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This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.

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.

The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies found on your computer.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
* Media Player Classic
* DivX Pro [Decoding]
* DivX Pro [Encoding]
* XviD [Decoding]
* XviD [Encoding]
* 3ivX Pro [Decoding]
* 3ivX Pro [Encoding]
* Windows Media 9 VCM
* Windows Media
* On2 VP3
* On2 VP6 [Decoding]
* On2 VP6 [Encoding]
* Ligos Indeo XP
* Intel Indeo
* Intel Indeo
* Intel I.263
* huffyuv
* MS MPEG-4
* DivX MPEG-4 Low and Fast motion
* Cyberlink DVD decoder
* Elecard MPEG-2 demuxer
* MainConcept MPEG-2 demuxer
* Ligos MPEG-2 decoder
* Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder
* MainConcept MPEG-2 decoder

* Fraunhofer MP3 DirectShow decoder
* WMA DirectShow decoder
* AC3 DirectShow decoder
* AC3 ACM decoder
* Ogg Vorbis DirectShow decoder (CoreVorbis)
* AAC DirectShow decoder (CoreAAC)
* 3ivX Pro [Decoding]
* 3ivX Pro [Decoding]
* Nero Digital MPEG-1/2 decoder
* MusePack DirectShow decoder
* Voxware DirectShow decoder
* Monkey's Audio DirectShow decoder
* DivX Audio
* LAME MP3 Encoder

* Ogg DirectShow splitter and Vorbis DLLs
* Matroska DirectShow splitter
* Matroska DirectShow muxer
* DirectVobSub (vsfilter)
* Matrix Mixer
* SHOUTcast Source
* Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher
* DivX Anti-Freeze

* GSpot Codec Information Appliance
* FourCC Changer
* Bitrate Calculator

What's New in This Release:

08/21/2007

* Updated ffdshow to revision 1431
* Updated CoreAVC to version 1.5
* Updated AC3Filter to version 1.46
* Updated AC3Filter.ACM to version 1.46
* Lowered merit of mpeg splitter