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3ivx
3ivx is an MPEG-4 toolkit that supports MPEG-4 Video, MPEG-4 Audio and the MP4 file format. 3ivx allows video and audio to be compressed to a fraction of its original size while maintaining high image quality.

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Version:5.0.2/4.5.1
Released:20071222

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AAC ACM Codec
AAC ACM Codec is a AAC decoder codec. Based on the open source FAAD2 library by M. Bakker of Nero AG. Note: Currently this codec can only decode AAC, it cannot encode AAC!

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Version:1.8
Released:20111001

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AC3 ACM Codec
AC-3 ACM Codec is an AC3 ACM decoder. Install this and you can convert/decompress AC3 audio directly to WAV/MP3 using Virtualdub, Tmpgenc, etc. AC3 encoding support in latest versions.

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Version:2.1
Released:20111223

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9.9 (9.3)
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AC3Filter
AC3Filter is a high quality free audio decoder and processor filter. It allows media players to playback movies with AC3 and DTS audio tracks. Also it can process any audio track, much of processing options allows to adjust the sound in almost any way. It is possible to upmix any audio source to 6 channels. Filter can do multi-channel and digital (SPDIF) output. It can encode any audio source to AC3 on-the-fly and send it over SPDIF to the receiver. Full description.

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Version:1.63b
Released:20090812

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afreeCodecVT
Determine what Audio & Video Codec's are needed for your avi video. Get resources and links to download your required codec's.

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Version:2.0.88
Released:20051119

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Alparysoft Lossless Video Codec
This product is created for lossless video compression. The techniques, used by this filter, allow to compress videos 1.2 - 1.5 times better than HuffYUV.

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Version:2.0
Released:20040526

Size:200kB

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ASF Codec / MPEG-4 V1/2/3
The Microsoft MPEG-4 V1/2/3 VKI Codec for ASF files now with scene change detection. Extract all files to a folder and right click on the .INF to install it.

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Version:4.1.00.3920
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Aud-X
Aud-X is the name of very efficient mp3 5.1 (surround) sound encoder and decoder. For a long time people converted DVDs to Divx/Xvid with mp3 stereo sound. The main Aud-X project task was to bring to people an easy technology for encoding Divx/Xvid movies with 5.1 sound the same way they used to do it with the simple mp3 stereo encoders.

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Version:1.24
Released:20070821

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AVI FourCC Code Changer
The AVI FourCC Code changer allows you to change the FourCC code in an AVI file. The FourCC code is the identification key used by the AVI format to inform itself of which decoder to use for the AVI file playback.

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Version:1.00
Released:20000509

Size:140kB

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AVIcodec
Gives multiple information on multiple movies, particularly the video & audio codecs, if they are supported by the system (usign VFW or Directshow), and where to download them if not installed.

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Version:1.2 beta b113
Released:20070121

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Avid DNxHD
Avid HD intermediate codec (DNxHD). Useful if you want convert HDV/AVCHD to a format/codec(mov with AviD DNxHD) that is supported in more editors. Use it in Quicktime Pro, Avid, Vegas Movie Studio, Vegas for example. The Avid package also contains Avid DV, Avid DV100, Avid MPEG2 IMX, Avid Meridien.

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Version:2.3.2
Released:20101008

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Canopus DV Codec
Canopus DV Codec. Play and import DV video with any tool.

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Version:1.02
Released:19990519

Size:810kB

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9.0 (N/A)
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Canopus DV File Converter
This utility will convert DV Type I movies to DV Type II or Canopus Reference AVI. No quality loss. Useful if you have problem editing or converting the DV in some tools like Virtualdub.

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Version:1.02
Released:20010724

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Cedocida DV Codec
Cedocida is an open source Video for Windows (VfW) DV-Type2-Codec. Installation: Unzip all files and right click on "cedocida.inf" and select install.

