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There are four different variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack. Ranging from a very small bundle that contains only the most essential decoders to a large and more comprehensive bundle. The global differences between the variants can be found below. Detailed differences can be found on the comparison of abilities and comparison of contents pages.



These codec packs are compatible with Windows 7/8.x/10/11. Old versions also with XP/Vista.
The packs include both 32-bit and 64-bit codecs, so they work great on both x86 and x64 variants of Windows!


Basic

Small but extremely powerful!  

Already contains everything you need to play all common audio and video file formats.

Supports playback of:AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV, MPEG, MOV, TS, M2TS, WMV, RM, RMVB, OGM, WebM
MP3, FLAC, M4A, AAC, OGG, 3GP, AMR, APE, MKA, Opus, Wavpack, Musepack
DVD and Blu-ray (after decryption)
and many more audio and video formats!

Provides lots of useful functionality, such as:Subtitle display
Hardware accelerated video decoding
Audio bitstreaming
Video thumbnails in Explorer
File association options
Broken codec detection
and much more!

Note: the Basic version does NOT include a player
You need to use it together with an already installed DirectShow player such as Windows Media Player. For playback issues with WMP please read our F.A.Q. for solutions.

We strongly recommend using K-Lite Standard. That includes MPC-HC, which is a much better player than WMP.

Download Basic


Standard




Same as Basic, plus:

Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC)
This is an excellent player. Highly recommended!
It provides high quality playback and many useful options.
MediaInfo Lite
This is a tool for getting details about media files.

This is the recommended variant for the average user. Use this if you don't know what you need. It already contains everything that you need for playback. The extra components that are included in the larger versions provide no benefit for the majority of users.

Download Standard 

Full



Same as Standard, plus:MadVR
An advanced video renderer with high quality upscaling algorithms.
Plugin for 3D video decoding (H.264 MVC)
Note: this requires using MPC-HC with madVR, and also a compatible graphics driver. Recent NVIDIA drivers no longer support 3D video (but you could try "3D Fix Manager").

Download Full

Mega


Same as Full, plus:DC-Bass Source Mod
For decoding OptimFrog and Tracker audio files (very rare formats).
GraphStudioNext
A tool for creating and testing DirectShow graphs.
A few ACM/VFW codecs such as x264VFW and Lagarith
This type of codec is used by certain video editing/encoding applications for working with AVI files. For example VirtualDub.
These type of codecs are not used or needed for video playback!
ffdshow audio processor
DirectShow filter that provides some audio processing options. Not used by default. Also not needed or recommened.
ffdshow video processor
DirectShow filter that provides some video processing options. Not used by default. Also not needed or recommened.

Download Mega

Important note:
The K-Lite Codec Pack does not expand the import abilities of professional video editors such as Vegas Movie Studio or Adobe Premiere. Those applications often only support importing a small set of file formats, and do not support using the type of codecs that are included in the codec pack (DirectShow/VFW). Modern editors often only use their own internal codecs or only support external codecs of the Media Foundation type.