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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 codecs and filters (if they are installed).

[ Version 4.2.2 | 0.7 MB | March 11th 2010 ]

MD5: 9269b07efe528806380fee91482d67bc

[ Version 4.1.2 | 0.7 MB | January 5th 2010 ]

MD5: 65d6b1ac52664ee560b3d9e91a7f2825

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 0.7.29 | 1.4 MB | March 11th 2010 ]

MD5: fe3b5f8e9d3a94624860964053a54b3f

VLC Player (a.k.a. VideoLAN)

This is an excellent movie player. It has it's 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 1.0.5 | 17.7 MB | January 31st 2010 ]

DivX H.264 decoder

This is a DirectShow filter for decoding H.264/AVC video. Its performance is comparable to that of CoreAVC.

[ Version 8.2.0.26 | 0.9 MB | June 6th 2009 ]

MD5: 166cacfa57d27e4e0b3620c7bb09fe99

eMule

This is an excellent file sharing program. You can use it to download movies, tv shows, software, music and much more.

2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

This custom installer contains the following extras:

• Huge IP blocklist
• LinkCreator tool
• Additional languages
• Help file
• Some links to sites that have ED2K links for verified files

[ Version 0.49c | 6.5 MB | February 24th 2009 ]

MD5: f045440eb8e780fa0a1e64452df55b7b

BS.Player

This is a cleaned version and does not contain any adware or spyware.

98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

[ Version 2.43.1008 | 8.0 MB | August 12th 2009 ]

MD5: 4bb0fc410d420e4130f58bd7f9bcc5c2

Speex DirectShow filter

This is a DirectShow source and decoding filter for Speex audio (.spx files).

[ Version 0.81.15562 | 32-bit | 0.7 MB | December 12th 2008 ]

MD5: a8caa6ade8c37e11dce1eeab475aca73

[ Version 0.81.15562 | 64-bit | 0.9 MB | August 12th 2009 ]

MD5: f361254a9c279177df52f5d5bb79dfb2

DirectVobSub

DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) is a DirectShow filter for displaying subtitles.

Use version 2.33 if you have problems with newer versions of DirectVobSub in combination with Windows Media Player or Subtitle Workshop.

[ Version 2.3.9 | 0.9 MB | September 5th 2007 ]

[ Version 2.3.3 | 0.7 MB | September 5th 2007 ]

MediaLooks QuickTime DirectShow Filter

This is a DirectShow filter that can be used to play QuickTime files such as .mov and .3g2 in DirectShow players (for example Windows Media Player). This filter requires that QuickTime (or QT Lite or QuickTime Alternative) is installed as it uses the QuickTime framework for decoding the files.

PMP Splitter

This is a DirectShow source filter for .pmp files (PSP video).

[ Version 1.0.0.8 | 0.4 MB | December 30th 2007 ]

MD5: d65e9cd1edbbf995284b39ca37bc68e6

Dirac DirectShow filter

This is a DirectShow source and decoding filter for Dirac video (.drc files).

[ Version 1.0.2 | 1.4 MB | February 12th 2009 ]

MPEG-2 Plugin for QuickTime

This plugin is required for a program called MPEG Streamclip.

[ Version 6.0.0.71 | 0.4 MB | December 3rd 2007 ]

MD5: b383375f539db128dc7ddd0b4e60becd

MOV Download Tool

This is a tool for downloading QuickTime files from various websites.

This tool acts as a proxy between those QuickTime 'buttons', which you can find on various websites (mostly for HD content), and the QuickTime Player. The URLs are intercepted by the tool and it presents you a list of actions to choose from.

This tool is also able to extract URLs from .qtl files. Those can be found on for example the Yahoo! movie site.

[ Version 1.2.1 | 0.9 MB | November 19th 2009 ]

MD5: 4223d91cac3bcba1d02e35aba3bb8e60

LameDropXPd

This is a tool for encoding WAV to MP3 and for decoding MP3 to WAV.

[ Version 3.98.2 | 0.6 MB | October 6th 2008 ]

MD5: ff2546b270c106d9528ef28eed3f4e4e

OggDropXPd

This is a tool for encoding WAV to OGG and for decoding OGG to WAV.

[ Version 1.8.9 aoTuVb5 | 0.6 MB | April 13th 2007 ]

FlacDrop

This is a tool for encoding WAV to FLAC and for decoding FLAC to WAV.

[ Version 1.2.0 | 0.5 MB | April 26th 2007 ]

WavPackDrop

This is a tool for encoding WAV to WavPack and for decoding WavPack to WAV.

[ Version 1.3.0 | 0.5 MB | April 26th 2007 ]

LAME MP3 Encoder CLI/DLL

Plugins for encoding MP3 audio.

[ Version 3.98.2 | 0.5 MB | October 16th 2008 ]

MD5: 54cdacce6f5668f3b60de7fc320dc912

Indeo Codecs

Collection of Intel Indeo codecs.

[ Versions 3/4/5 | 0.9 MB | September 5th 2008 ]

MD5: a258bfbc9aec31aeb8e8290bb847a182

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