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 all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a free software bundle which includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full and Real Alternative. 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 all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
-It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
-It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want.
-It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn´t contain any conflicting codecs.
-It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.

This Full Pack contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings

What´s New in version 5.7.0:
-Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1595.0
-Changed default video renderer in MPC-HC on Vista/7 to "EVR Sync"
-Changed default H.264 decoder from "ffdshow (libavcodec)" to "DivX H.264"
-This gives better decoding performance, certainly on computers with multiple CPU cores
-Updated Gabest MP4 splitter to version 1.3.1572.0
-Updated AC3ACM to version 1.5
-Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.2.0
-Updated Win7DSFilterTweaker to version 2.8
-Minor changes