging from a very small bundle that contains only the most essential decoders to a large and more comprehensive bundle. The global differences between the variants can be found below. Detailed differences can be found on the comparison of abilities and comparison of contents pages.

 

 

Standard	Small but extremely powerful package for audio and video playback This contains everything you need to play all common audio and video file formats. Supports playback of for example: AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV, MPEG, MOV, TS, M2TS, WMV, RM, RMVB, OGM, WebM MP3, FLAC, M4A, AAC, OGG, 3GP, AMR, APE, MKA, Opus, Wavpack, Musepack DVD and Blu-ray (after decryption) and many more audio and video formats! Provides lots of useful functionality, such as: HDR video playback Subtitle display Hardware accelerated video decoding Audio bitstreaming Video thumbnails in Explorer File association options Broken codec detection and much more! This package includes Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC). This is a very advanced player for high quality playback. It provides many options and useful features. We recommend that you use this player. Installation of the player is of course optional, just like every other component in the installer can be disabled if desired. So you can also use the K-Lite Codec Pack with any other player that is compatible with DirectShow codecs.	Download Standard Contents Changelog
Full	Same as Standard, plus: MadVR An advanced video renderer with high quality upscaling algorithms. Plugin for 3D video decoding (H.264 MVC) Note: this requires using MPC-HC with madVR, and also a compatible graphics driver. Recent NVIDIA drivers no longer support 3D video (but you could try "3D Fix Manager").	Download Full Contents Changelog
Mega	Same as Full, plus: A few ACM/VFW codecs such as x264VFW and Lagarith This type of codec is used by certain video editing/encoding applications for working with AVI files. For example VirtualDub. These type of codecs are not used or needed for video playback! Bass Audio Source For decoding OptimFrog and Tracker audio files (very rare formats). MPC Image Source For displaying image formats in DirectShow applications. GraphStudioNext A tool for creating and testing DirectShow graphs. ffdshow audio processor DirectShow filter that provides some audio processing options. Not used by default. Also not needed or recommened. ffdshow video processor DirectShow filter that provides some video processing options. Not used by default. Also not needed or recommened. Important note: The K-Lite Codec Pack does not expand the import abilities of professional video editors such as Adobe Premiere or Vegas Movie Studio. Those applications often only support importing a small set of file formats, and do not support using the type of codecs that are included in the codec pack (DirectShow/VFW). Modern editors often only use their own internal codecs or only support external codecs of the Media Foundation type.	Download Mega Contents Changelog