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Version:0.2.2
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CinePlayer DVD Decoder Pack
Sonic DVD playback for Windows XP product is noticeably superior to other software DVD products, showing full frame rate video with no frame drops in amazing clarity and detail. CinePlayer DVD Decoder Pack was designed exclusively for Microsoft and delivers the best DVD playback experience for your Windows XP PC.

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CoreAVC
CoreAVC is a H.264 video codec created by CoreCodec. CoreCodec CoreAVC® for Windows is a complete solution for playing high quality HD H.264 videos on your Windows based computer. CoreAVC comes (in part) from the creators of the Matroska MKV Container (.mkv), So you know it's gotta be good! CoreAVC fully supports GPU hardware acceleration with NVIDIA CUDA Technology, and works with other compatible NVIDIA Platforms like ION running on Windows XP, Vista, or 7.

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Version:3.0.1
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Dirac
Dirac is a general-purpose video codec aimed at resolutions from QCIF (176x144) to HDTV (1920x1080) progressive or interlaced. It uses wavelets, motion compensation and arithmetic coding and aims to be competitive with other state of the art codecs.

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Version:1.0.2
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DirectShow Filter Manager
DirectShow Filter Manager - utility to help list, sort, find, add or remove DirectShow filters. Tool also can be useful for everyone when installing someting like Nimo codec pack.

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DivX :) 3.11
The old DivX Codecs so You can play and convert downloaded AVI DivX :-) movies.

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Version:3.11
Released:20000426

Size:700kB

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DivX Plus
DivX Plus for Windows provides everything you need to enjoy high-quality digital videos on your computer, including HD H.264 (.mkv) videos with AAC audio and videos created using all previous versions of DivX technology. You can also play your DivX files (.divx, .avi) on millions of DivX Certified devices today. Look for DivX Plus HD Certified devices later this year that will support playback of all DivX and DivX Plus files, as well as .mkv (H.264/AAC) videos from the Internet. DXVA support. DivX Pro = Trialware. Full description.

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Version:8.2.1
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DivX WMA Audio
DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Audio Compressor (WMA). Also known as 0x0161 (WMA v2), DivX ;) Audio, DivX ;-) Audio.

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Version:4.02
Released:20000402

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Dscaler MPEG Filters
Free MPEG2 video decoder codec. Install and play MPEG2(DVD, SVCD) in Media Player or other video players like Media Player Classic, Zoom Player.

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Version:0.0.8 Alpha
Released:20060218

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DXMan
DXMan allows you to add or remove video and audio codecs and plugins. Find out almost any piece of information related to a codec/plugin, from it's Class ID, to it's input and output pins, to it's filename and path, even it's properties page!

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Version:1.11
Released:20090406

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FastCodec
FastCodec - video codec for lossless and near lossless video compression. The main design goals are simplicity and speed. Compression algorithm relatively simple.

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Version:1.0 beta
Released:20060731

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ffdshow
ffdshow is an advanced directshow decoder and VFW codec for playing most video formats like AVI, DivX, XviD, MKV, MP4/M4V, WMV, WEBM, MPG, MPEG2, SVCD, DVD, AVC/H264, AC3, DTS, AAC/M4A. Built in video and audio postprocessing filters like video resize, noise, sharpen, crop, logoaway, subtitles, OSD information and audio equalizer, normalizer, delay, etc.

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Version:r4305 20120205
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FLV Splitter
FLV Splitter is a FLV decoder/splitter. Flash Video (".FLV" extension) is the format used to display video in Flash content. Most Flash Video content is viewed online (on sites such as YouTube), but in order to view .FLV content locally, you need a splitter installed. You will also need an FLV decoder installed. FFDShow can be enabled to play this format. You simply need to instruct it to decode "FLV1" content on the codec section of its configuration page. This is NOT an editor.

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Version:20090428
Released:20090804

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GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder
GPL MPEG2 Decoder is a free DirectShow MPEG decoder filter. It can be used to play VCD, SVCD, DVD, MPEG1 and MPEG2 streams in any media player based on DirectShow. In addition, it can be used as DVD decoder for unencrypted discs.

