Codec Tweak Tool

This is a stand-alone version of the tool that is included in the K-Lite Codec Pack.

With this tool you can do things like:

• Scan the registry to detect and remove broken references to codecs and filters.
• Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs and filters.
• Enable/disable more than 200 popular codecs and filters (if they are installed).
• Manage preferred source filters (a.k.a. splitters).

[ Version 5.1.2 | 0.7 MB | January 16th 2012 ]

MD5: f92499f8cd34a18103d2d2f1fa9ff365

MediaInfo Lite

This is a tool to analyze media files. It can give you information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration, etc.
It optionally includes a shell extension for Windows Explorer. When installed, it will show you information when you move your mouse pointer over the media file.

2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

[ Version 0.7.53 | 1.5 MB | January 25th 2012 ]

MD5: 712c8d9d9dd319fd9c373c79de6d26b8

VLC Player (a.k.a. VideoLAN)

VLC is an excellent movie player. It has its own plugins for playing different movie formats, so it doesn't need any codecs to be installed. It plays almost everything and also works great for previewing partially downloaded files.

[ Version 1.1.11 | 20.1 MB | July 15th 2011 ]

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