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The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video codecs for Microsoft Windows DirectShow that enables an operating system and its software to play various audio and video formats generally not supported by the operating system itself.
QuickTime Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows for playing QuickTime media, normally only playable by the official QuickTime software distribution from Apple Inc. [1] Development has now ceased and the version of the QuickTime codec now lags behind that released by Apple.
The Combined Community Codec Pack, more commonly referred to by its acronym CCCP, is a collection of codecs (video compression filters) packed for Microsoft Windows, designed originally for the playback of anime fansubs. [2] The CCCP was developed and maintained by members of various fansubbing groups.
The direct predecessor of DirectShow, ActiveMovie (codenamed Quartz), was designed to provide MPEG-1 support for Windows. It was also intended as a future replacement for media processing frameworks like Video for Windows and the Media Control Interface, which had never been fully ported to a 32-bit environment and did not utilize COM.
The original MPC, along with the MPC-HC fork, mimic the simplistic look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4, but provide most options and features available in modern media players. Variations of the original MPC and its forks are standard media players in the K-Lite Codec Pack and the Combined Community Codec Pack.
ActiveMovie Control running on Windows 2000. ActiveMovie was the immediate ancestor of Windows Media Player 6.x, and was a streaming media technology now known as DirectShow, developed by Microsoft to replace Video for Windows. ActiveMovie allows users to view media streams, whether distributed via the Internet, an intranet or CD-ROMs.
The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs.. For the purpose of this comparison, video players are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files.
Video for Windows 1.1: Added Cinepak codec. Five updates were released for this version: 1.1a through 1.1e, with the last one (published in March 1995) being the last version for Windows 3.1x. 1.1d included Indeo 3.2 codec (which Apple alleged to have infringed on the source code from Apple's QuickTime for Windows). September 1994: Video for ...