LAV Filters

LAV Filters is a collection of DirectShow splitters and audio/video decoders based on the libavformat and libavcodec libraries of the FFmpeg project, used to play many media file formats. The software provides near-universal playback on most DirectShow-based Windows media players. The LAV Filters package itself contains a video decoder, an audio decoder, and a multi-media splitter and the following codec types: H264, HEVC, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG4-ASP (Divx/Xvid), VP8, VP9, AV1, MJPEG for video codecs, AAC, AC3, DTS (-HD), TrueHD, MP3/MP2, Vorbis, LPCM for audio codecs. It additionally offers support for VOB, DVB Subs, PGS, SRT, SSA/ASS subtitles and for Blu-ray and DVD files. Video, audio, and subtitle synchronization are also possible. The splitter handles containers such as MKV/WebM, AVI, MP4/MOV, MPEG-TS, FLV and OGG. 

The LAV Filters software also has the capability to demux sub-streams and media files into their elementary streams so that the user is able to play a Blu-ray disc structure on their laptop or desktop PC. Further, for video playback specifically, the software supports processor multi-threading and hardware accelerated decoding through DXVA2 and D3D11, can deinterlace videos, and offers a wide range of options in the interface. 

LAV Filters is free, open-source software licensed under the GNU GPL, and it is also included in many video codec packs and media players. Current releases require Windows Vista or newer and run well under Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7; Windows XP support was dropped in version 0.71. 

Provides near universal playback on most Windows media players

Features:

• Offers an extremely wide range of codec types for both audio and video codecs
• Offers support for subtitle files 
• Offers support for Blu-ray and DVD files
• Has the capability to demux sub-streams and media files into their elementary streams 
• Supports processor multi-threading
• Supports DXVA2 and D3D11 hardware accelerated decoding
• Contains a multi-media splitter