Standard Codecs for Windows Alternatives

The Standard codec contains LAV filters and VSFilter with a GUI giving full control.

The Standard Codec release only contains LAV filters and VSFilter with a GUI giving full control. Recently, there has been a major re-write of the GUI itself and the filters they control. Support for MKV on the xbox360 was dropped along with the removal of several deprecated codecs and the SetACL dependency. Read more.

Alternative apps to Standard Codecs for Windows:

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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 18.3.0

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools used for playing, encoding and decoding numerous audio/video formats.
- Freeware
- Windows
27 votes
Advanced Codecs for Windows 18.3.4

Watch High Definition video playback without needing expensive players. Listen to bitstreamed TrueHD and DTS Master audio using HDMI to an AVR.
- Freeware
- Windows
105 votes
ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03

In this codec pack you will find plenty of usefull CoDecS (CoderS/DeCoderS), Media Player FilterS, Media Players and other UtilitieS.
- Freeware
- Windows
20 votes
Win7codecs 4.1.3

You will no longer be restricted to using a specific player.
- Freeware
- Windows
2.3/5

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Windows 8 Codecs 1.57

HD audio and video playback, the easy way.
- Freeware
- Windows

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