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Version:0.1.2
Released:20040110

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GSpot
Establishes what video and audio codecs are required to play any video. Shows framerate, duration, aspect ratio, bitrates, structure info, and more. Supports AVI, MPG, VOB, DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP4, FLV, MOV, QT, RM, SWF, WMV, ASF.

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Haali Media Splitter
Haali Media Splitter is a MKV, MP4, M2TS, OGM/OGG, MPEG TS and AVI container decoder/splitter. mkv2vfr included, convert mkvs with variable framerate to constant framerate. GDSMux/DS Mux included also, a simple mkv/m2ts multiplexer and cutter.

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Version:03/03/2011
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HuffYUV
Huffyuv is a very fast, lossless Win32 video codec. "Lossless" means that the output from the decompressor is bit-for-bit identical with the original input to the compressor. "Fast" means a compression throughput of up to 38 megabytes per second on my 416 MHz Celeron.

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Version:2.1.1
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Lagarith Lossless Video Codec
Lagarith is a lossless video codec. Lagarith offers excellent compression. Lagarith is able to operate in several colorspaces - RGB24, RGB32, RGBA, YUY2, and YV12.

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Version:1.3.27
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LAME MP3
LAME is a MP3 encoder and the Lame ACM MP3 is an ACM codec that you can use in most applications for example in Virtualdub(to install the ACM codec just extract all files and right click on the LameACM.inf and select Install). LameDropXPd is a practical frontend for LAME that makes things easier to the user, as there is no need to know about command line usage: most LAME settings are reachable on a graphical interface.

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Version:3.99.4
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LAV CUVID Decoder
The LAV CUVID Decoder is a video decoder for NVIDIA graphics cards, which uses the NVIDIA hardware video decoder through the CUDA Video Decoding API ("CUVID"). It supports all formats that the NVIDIA hardware can decode, which includes H264, VC-1, MPEG2 and MPEG4-ASP (DivX/Xvid). Requires VC++2010 Runtime. LAV CUVID Decoder is DEAD, all of its functionality has been merged into LAV Video.

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LAV Filters
LAV Filters (aka LAVFSplitter) is a multi-format media splitter/decoder that uses libavformat (the demuxing library from ffmpeg) to demux all sorts of media files. MKV/WebM, AVI, MP4/MOV, MPEG-TS, FLV, OGG are tested and will be registered for. Other formats can be tested using GraphStudio. H264, VC-1, MPEG4-ASP (Divx/Xvid), VP8 have been tested and are working well. DTS, AC3, TrueHD, MP3, Vorbis have been tested. Rudimentary Subtitle Support. Stream Switching.

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Version:0.45
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LEAD MCMP/MJPEG Video Codec
LEAD's MCMP / MJPEG Video Codec is a multimedia compressor/decompressor which registers into the Windows® collection of multimedia drivers and integrates with any application using DirectShow and Microsoft Video for Windows®.

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madVR
madVR is a high quality video renderer (GPU assisted). features: high quality chroma upsampling, high quality scaling (bicubic, mitchell, lanczos, spline etc), high quality YCbCr -> RGB conversion, gamut & gamma correction for display calibration, full 16bit processing queue, final 16bit processing result is dithered down to RGB output bitdepth, bypasses graphics card's video (damage) algorithms, all work is done via GPU shaders, no shortcuts, highest quality has priority over anything else

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Mainconcept DV Codec
The MainConcept DV Codec is widely recognized as offering the best quality and rendering speed. It is compatible with any program which supports standard Video for Windows codecs. Play, import or export DV Video.

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Version:2.4.16
Released:20050131

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MindVid
MindVid is a video compression lossless codec. Uses also delta frames. The development has been stopped.

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Version:1.0 Beta 1
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MLC lossless codec
MLC is a lossless video codec. Supports YUY2,YV12 and RGB24, RGB32. Right click on the mlc.inf and select install to install.

