K-Lite Codec Pack Full/Basic/Standard v2.59 Beta 1

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. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn’t contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages.

K-Lite Codec Pack Full 2.59 Beta 1
Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.

K-Lite Codec Pack Standard 2.59 Beta 1
Standard contains everything you need to play all the commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.

K-Lite Codec Pack Basic 2.59 Beta 1Basic contains only the most essential things. It contains everything you need to be able to play the most popular and widespread formats. It is small enough to fit on a single floppy. Also great for including on your movie CDs.

Latest Changes:
Updated ffdshow to build 2005-10-19 GCC/ICL9
Updated MP4 splitter to build 2005-10-11
Updated Matroska splitter (Haali) to build 2005-10-11
Added Fraunhofer MP3 Encoder (ACM) version 3.3.2
Added LameDropXPd version 3.97b1
Updated LAME MP3 Encoder to version 3.97b1
Removed Sherlock
Restructured components screen and profiles
Moved most VFW/ACM codecs from system32 to install folder
Intel Indeo and I.263 files and registry keys will not be replaced or uninstalled
Fixed some missing shortcuts on Windows 98/ME
Added detection of broken codecs and broken DirectShow filters