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Comparison of contents

In the table below you can compare the contents of the different variants of the codec pack.

Do not underestimate the power of the Basic and Standard variants. Those two small variants of the codec pack are already able to play practically everything! For a good overview of the abilities of the the different variants, please have a look at the comparison of abilities page.

All variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack are fully customizable. You can specify exactly which components get installed.

The Mega variant of the codec pack contains some components that are not installed by default, but are included purely as an alternative choice for some of the default components. These alternative choices are indicated with a yellowish shade of green in the table. We recommend using the default components. The alternatives do NOT allow you to play more files, and are only useful in specific circumstances.

 

B
A
S
I
C

S
T
A
N
D
A
R
D

F
U
L
L

M
E
G
A

Player
Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC)    
DirectShow video filters
LAV Video decoder    
Xvid MPEG-4 decoder    
ffdshow video processor    
DirectShow audio filters
LAV Audio decoder    
ffdshow audio processor    
DirectShow source filters
LAV Splitter    
Bass Audio Source    
MPC Image Source    
DirectShow subtitle filters
DirectVobSub (xy-VSFilter)    
DirectShow video renderers
MPC Video Renderer    
madVR    
Haali Video Renderer    
VFW codecs
x264    
Xvid    
Lagarith    
Huffyuv    
ffdshow VFW interface (32-bit only)    
ACM codecs
AC3ACM    
LAME MP3 Encoder    
Shell extensions
Icaros ThumbnailProvider    
Icaros PropertyHandler    
Tools
Codec Tweak Tool    
MediaInfo Lite    
GraphStudioNext    
Green = included in the pack
Red = not included
Yellow = included, but not used by default

B
A
S
I
C

S
T
A
N
D
A
R
D

F
U
L
L

M
E
G
A