ffdshow is a DirectShow filter and VFW codec for many audio and video formats, such as DivX, Xvid and H.264. Over 70 bugs have been fixed, codecs have been updated, and support for a few new formats has been added in the tryouts. Vista is now supported.

CloneDVD 2 copies movies in unparalleled picture quality. If it's only the main movie or a complete DVD ? CloneDVD compresses even long footage in brilliant quality and at high speed: A special transcoding technology compresses your choice of DVD titles according to your audio and language selection automatically to a freely adjustable target size.

Nullsoft Winamp 5 is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

ProgDVB allows you to watch Digital Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers.

The latest RealPlayer 11 Plus is everything you want in a media player: pristine video & audio playback, access to worldwide radio, a built-in music store, and it's the only player that plays CDs, DVDs and all major media file types, including Real, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG-4, MP3.

Included is RealNetworks RealJukebox technology for creating MP3 files from audio CDs & organizing music files.
Enhanced audio & video controls gives you greater control of all your media, whether you're burning CDs, downloading music, or watching the latest video.

With Vista Codec Package installed, you won't need to install any other codec or filter. Many user suggested default settings are implemented. It does not contain a media player. It does not associates filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player (limited only by the players capabilities) to play DVD's, movies and video clips of any format. Streaming video (real and quicktime) is supported in web browsers. Visit the homepage to get a 64bitAddon which enables xvid, divx and DVD playback in Vista's MediaCenter.

Did you buy Vista x64 but find that almost nothing will play in MediaCenter? Do you want to watch your favorite video's in MediaCenter? These package is tested on Vista Ultimate x64. It is a fully functional standalone installation which may be included in an unattended environment using the switch -ai. The Vista Codec Package is the only supported 32bit package to use in conjunction with this installation. You will experience reduced functionality using any other package. It is fully uninstallable through the Windows interface. Windows Vista x64 is required.

With Vista Codec Package installed, you won't need to install any other codec or filter. Many user suggested default settings are implemented. It does not contain a media player. It does not associates filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player (limited only by the players capabilities) to play DVD's, movies and video clips of any format. Streaming video (real and quicktime) is supported in web browsers. Visit the homepage to get a 64bitAddon which enables xvid, divx and DVD playback in Vista's MediaCenter.

CoreAVC is a H.264 video codec created by CoreCodec. CoreAVC is based on the MPEG-4 Part 10 standard and is one of the codecs used in Blu-ray (BD) and in High Definition DVD (HD-DVD). AVC/H.264 is the next-generation standard for video, and CoreAVC is being recognized as one of the worlds most efficient H.264 video decoders. The efficiency of CoreAVC in software is often compared to be faster than other solutions that try to rely on 'hardware' to increase playback performance of H.264 video.