Media Player Codec Pack supported formats

Matroska family containers, including video, audio, subtitle-only and stereoscopic variants. The streams inside still determine the decoders used.

AVI-family files including common DivX/Xvid-era media and AMV variants.

Modern MPEG-4/QuickTime-family containers used for H.264, HEVC, AV1, AAC, ALAC and many other stream combinations.

Broadcast, AVCHD, Blu-ray-derived and stereoscopic transport streams.

MPEG program streams, DVD VOB files and HD-DVD-era EVO media.

Blu-ray index and playlist structures are recognised by LAV Splitter. Disc decryption is a separate issue.

Flash Video containers using compatible audio/video streams.

Ogg-family containers, including Vorbis/Opus audio and Theora or other compatible video.

Legacy RealMedia containers where the contained streams are decodable.

Windows Media, ASF, DVR-MS and Windows Television recording containers.

Professional Material Exchange Format media with compatible essence streams.

Bink media used by many games and interactive titles.

AviSynth scripts can be opened as a video source when AviSynth is available.

Broad H.264 decoding including many high-bit-depth/chroma variants; hardware acceleration depends on GPU capability.

HEVC software decoding with hardware acceleration where supported, including modern high-bit-depth and 4:2:2/4:4:4 paths on suitable hardware.

AV1 decoding is supported in software, with GPU acceleration on compatible modern hardware.

VVC streams are supported by the current LAV playback stack; hardware acceleration is dependent on platform support.

Professional APV streams are supported by LAV 0.81 and later.

Web video codecs with hardware acceleration available on compatible GPUs.

Legacy MPEG video including DVD and broadcast-era content.

Common AVI-era MPEG-4 variants, with additional legacy filter coverage in the pack.

Microsoft video formats used in WMV, ASF, Blu-ray and other legacy HD content.

Apple ProRes decoding for compatible MOV/MXF-style workflows.

Avid professional intermediate video formats.

Theora and related VP3 video, commonly encountered in Ogg media.

Legacy Flash-era video codecs.

Motion JPEG and JPEG 2000 video/picture streams.

Animated WebP support is included in LAV 0.82.

Older videoconferencing and low-bitrate video codecs.

A range of older QuickTime, Windows and CD-ROM-era video codecs.

Lossless and near-lossless production/archive codecs, with Lagarith also bundled separately.

LAV Video exposes a broad FFmpeg-backed decoder set beyond the commonly listed consumer codecs.

DSD-family playback in all editions. Output mode depends on the DAC, driver and player configuration. CW-Lossless settings include a preferred SACD ISO area for supported SACD ISO playback.

Supported SACD ISO playback in all editions, with stereo or multichannel area preference. DSD output depends on the selected driver, device and connection.

HDCD decoding from compatible PCM material in all editions.

MPEG Layer II/III and related standalone MPEG audio extensions including .mpa, .m1a and .m2a.

AAC in standalone files or common containers, including M4A/M4B usage.

Apple Lossless decoding without requiring iTunes, Apple Music or QuickTime.

Can be decoded to PCM or bitstreamed where the playback/output chain supports it.

Decode and compatible output paths are available; transport support depends on the connected hardware.

Lossless Dolby TrueHD can be decoded or bitstreamed; Atmos metadata use depends on the receiver/output chain.

Core DTS and DTS-HD playback paths are supported, with compatible bitstreaming where available.

Lossless stereo and multichannel FLAC playback.

Modern low-latency/lossy audio in standalone files, Ogg/WebM and other compatible containers.

Ogg Vorbis standalone and containerised audio.

Windows Media Audio variants carried in compatible ASF/WMV containers.

WavPack .wv lossless audio playback.

High-rate PCM audio, commonly stored in WAV containers. Output depends on device and driver capabilities; this does not imply a .dxd file association.

Uncompressed PCM and WAV-family playback through CW-Lossless or LAV Audio.

Lossless Monkey's Audio playback.

OptimFROG .ofr playback is provided by CW-Lossless.

LAV Audio supports a wide FFmpeg-backed range of uncommon and legacy audio codecs, including additional ADPCM variants.

Impulse Tracker modules.

Tracker modules using MP3 or Ogg-compressed samples.

Classic tracker module audio.

MultiTracker modules.

Scream Tracker 3 modules.

Unreal music package/module playback.

FastTracker 2 Extended Module playback.

Real Time Streaming Protocol sources are registered by LAV Splitter.

Real-time media transport streams.

Legacy Microsoft streaming protocols.

RTMP-family stream sources where accessible to the DirectShow graph.

Common external and embedded text subtitle workflows.

Styled subtitle rendering through compatible DirectShow playback paths.

DVD-era bitmap subtitle streams.

Blu-ray presentation graphics carried in supported containers/disc structures.

Matrix surround decoding from compatible stereo sources; IIz provides Height/Ambient channels. This is distinct from Dolby Atmos decoding.

Optional Dolby Digital output for compatible digital connections and receivers.

Optional frequency compensation in Plus; availability does not imply restoration of original discarded audio.

CW-PlayBridge requires MPC Home Cinema. MPC FFmpeg is a separate x64 software-decoding player with stereo output. Recovery depends on the file damage.

Final channel support depends on the Windows audio device, player configuration and connection.

The source codec, player settings and output device must all support the chosen layout.

HDMI capabilities are determined by the GPU/audio device, driver, receiver/display and connection version.

Typically suitable for stereo PCM and compatible compressed AC-3/DTS bitstreams; bandwidth is more limited than HDMI.

Depends on the sound device and available analogue channels.

Codec support alone does not guarantee smooth decode, HDR output or display compatibility.