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Version:1.1
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MSU Lossless Video Codec
MSU Lossless Video Codec giving the best compression ratio in the lossless video compression field.

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Version:0.6.0
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NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder
The NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder combines the industry’s highest quality DVD and MPEG2, HDTV playback with rich surround sound audio and provides the best experience with Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition (or other video players like Zoom Player, Media Player Classic).

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Version:1.02-223
Released:20060630

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OGG DirectShow Filter / OggDS / OGM Codec
With OGG DirectShow Filters(OggDS) you can watch and create .OGM videos and also import .OGM in some tools like TMPGEnc. Using the OGM instead of the common AVI wrapper has several advantages, namely the fact that the audio and video should always, under virtually any circumstances, maintain synch.

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OGG Vorbis ACM Codec
OGG Vorbis audio codec implimented as ACM for Windows. Allows most applications such as VirtualDub to generate OGG compressed audio. To install: right-click on vorbisacm.inf and select "Install."

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Version:0.0.3.6
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Panasonic DV Codec
Panasonic DV codec. Play and import DV video with any tool. Right click on the PANADV.INF and select Install to install it.

NOTE! Use instead Cedocida_DV_Codec as your primary dv codec because panasonic dv codec does not work properly on many systems.


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Version:2.64
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Size:80kB

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PICVideo MJPEG
PICVideo M-JPEG is a high-speed compression and decompression of M-JPEG streams. The PICVideo M-JPEG Codec is both a Microsoft Video for Windows Codec and a Microsoft DirectShow Transform Filter Codec. MJPEG is useful for capturing video.

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Version:4
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Preferred Filter Tweaker
Preferred Filter Tweaker is a tool to change the preferred video and audio decoders in Windows 7. Windows 7 uses its own DirectShow filters for decoding several audio and video formats. Using third party filters instead of the native filters is not possible without making changes to the Windows Registry. This tool allows you to configure your preferred DirectShow filters with just a few mouse clicks. It is quick, easy, and changes can be always undone. If you for example prefer to use ffdshow or CoreAVC for decoding H.264 video then you can do so by using this tool. Full description.

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Version:4.7
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QuickTime Alternative
QuickTime Alternative is a trimmed down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in web pages.

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Version:3.2.2
Released:20100416

Size:18.3MB

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RadLight Filter Manager
This little tool allows you to change merit of DirectShow filters and it can also be used to list all registered codecs and to register or unregister codecs.

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Version:1.6
Released:20070605

Size:200kB

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Real Alternative
Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files. This way you can play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer, RealOne Player. Media Player Classic included.

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Version:2.0.2
Released:20100220

Size:6.6MB

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9.6 (9.0)
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SMR Codec
SMR video codec.

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Version:4.1.00.3920
Released:20000501

Size:220kB

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Stinkys MPEG2 Codec
This MPEG-2 Codec will allow you to open MPEG-2 (DVD,SVCD,VOB) files in TMPGEnc and in MS Media Player, plus a host of other programs. This is very old and buggy so try instead ffdshow or Dscaler Mpeg Filter.

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Version:1.2.0.79
Released:20000329

Size:100kB

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Toponoky
Toponoky is a free lossless video codec. Use it for high quality video data archiving or capturing. Codec supports lossless and lossy compression modes. Lossy mode allows to select wishful video quality.

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Version:1.0 beta
Released:20060619

Size:180kB

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Ulead DV Type 1 to DV Type 2 Converter
This utility will convert DV Type I movies to DV Type II. No quality loss.

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Version:N/A
Released:20010924

Size:50kB

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Ut Video Codec Suite
Ut Video Codec Suite is a lossless video codec for Windows, which is implemented as a VCM codec (also called "VfW codec"). YUV an RGB lossless.

Free software Win Mac

Version:10.2.4
Released:20120120

Size:500kB

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VCSwap
VCSwap is a tool for Hot Swapping Video Codecs. You can, while you are editing your video's, swap between the different codecs.Enabling and Disabling installed Codecs on the fly. Showing of Installed DirectShow filters.

