Free lite codec pack software for windows

K-Lite Codec Pack Full 5.3 offers you a convenient tool that supports even more audio and video formats. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do video editing/encoding.K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor.Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video.

The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

Major Features:

1. It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
2. All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
3. It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
4. Works great with Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. But also with all other DirectShow players, such as Media Player Classic, BS.Player, ZoomPlayer, and others.
5. The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
6. The pack has many options, which allows you to tweak it to your own specific needs and preferences.
7. Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys. All changes are properly undone.
8. It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
9. It does not contain any codecs or filters that are known to be bad, buggy or unstable. In fact, the installer is able to detect and disable several known troublemakers.
10. It tries to avoid potential conflicts with other codecs installed on your computer. The installer is able to detect and remove over 100 different codec and filter packs.
11. The installer is able to detect broken codecs and filters on your system, and helps you to remove them.
12. It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
13. The pack has options to activate thumbnail generation in Windows Explorer for several popular video file formats, which are by default not thumbnailed in Explorer.
14. The pack automatically configures Media Center to recognize all common audio and video file formats, so that such files show up in your media library.
15. This pack has a huge user base. This means that problems are found and resolved quickly.
16. There are different variants of the pack. From very small to large.
17. The pack is suitable for both novice and expert users.

Enhancements:

• Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1311.0
  
• Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.923
  
• Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.23
  
• Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.0.0
  
• Added file association options for: The KMPlayer
  
• Moved speaker configuration to a separate page in the installer
  
• Moved thumbnail options to a separate page in the installer
  
• For 64-bit systems the thumbnail options have been moved to the 64-bit K-Lite Codec Pack
  
• Added option to use the DC-Bass Source filter for decoding .m4a files
  
• Minor changes and fixes

Requirements:

• Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and Windows 7.
  

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video.
The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies found on your computer.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
* Media Player Classic
* DivX Pro [Decoding]
* DivX Pro [Encoding]
* XviD [Decoding]
* XviD [Encoding]
* 3ivX Pro [Decoding]
* 3ivX Pro [Encoding]
* Windows Media 9 VCM
* Windows Media
* On2 VP3
* On2 VP6 [Decoding]
* On2 VP6 [Encoding]
* Ligos Indeo XP
* Intel Indeo
* Intel Indeo
* Intel I.263
* huffyuv
* MS MPEG-4
* DivX MPEG-4 Low and Fast motion
* Cyberlink DVD decoder
* Elecard MPEG-2 demuxer
* MainConcept MPEG-2 demuxer
* Ligos MPEG-2 decoder
* Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder
* MainConcept MPEG-2 decoder
* Fraunhofer MP3 DirectShow decoder
* WMA DirectShow decoder
* AC3 DirectShow decoder
* AC3 ACM decoder
* Ogg Vorbis DirectShow decoder (CoreVorbis)
* AAC DirectShow decoder (CoreAAC)
* 3ivX Pro [Decoding]
* 3ivX Pro [Decoding]
* Nero Digital MPEG-1/2 decoder
* MusePack DirectShow decoder
* Voxware DirectShow decoder
* Monkeys Audio DirectShow decoder
* DivX Audio
* LAME MP3 Encoder
* Ogg DirectShow splitter and Vorbis DLLs
* Matroska DirectShow splitter
* Matroska DirectShow muxer
* DirectVobSub (vsfilter)
* Matrix Mixer
* SHOUTcast Source
* Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher
* DivX Anti-Freeze
* GSpot Codec Information Appliance
* FourCC Changer
* Bitrate Calculator

XP Codec Pack 2.4.8 comes as a comprehensive codec pack which enables you to play all major audio and video formats. And to complete your multimedia experience, instead of 3 or 4 different players you get one, simple integrated player that plays almost all audio and video files: Media Player Classic.

A collection of most of the codecs and filters that youll ever need. You may also want to try some of the other codec/filter packs