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LAV Filters is a multi-format media splitter/decoder that uses libavformat to play 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/AVC, H265/HEVC, VC-1, MPEG4-ASP (Divx/Xvid), VP8, VP9 have been tested and are working well. DTS, AC3, TrueHD, MP3, Vorbis have been tested. Subtitle Support. Stream Switching.
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File size: 12MB
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File size: 12MB
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Download LAV Filters 0.74.1 12MB Win
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Download LAV Filters 0.74.1 Portable 8MB Win Portable
Download LAV Filters 0.74.1-92 Nightly 13MB Win
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Windows Version history / Release notes / Changelog
0.75.0 - 2020/xx/xx
LAV Splitter
- Changed: Improved Font support from Matroska files
- Fixed: Large queue size limits could result in the wrong limit being applied
- Fixed: Resolved a memory leak in Matroska demuxing
- Fixed: Avoid selecting a stream with only a single video frame in MP4 files, which is often a cover art
- Fixed: Seeking in Matroska files with only audio cue points did not function
LAV Video
- Faster: Updated dav1d decoder and improved thread configuration for significantly improved AV1 decoding speed
- Fixed: Added a workaround for VP9 hardware decoding on AMD video cards.
LAV Audio
- Fixed: Resolved an issue with glitching TrueHD bitstreaming on seamless-branching titles
LAV Splitter
- Changed: Improved Font support from Matroska files
- Fixed: Large queue size limits could result in the wrong limit being applied
- Fixed: Resolved a memory leak in Matroska demuxing
- Fixed: Avoid selecting a stream with only a single video frame in MP4 files, which is often a cover art
- Fixed: Seeking in Matroska files with only audio cue points did not function
LAV Video
- Faster: Updated dav1d decoder and improved thread configuration for significantly improved AV1 decoding speed
- Fixed: Added a workaround for VP9 hardware decoding on AMD video cards.
LAV Audio
- Fixed: Resolved an issue with glitching TrueHD bitstreaming on seamless-branching titles
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Advanced MPC-HC Setup
- ReadMPC-BE configuration tutorial
- ReadLAV Filters video tutorials
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| 39 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews |
Rating by fvc on
Dec 27, 2020 Version: 0.74.1
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
November 2019 - LAV Filters are an open-source Direct Show audio-video filter wrapper, written by a very good german developer, of the FFMPEG libraries, focused on high quality direct playback. The trio (Splitter, Video Decoder and Audio Decoder) is reliable, stable, with really few bugs. Respect to the MPC-BE or Pot Player integrated filters, the LAV combo sometimes exhibit some issue when dealing with streaming video. But the developer explained that its filters are not really focused on the compatibility for online videos. Infact, for playing high quality video and audio files from disk, LAV Filters remain the most reliable combo, correct, a de facto standard for HTPC users on Windows enviroment. As usual, MPC-HC + LAV Filters + madVR (or EVR on Intel - Intel context adaptive scaling) remain the best tool to watch videos with Win 8 or Win 10.
Review by Ziggy1978 on
Nov 9, 2019 Version: 0.74.28 Nightly
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
This review is for new users. October 2019. LAV Filters is the only combo for splitter, audio and video decoding that I can advice. It's stable, reliable, focused on quality, on active development (by a great developer). The trio MPC-HC + LAV + madVR (video renderer) is the Gold Standard for the HTPC users on Windows platform.
Review by Ziggy1978 on
Oct 5, 2019 Version: 0.74.1
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Pirockar on
Jul 13, 2019 Version: 0.70.2.17-git
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Ziggy1978 on
Jul 1, 2019 Version: 0.74.1.16
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
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