LAVfilters Alternatives

LAVfilters is described as 'LAV Filters are a set of open-source DirectShow filters, aimed to eventually replace the better part of the playback chain required to play all and any modern media' and is a Codec Pack in the video & movies category. There are nine alternatives to LAVfilters for Windows, Linux, Android and Mac. The best alternative is K-Lite Codec Pack, which is free. Other great apps like LAVfilters are Matroska, ADVANCED Codecs for Windows, CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack and Xvid.

LAVfilters alternatives are mainly Codec Packs but may also be Audio Codecs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of LAVfilters.

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LAVfilters

Free • Open Source
Codec Pack
Windows

LAV Filters are a set of open-source DirectShow filters, aimed to eventually replace the better part of the playback chain...

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K-Lite Codec Pack
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Free • Proprietary
Codec Pack
Windows
12 alternatives to K-Lite Codec Pack
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.
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1. LightweightK-Lite Codec Pack consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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Matroska
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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11 alternatives to Matroska
The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.
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it's format, not codec pack
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ADVANCED Codecs for Windows
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Free • Proprietary
Codec Pack
Windows
8 alternatives to ADVANCED Codecs for Windows
When dealing with codecs, more does not equal better. Having the least amount on your system is the best configuration. This is exactly what the Shark's Codec Packages do for you. Windows Media Player and .

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CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack
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Free • Proprietary
Codec Pack
Audio Codec
Windows
12 alternatives to CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack
The CCCP was created to replace the video playback packs provided in favor of a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically anything.

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The program is no longer updated. Last update, released in October 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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Xvid
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
11 alternatives to Xvid
Xvid is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license.

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DScaler
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Free • Open Source
Windows
6 alternatives to DScaler
DScaler 4 is a piece of software that captures video, processes it, and scales it for presentation on a projector or computer monitor. DScaler implements highly sophisticated algorithms that work in real-time to provide PC owners with image quality matched only by very expensive...

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AC3Filter
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Free • Open Source
Windows
5 alternatives to AC3Filter
AC3Filter is a high quality free audio decoder and processor filter. It allows media players to playback movies with AC3 and DTS audio tracks. Also it can process any audio track, much of processing options allows to adjust the sound in almost any way.
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Discontinued
The official website is no longer available and the program was not updated since 2009. Last version, 0.7b, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
xy-VSFilter
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Free • Open Source
Windows
6 alternatives to xy-VSFilter
Based on VSFilter 2.39 Guliverkli2 with various important changes from VSFilter 2.41 MPC-HC

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Codec Pack All-In-1
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Free • Proprietary
Codec Pack
Windows
7 alternatives to Codec Pack All-In-1
Do you download movies and get confused by all the different formats and codecs? Now you dont need to worry about downloading your movie codecs separately, you can do it all in one go. Codec Pack All-in-1 includes: DivX 6.0 XviD Codec 1.0.3 DivX, XviD - FFDShow 17.02.

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Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last update, 6.0.3.0, released in January 2006, can be still downloaded from FileHippo.com

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