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K-Lite Codec Pack
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Comparison of abilities

In the table below you can view which audio, video, and file formats the K-Lite Codec Pack supports. As you can see, even the smallest pack already supports playback of almost everything!

The difference between the packs lies mostly in the included tools. If you want to know more about the difference in contents of packs, then have a look at the comparison of contents page.

You might think that a lot of codecs are needed to support this large list of formats. But that is not the case. The codec pack uses just a handfull of DirectShow filters.

  

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DVD and Blu-rayNotes 
Blu-ray playbackWorks only if the content is decrypted!
(tip: Passkey Lite, AnyDVD HD)		    
DVD playback in MPC-HC     
DVD playback in WMP

Windows Vista/7: works with all variants of the codec pack
Windows 8: requires Media Center Add-On
Windows 10/11: WMP does not support DVD playback!

    
VCD, SVCD and XCDNote: requires using MPC-HC    
DTS audio CDNote: requires using MPC-HC    
Supported video containersFile extensions 
AVI.avi .divx .amv    
MPEG-PS.mpg .mpeg .mpe .m1v .m2v .mpv2 .mp2v .m2p .vob .evo .mod    
MPEG-TS.ts .m2ts .m2t .mts .pva .tp .tpr    
MP4.mp4 .m4v .mp4v .mpv4 .hdmov    
MOV.mov    
3GP.3gp .3gpp .3g2 .3gp2    
Matroska / WebM.mkv .webm    
Ogg.ogm .ogv    
Flash Video.flv .f4v    
Windows Media.wmv .asf    
RealMedia.rmvb .rm    
Digital Video.dv    
Material Exchange Format.mxf    
DHAV.dav    
Supported audio filesFile extensions 
MP3.mp3    
Ogg.ogg .oga    
Matroska.mka    
MPEG-4 Audio.m4a .aac    
FLAC.flac    
WavPack.wv    
Musepack.mpc    
Monkey's Audio.ape    
Apple Lossless Audio Codec.alac    
AMR.amr    
True Audio.tta    
AC3.ac3    
DTS.dts    
RealMedia.ra    
Opus.opus    
Speex.spx    
AIFF.aif .aiff .aifc    
CoreAudio Format.caf    
TAK.tak    
Shorten.shr    
OptimFrog.ofr .ofs    
Tracker.it .mo3 .mtm .s3m .umx .xm    
Supported video formats (within a container)FourCC 
H.264/AVCH264, AVC1, X264, CCV1, xalg    
H.265/HEVCHEVC, HVC1, HM10    
MPEG-1MPEG, MPG1    
MPEG-2MPG2    
MPEG-4/DivX/XvidDIVX, DX50, XVID, MP4V, 3IVX, BLZ0, MPG3, DIV3, DIV4, DIV5, DIV6, 3IV1, 3IV2, FMP4, MP4S, M4S2, DVX3, SEDG, SMP4    
VC-1WVC1, WMVA    
MP41MP41, MPG4, DIV1    
MP42MP42, DIV2    
MP43MP43    
H.261H261, M261    
H.263H263, S263    
Flash Video (H.263)FLV1    
Flash Video (VP6)FLV4, VP6F, FSV1    
TheoraTHEO    
VP3VP31    
VP5VP50    
VP6VP60, VP61, VP62, VP6A    
VP7VP70    
VP8VP80    
VP9VP90    
HuffyuvHFYU, FFVH    
MJPEGMJPG, AVRN, AMVV, AMVF, LJPG, JPGL, MJLS, MJPA, MJPB, SP5X    
Sorenson Video 1SVQ1    
Sorenson Video 3SVQ3    
Digital Video

DVSD, DV25, DV50, CDVH, DVCP, DV5P, DV5N, DVPP, DVC, DVH1, DVH2, DVH3, DVH4, DVH5, DVH6, DVHQ, DVHP, AVdv, AVd1, CDVC, CDV5, (DVIS, PDVC)

