LAV Filters 0.51.3

LAV Filters (formerly LAVFSplitter) are a set of DirectShow filters based on the libavformat and libavcodec libraries from the ffmpeg project, which will allow you to play virtually any format (MKV/WebM, AVI, MP4/MOV, TS/M2TS/MPG, FLV, OGG, etc.) in a DirectShow player

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Features of LAV Filters 0.5

 Note that this list only lists properly tested formats/codecs, many others may just work!

 Containers

MKV/WebM, AVI, MP4/MOV, MPEG-TS/PS (including basic EVO support), FLV, OGG, and many more that are supported by ffmpeg

 Video Codecs

H264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG4-ASP (Divx/Xvid), VP8, MJPEG and many more

 Audio Codecs

AAC, AC3, DTS(-HD), TrueHD, MP3/MP2, Vorbis, LPCM and more

Subtitles

VOB, DVB Subs, PGS, SRT, SSA/ASS, Text

 BluRay Support

Support for opening BluRay playlists (.mpls), as well as the index.bdmv file, which will try to detect the main movie playlist

BluRay support is still in an early stage, and there are still many improvements and new features planned

Other Notable Features

 Full Stream switching

MKV Embedded Fonts

Audio Bitstreaming (through LAV Audio)

Important Notes

- Some other splitters register in a "bad" way and force all players to use them. The Haali Media Splitter is one of those, and to give priority to the LAVFSplitter you have to either uninstall Haali or rename its .ax file at least temporarily

- Not all containers are equally supported, so some formats may fail in one container and work in another

Also note that "tested" doesn't mean it won't fail eventually. There are many combinations of codecs, and its impossible to test all of them for developer

Changes in LAV Filters 0.51.3

 LAV Splitter

- Further improved H264 media type creation

 LAV Audio

 Fixed an issue with the initial media types causing graph building failures in some situations

Fixed a bug with DVBViewer which caused a delay on channel changes