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Version:1.5
Released:20020619

Size:390kB

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VideoInspector
VideoInspector is a tool to retrieve all interesting details about a video file(AVI, MKV, MPG, MPEG2, MOV, MP4). This can be used to solve codec related problems. Also Windows Shell Integration, right click on a video file and select open with VideoInspector. Former known as VideoToolBox.


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Version:2.3.0
Released:20111109

Size:3.7MB

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VobSub
DirectShow subtitle filter for all software video players. It also contains a subtitle filter for Virtualdub and some useful subtitles utilities such as subresync than can convert idx/sub to srt text subtitles, submux, vobsub sub/idx cutter and vobsub sub/idx joiner.

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Version:2.23
Released:20021211

Size:720kB

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VP8 Codec / VP7 Codec / VP6 Codec
VP7/VP8 is designed to encode quicker, decode in fewer cycles, and with less decoding complexity than other compression schemes, making VP the ideal choice for high volume applications and low cost mass market consumer devices. On2 VP is optimized for playback on low-power chipsets and includes advanced buffering and latency features. VP Personal Edition license entitles you to create and publish video for personal use only. Download the old VP6 Codec here.

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Version:8.0/7.0 Free
Released:20060328

Size:1.65MB

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VP8 VFW Codec
Google VP8 Video For Windows codec. Since the purchase of On2 by Google, there has been a lot of discussion on the latest VP8 (also called WebM) codec created by On2 which gives similar compression rations and quality than the H.264 video codec. Even though the Video for Windows driver framework is now several years old, several modern video editing tools still use extensively, such as Virtualdub. I wanted to be able to compress videos using standard AVI containers, therefore I decided to wrap the VP8 library around a Video For Windows driver. The version here was derived from the Xvid Video For Windows driver, and is fully functional. Full description.

Free software Win

Version:1.2.0
Released:20110914

Size:540kB

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VSFilter / DirectVobSub
VSFilter / DirectVobSub is a directShow subtitle filter, it integrates automatically with any directshow player like the Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, Zoom Player, etc. It can also be used as a plugin for AviSynth and Virtualdub(use the VSFilter.dll). Install the plugin manually by extract it to a folder and Start->Run and type regsvr32 "C:Program FilesVSSplitter.dll".

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Version:2.40.4041
Released:20120207

Size:790kB

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WMV9 VCM
This Video Compression Manager (VCM) based version of the Windows Media Video 9 encoder/decoder will enable legacy encoding and editing applications like VirtualDub to support the Windows Media Video 9 codec in file containers such as AVI.

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Version:9
Released:20030707

Size:700kB

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x264 VFW Codec
Komisar's unoffical x264 VFW Codec, use x264 in for example Virtualdub or other that supports Video For Windows(VFW) Codecs. x264 VFW can do both AVC/H264 encoding and AVC/H264 decoding.

Free software Win

Version:2146
Released:20120119

Size:1.1MB

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Xiph.Org Open Codecs
Xiph.org Directshow Filters for Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Theora, FLAC, and WebM. The aim of this project is to provide the most complete implementation of the Xiph.org codecs for Windows and DirectShow. This includes decoders and encoders for all the Xiph.org formats as well as Annodex. It is released under a BSD license, so they can be used by both open-source and commercial applications.

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Version:0.85.17777
Released:20110113

Size:2.5MB

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XviD Codec
XviD video codec. Xvid is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license. The Xvid video codec implements MPEG-4 Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile standards. It permits compressing and decompressing digital video in order to reduce the required bandwidth of video data for transmission over computer networks or efficient storage on CDs or DVDs. Due to its unrivalled quality Xvid has gained great popularity and is used in many other GPLed applications, like e.g. Transcode, MEncoder, MPlayer, Xine and many more.

Free software Win

Version:1.3.2
Released:20110601

Size:10.3MB

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