UPDATE: Codec Pack

Well, as -ed let me know, ppl would like to know about the new codec packs, here are a few

1) K-Lite Codec Pack (fav of mine)

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

Read this b4 downloading
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm

They have 4 version Basic, Standard, Full and Mega.

Too many details to list so here are a few:

Feature list:
- Media Player Classic 6.4.8.2
- DivX Pro Decoding 5.1.1
- DivX Pro Encoding 5.1.1
- DivX ;) MPEG-4 Low and Fast motion 4.1.0.3927
- XviD Decoding 1.01 Final 2004-06-05
- XviD Encoding 1.01 Final 2004-06-05
- 3ivX Decoding D4 4.5.1
- 3ivX Encoding D4 4.5.1
- Windows Media 7.1.0.3055
- Windows Media 8.0.0.371
- Windows Media VCM 9.0.1.369
- On2 VP3 3.2.5.0
- On2 VP6 Decoding 6.2.0.10
- On2 VP6 Encoding 6.2.0.10
- Cyberlink DVD decoder 5.0.0.1130
- Ligos Indeo XP 5.2820.15.58
- Intel Indeo 4.51.16.2
- Intel Indeo 3.24.15.03
- Intel I.263 2.55.1.16
- Huffyuv 2.2.0
- MS MPEG-4 4.1.0.3927
- Ligos/Elecard/Mainconcept MPEG-2 demuxers & decoders
- Fraunhofer MP3 DirectShow decoder 1.9.0.311
- WMA DirectShow decoder 8.0.0.4487
- AC3 DirectShow decoder 0.70b mod
- AC3 ACM decoder 0.7
- Ogg Vorbis DirectShow decoder (CoreVorbis) 1.0b5
- AAC DirectShow decoder (CoreAAC) 1.0b9
- MusePack DirectShow decoder 1.0.0.3
- Voxware DirectShow decoder 1.0.0.12
- Monkey's Audio DirectShow decoder 1.00
- LAME MP3 ACM 3.96
- Ogg Vorbis DirectShow filters 0.9.9.5
- Matroska DirectShow splitter 1.0.2.3
- DirectVobSub (vsfilter) 2.33
- Matrix Mixer 0.30b
- SHOUTcast Source 1.0.0.1
- Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher 0.9.9
- DivX Anti-Freeze 0.4
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance 2.21 build 030711
- FourCC Changer
- Bitrate Calculator

2) Nimos Codec Pack
http://nimo.titanesk.com/

Tried it once, good, many ppl like it.

FAQ http://nimo.titanesk.com/modules/xoopsfaq/

Feature list:
- Coder & decoder Divx 4.12 Build 307 (Project Mayo)(DivX).
- Coder & decoder DivX V3.11a (3.11Alpha Low Motion)(Div3)
for playing old compressed movies.
- Coder & decoder DivX v3.11a (3.11Alpha Fast Motion)(Div4)
for playing old compressed movies.
- Coder & decoder DivX WMA Audio V4.2 (Standard)(divxa32).
- Coder & decoder MPEG-Layer 3 Audio V4.2 (Professional)(l3acm), With control panel icon.
- Decoder for AC3 Audio V2.2.
- Coder & decoder MS MPEG-4 (For ASF/DivX Conversion)(mpg4,mp42,mp43).
- Filters for Vob playback in Windows Media Player:
MPEG Parser ActiveX filter
MPEG Decoder ActiveX filter
- MS-MPEG4 ActiveX filter
- DivX V3.2 ActiveX filter
- DivX V4.0 ActiveX filter
- DivX AC3 Prologic ActiveX filter
- The iviaudio.ax : InterVideo Audio Decoder ActiveX filter (No limit time)
- The MS Mpeg Original codec (Microsoft)
- The New MPEG-2 Splitter AC3 XForm
- The New Ligos MPEG-2 Splitter 3.0.0.17
- The Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher (To change the audio stream in WMP)
- I-Media Multi-MPEG2-Source
- MPEG Layer-2 Audio Decoder
- MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec for MSACM
- DivX AntiFreeze Filter (No more freezed movies)
- DirectSound 3D Renderer (with help files)
- Cyberlink PowerDVD 3.0 Audio Decoder
- Ogg Vorbis Audio codec for MSACM
- Lame_dshow.ax (Lame mp3)
- Wavdest.ax
- Dump.ax
- Windows Media Audio Codec
- Lame MP3 Encoder ACM Codec
- 3ivx Delta 3.5 Codec for QuickTime Windows and the pluging for flask
- Plug-ins for Flask: Panasonic MPEG 1, LSX MPEG 1 or MPEG2
- Mpeg2dec DLL
- Lame MP3 Encoder ACM 0.3.0
- Directshow Bicubic Resizer 1.3
- Playa 0.6.6
- DivX AntiFreeze Filter 0.4
- Sub Station Alpha v2.x/4.x
- Moonlight Scalar Filter
- Subtitle Picture Decoder
- DynEQ DirectShow filter
- DivFix 1.06 with Source Code
- Logo plug-in for VirtualDub and Nandub
- Fraunhofer Vob Filters
- Fraunhofer Mp3 codec
- DivX G400 Filter ver 2.7

3) Codec Pack All in 1 6.0.1.8
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...k_All_in_1.htm

Feature list:
- DivX 5.2
- Koepi's XviD Codec 1.0.1 Final
- DivX, XviD - FFDShow 28.08.2004
- MPEG2 3.0.0.0
- Subtitles G400 2.83
- Subtitles DVobSub (Win9x, Win2k a WinXP) 2.23, 2.33
- OGG Vorbis 0.9.9.5
- AC3 1.01a RC5
- Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher 0.99ß

4) FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 20040828
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

Many ppl just want a basic pack, use K-Lite Codec Pack Basic, fits on a floppy too 1.33 MB.

or for just playing divx files try http://www.divxlight.com/

For players try

VideoLAN http://www.videolan.org/
Media Player Classic http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ckage_id=84358