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Comparison of abilities

In the table below you can find which audio/video/file formats the different variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack support. If you want to know more about the contents of the different variants of the pack, then have a look at the comparison of contents.

  

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DVD     
DVD playback  +++
Supported video containersFile extensions    
AVI.avi .divx++++
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 .qt++++
3GP.3gp .3gpp .3g2 .3gp2++++
Matroska.mkv++++
WebM.webm++++
Ogg.ogm .ogv++++
Flash Video.flv++++
Windows Media.wmv++++
AMV.amv +++
Supported audio filesFile extensions    
MP3.mp3++++
Ogg.ogg .oga++++
Matroska.mka++++
MPEG-4 Audio.m4a++++
MPEG-4 Audio raw stream.aac  ++
FLAC.flac +++
WavPack.wv +++
Musepack.mpc  ++
OptimFrog.ofr .ofs  ++
Monkey's Audio.ape .apl  ++
Apple Lossless Audio Codec.alac  ++
AMR.amr  ++
AC3.ac3  ++
DTS.dts  ++
Tracker.it .mo3 .mtm .s3m .umx .xm  ++
Supported video formats (within a container)FourCC    
MPEG-4/DivX/XvidDIVX, DX50, XVID, MP4V, 3IVX, BLZ0, DXGM, NDIG, XVIX, DIV3, DIV4, DIV5, DIV6, 3IV1, 3IV2, MP4S, M4S2, RMP4, DM4V, WV1F, FMP4, HDX4, SMP4, LMP4, SEDG, AP41, COL1, DVX3, MPG3++++
H.264/AVCH264, AVC1, X264, VSSH, DAVC, PAVC++++
MPEG-1MPEG, MPG1, 1001++++
MPEG-2MPG2, 1002, EM2V, MMES++++
VC-1WVC1++++
MP41MP41, MPG4, DIV1++++
MP42MP42, DIV2++++
MP43MP43++++
H.261H261, M261++++
H.263H263, L263, M263, U263, X263, S263++++
Flash Video (H.263)FLV1++++
Flash Video (VP6)FLV4, VP6F++++
TheoraTHEO++++
VP3VP31++++
VP5VP50++++
VP6VP60, VP61, VP62, VP6A, VP6F++++
VP7VP70  ++
VP8VP80++++
HuffyuvHFYU, FFVH++++
MJPEGMJPG, LJPG, MJLS, AVRN, MJPA, SP5X, AMVV++++
Sorenson Video 1SVQ1++++
Sorenson Video 3SVQ3++++
DVDVSD, DV25, DV50, CDVC, CDV5, DVIS, PDVC++++
QuickTime Planar RGB8BPS++++
QuickTime AnimationQRLE++++
QuickTime RPZARPZA++++
FFV1FFV1++++
CamstudioCSCD++++
CorePNGPNG1, MPNG++++
LOCOLOCO++++
LCL Lossless Codec LibraryMSZH++++
TechSmith CamtasiaTSCC++++
ZLIB Lossless Codec LibraryZLIB++++
Zip Motion Blocks VideoZMVB++++
Autodesc RLEAASC++++
ASUS v1/v2ASV1, ASV2++++
ATI VCR1VCR1++++
CinepakCVID++++
Creative YUVCYUV++++
Intel Indeo 2RT21++++
Intel Indeo 3IV31, IV32++++
Intel Indeo 4IV41   +
Intel Indeo 5IV50   +
I.263I263   +
FrapsFPS1++++
Miro VideoXLVIXL++++
MS Video 1CRAM++++
MS RLEMRLE++++
Q-Team QPEGQPEG, Q1.0, Q1.1++++
RealVideo v1/v2RV10, RV20++++
RealVideo v3/v4RV30, RV40   +
Truemotion v1/v2TM20++++
UltimotionULTI++++
Winnov v1WNV1++++
Supported audio formats (within a container)AudioTag/FourCC    
MP355, 85++++
MP280++++
MP1 ++++
AC32000, 8192++++
E-AC3EAC3++++
DTS2001++++
Dolby TrueHD/MLPDTSH++++
AACAAC0, 00FF, 706D, MP4A++++
LPCMLPCM++++
Vorbis26447, 674F++++
Vorbis ACM26479, 26481, 676F, 6771   +
FLACf1ac++++
WavPack   ++
Musepack   ++
AMRFE, samr++++
True Audio77a1++++
Microsoft ADPCM2, 17++++
IMA ADPCM11, 61, 62, AMVA++++
Creative ADPCM200++++
G.72645++++
Mu-law7, 6c75, ULAW++++
A-lawALAW++++
MS GSM49++++
TrueSpeech ++++
QDM2QDM2++++
MACE3MAC3++++
MACE6MAC6++++
RealAudio v1/v2345F3431, 385F3832++++
Intel Music Coder (IMC)1025++++
Atrac3270++++
NellymoserNELL++++
WMA7160++++
WMA8161++++
DivX WMA161, 353   +
Video encoding (VFW)     
DivX MPEG-4    +
Xvid MPEG-4   ++
H.264 (x264)    +
VP6    +
VP7   ++
Indeo 4    +
Indeo 5    +
I.263    +
Huffyuv   ++
Audio encoding (ACM)     
MP3   ++
AC3   ++
  

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