There are hundreds or even thousands of CODECs ranging from free
ones to ones costing hundreds of dollars or more. On this page you can find
links to the main CODECs and CODEC packs that exist today. Make sure that you
know what you are doing installing various codecs as they are not always
compatible.
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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 D4 4.5 allows video and audio to be compressed to a fraction
of its original size while maintaining high image quality.
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AC3
Audio Filter
It is DirectShow AC3 Decoder filter used to playback AVI files with AC3 sound
tracks and DVDs. Multichannel and SPDIF support. Focused at flexible controls
during playback: gains, mixer, stream information, levels and other.
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DivX
Video codec
DivX Codec works with popular video software applications, letting you play
high-quality, highly compressed DivX video on your PC or DivX certified device.
DivX technology can compress digital videos 5 to 10 times more than the
MPEG-2/DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video, so you can fit
several DivX movies on a single disc, transfer them easily online, or even add
them to your website using the free DivX Web Player.
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Huffyuv
Huffyuv is a very fast, lossless Win32 video codec. Huffyuv is intended to
replace uncompressed YUV as a video capture format. It is fast enough to
compress full-resolution CCIR 601 video (720 x 480 x 30fps) in real time.
Huffyuv also supports lossless compression of RGB data, so it can be used for
the output of programs like VirtualDub.
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Intel
Indeo IR3, IV4, and IV5 codecs
Quicktime 4 or higher is required to use the Indeo drivers. Recently the Ligos
Corporation took over Indeo video development from Intel Architecture Labs.
They have updated Indeo Video to Indeo Video 5.11 and will continue to develop
the technology in the future. Please visit the Ligos Corporations website for
more information and support.
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LAME
MP3 encoder
LAME MP3 ACM Codec - MP3 codec in Windows is extremely limited in its range of
bitrates and settings. LAME is an open source MP3 encoder and this ACM codec
version allows you to use much higher MP3 bitrates for the audio in your DivX
video.
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LEAD
H.263 Video Codec
The LEAD H.263 codec is a high quality lossy interframe DirectShow and Video
for Windows (VfW) codec with a quality and compression ratio comparable to
MPEG-4. It can be used for a range of applications including
video-conferencing, Internet video or surveillance and monitoring.
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LEAD
MJPEG2000
JPEG2000 provides high compression with image quality superior to all existing
standard encoding techniques. This high compression and quality performance is
due to the adaptation of wavelet transforms.
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MainConcept
While MainConcept is a renowned provider of video codecs and other multimedia
technology to leading companies around the world, we also offer many reference
products that display the versatility, power and professional quality of our
technology.
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Microsoft
MPEG4
The Microsoft MPEG-4 V1/2/3 VKI Codec for ASF files now with scene change
detection.
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Panasonic
VFW DV codec
Panasonic VFW DV codec - This handy little codec allows you to open DV-AVI
files with VirtualDub.
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PicVideo
Lossless JPEG
This codec is specifically designed for applications requiring high speed
lossless compression and decompression. The PICVideo Lossless JPEG Codec is
both a Microsoft Video for Windows Codec and a Microsoft DirectShow Transform
Filter Codec.
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PicVideo
Motion JPEG Codec
PICVideo is the fastest M-JPEG codec available, and is perfect for viewing
Motion JPEG files on Windows Media Player. It offers incredibly 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.
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Vorbis
OGG
Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and
streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source.
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X263
Codec
This decompressor is used by certain cams to compress avi video.
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XviD
MPEG 4 Codec
Refer to developers site for the last versions and additional information.
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