Download K-Lite Codec Pack 7.7.0

Just as drivers are necessary for hardware to work properly, audio and video files need something to play properly. One swears by a media player that solves it internally, such as VLC Media Player, the other by an ffdshow filter. It is also possible to install separate codecs, such as the K-Lite Codec Pack. This is available in the flavors basic, standard, Full and mega. The first contains only what is necessary to play files. Standard also includes Media Player Classic – Home Cinema and handles DVDs better. Finally, Full and Mega contain even more codecs and make it possible, for example, to encode files yourself. Version 7.7.0 of K-Lite Codec Pack has been released and can fully or if update in front of version 7.6.0 are downloaded. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Changelog 7.6.0 to 7.7.0:

• Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.5.3.3705
• Updated ffdshow to version 1.1.3978
• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.33 build 2011-08-25
• Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 5.0.8
• Updated Win7DSFilterTweaker to version 4.6
• Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.48
• Added LAV Video decoder
• Removed Gabest RealMedia Splitter
• Improved playback of RealMedia files (using LAV Filters)