    
QuickTime Planar RGB8BPS    
QuickTime AnimationQRLE    
QuickTime RPZARPZA    
QuickTime SMCsmc    
FFV1FFV1    
CamstudioCSCD    
CorePNGPNG1, MPNG    
LOCOLOCO    
LCL Lossless Codec LibraryMSZH    
TechSmith CamtasiaTSCC    
ZLIB Lossless Codec LibraryZLIB    
Zip Motion Blocks VideoZMVB    
Autodesc RLEAASC    
ATI VCR1VCR1    
CinepakCVID    
Intel Indeo 2RT21    
Intel Indeo 3IV31, IV32    
Intel Indeo 4IV41    
Intel Indeo 5IV50    
Intel H.263I263    
FrapsFPS1    
MS Video 1CRAM, MSVC, WHAM    
MS RLEMRLE    
Q-Team QPEGQPEG, QP10, QP11    
RealVideoRV10, RV20, RV30, RV40    
Truemotion 1/2DUCK, TM20    
DiracDRAC    
LagarithLAGS    
ProResAPCH, APCN, APCS, APCO, AP4H, AP4X    
utVideoULRA, ULRG, ULY0, ULY2, ULY4, UQY2, UQRG, UQRA, ULH0, ULH2, ULH4, UMY2, UMH2, UMY4, UMH4, UMRG, UMRA    
DNxHDAVdn    
DNxHR (partial)AVdh    
VMware videoVMnc    
JPEG2000 DCinemaMJP2, MJ2C, LJ2C, LJ2K, IPJ2    
BINK videoBIKI, BIKB    
Smacker videoSMK2, SMK4    
GoToMeetingG2M2, G2M3, G2M4, G2M5    
Apple Intermediate CodecICOD    
GeoVisionGEOV    
Miro VideoXLVIXL    
UltimotionULTI    
ASUS v1/v2ASV1, ASV2    
Creative YUVCYUV    
Winnov v1WNV1    
Mirillis FICFICV    
Cineform HD (partial)CFHD    
MagicYUVMAGY, M8RG, M8RA, M8G0, M8Y0, M8Y2, M8Y4, M8YA    
HapHap1, Hap5, HapY    
DXVDXD3, DXDI    
Motion DecoderMDEC    
4XM video4XMV    
Gryphon's Anim CompressorARBC    
Supported audio formats (within a container)AudioTag/FourCC 
MP355, 85    
MP280    
MP1     
AC3 (Dolby Digital)2000, 8192    
E-AC3 (Dolby Digital Plus)EAC3    
DTS2001    
DTS-HD (Master Audio / HRA)     
DTS-ES     
DTS Express (LBR)     
Dolby TrueHD/MLPDTSH, MLP    
AAC00FF, 01FF, MP4A    
LPCMLPCM    
Vorbis26447, 674F    
FLACf1ac    
WavPack5756    
Musepack     
AMRFE, samr    
True Audio77a1    
MPEG-4 ALS     
Microsoft ADPCM2, 17    
IMA ADPCM11, 61, 62, AMVA    
Creative ADPCM200    
G.72645    
G.711 (A-law / Mu-law)7, 6c75, ALAW, ULAW    
MS GSM49    
TrueSpeech22    
QDM2QDM2    
MACEMAC3, MAC6    
RealAudio 1/214_4, 28_8    
RealAudio LosslessRALF    
CookCOOK    
SiprSIPR    
Intel Music Coder (IMC)401    
ATRAC 1/3/3+ATRC, 270    
NellymoserNELL    
WMA v1160    
WMA v2161    
WMA Pro162    
WMA Lossless163    
DivX WMA353    
SpeexA109    
S302MAES3    
G.729729A    
Video encoding (VFW)Works only in applications that use VFW codecs 
MPEG-4 (Xvid)     
H.264 (x264VFW)     
Lagarith     
Huffyuv     
Audio encoding (ACM)Works only in applications that use ACM codecs 
MP3     
AC3     
Green = supported
Red = not supported		 

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