Neowin News Feed for: Codecs

LAV Filters 0.81.0

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:50:01 +0000

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. Read more...

How to install proprietary codecs in Fedora so VLC can play all your videos

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:18:01 +0000

In this guide we show you how to set up RPM Fusion and install proprietary video codecs in Fedora. These steps are a near necessity on fresh Fedora installs. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 20.3.1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:10:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.80.0

Razvan Serea — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:28:02 +0000

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. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 20.1.3

Razvan Serea — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:42:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 20.0.2

Razvan Serea — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:24:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 20.0.1

Razvan Serea — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:48:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 20.0

Razvan Serea — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:48:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.9

Razvan Serea — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:44:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.8.6

Razvan Serea — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:56:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.8.5

Razvan Serea — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 11:42:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.8.3

Razvan Serea — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:48:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.8.2

Razvan Serea — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:16:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.8.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:32:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.8

Razvan Serea — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:36:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Shark007 Codecs 18.7.9

Razvan Serea — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:18:01 +0000

Shark007 Codecs allow Windows users to play almost any video or audio format without extra players or complicated setups—just install and go. Read more...

Microsoft removes AC-3 Dolby Digital codec from Windows 11 24H2

Taras Buria — Wed, 29 May 2024 09:12:02 +0000

Microsoft published a new support page with details about codec support in the Windows Media Player app. As it turns out, the company is removing AC-3 Dolby Digital support in Windows 11 version 24H2. Read more...

As AV1 is still slowly taking off, experimental support for next gen AV2 lands

Sayan Sen — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:12:01 +0000

The AV1 codec was released back in 2018 and even today, the technology is slowly being adopted. Over five years later, AOMedia has now started to add experimental support for the succeeding AV2. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.77.2

Razvan Serea — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:04:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.77

Razvan Serea — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:10:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Two years after Chrome and Edge, Firefox is getting AV1 hardware acceleration

Taras Buria — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:38:01 +0000

In 2020, Microsoft and Google equipped their browsers with hardware acceleration for the AV1 video support. Two years later, Mozilla is finally catching up with the same capability in Firefox. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.76.1

Razvan Serea — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:22:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.76

Razvan Serea — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:44:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.75.1

Razvan Serea — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:56:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.74.1 [Update]

Razvan Serea — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:12:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.73

Razvan Serea — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 15:24:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.72

Razvan Serea — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:10:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.71

Razvan Serea — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 18:40:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.70.1

Razvan Serea — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 08:14:02 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.70

Razvan Serea — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:52:01 +0000

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. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.69

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:46:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Codec Tweak Tool 6.1.1

Razvan Serea — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:48:01 +0000

Codec Tweak Tool will scan for broken filters and remove them. Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs, enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters, and much more. Read more...

Codec Tweak Tool 6.1.0

Razvan Serea — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:46:01 +0000

Codec Tweak Tool will scan for broken filters and remove them. Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs, enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters, and much more. Read more...

Codec Tweak Tool 6.0.9

Razvan Serea — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:00:01 +0000

Codec Tweak Tool will scan for broken filters and remove them. Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs, enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters, and much more. Read more...

Codec Tweak Tool 6.0.8

Razvan Serea — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:06:01 +0000

Codec Tweak Tool will scan for broken filters and remove them. Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs, enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters, and much more. Read more...

K-Lite Codec Pack Standard 12.2.2

Razvan Serea — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:58:01 +0000

The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats. Read more...

LAV Filters 0.68.1

Razvan Serea — Thu, 05 May 2016 15:44:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Advanced Codecs 6.1.3

Razvan Serea — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:52:01 +0000

ADVANCED Codecs is an audio and video codec package for Microsoft Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. Read more...

Advanced Codecs 6.1.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:24:01 +0000

ADVANCED Codecs is an audio and video codec package for Microsoft Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. Read more...

Codec Tweak Tool 6.0.6

Razvan Serea — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:36:02 +0000

Codec Tweak Tool will scan for broken filters and remove them. Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs, enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters, and much more. Read more...