Video Codecs
Free video codecs, decoders and DirectShow filters for Windows - from current formats like HEVC and AV1 to the older DV, Cinepak and MPEG-1 codecs that keep archive footage playable.
166 programs 4 updated in the last 7 days
HEIF Image Extensions 1.2.65.0
29 Oct 2026
Freeware 21.1MB
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Microsoft's official add-on that lets Windows 10 and 11 open HEIC and HEIF photos in File Explorer, Photos and other WIC apps.
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3DYD YT Source 2.5.1 Final
16 Feb 2026
Freeware 7.10MB
The free DirectShow filter that lets classic Windows media players open a YouTube address instead of a file.
3ivx MPEG-4 5.0.4
18 Sep 2013
Shareware 886KB
Discontinued
PeaZip is a free, open-source file archiver for Windows that opens 200+ formats including 7Z, RAR, ZIP, TAR, and ISO - an LGPLv3-licensed alternative to WinRAR and WinZip.
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Adaptec DVSoft codec 1.11
15 Jul 2005
Freeware 222KB
Not updated
Adaptec DVSoft codec allows its users to encode and decode videos in the DV format.
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Adobe DNG Codec 2.0
11 Oct 2012
Freeware 17.1MB
Not updated
A frozen Adobe system codec, built for Windows 7, that adds DNG thumbnails and previews to File Explorer.
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Alaris VGPixel codec 3.10
3 Jan 2004
Freeware 30KB
Not updated
Alaris VGPixel codec allows you to play videos generated by the Alaris Web Camera or any other videos using the VGPixel codec.
Alparysoft Lossless Video Codec 2.0
12 Jul 2005
Freeware 189KB
Not updated
Alparysoft Lossless Video Codec is an extremely helpful tool which allows you both to compress and decompress video files.
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AMV4 Video Codec 4.03
26 Sep 2014
Shareware 2.71MB
Not updated
AMV2/AMV3 Video Codec is a high speed compression tool working in both lossless and lossy mode.
AOM AV1 Encoder 3.15.2-110
27 Oct 2026
Open Source (BSD) 13.4MB
Fresh
The official AOMedia reference encoder for AV1 - the yardstick every other AV1 encoder is measured against, and by some distance the slowest of them.
Apple ProRes RAW 1.3 for Windows
14 Sep 2026
Freeware 818KB
Apple ProRes RAW for Windows is a free decoder that lets supported Windows editing apps open ProRes RAW footage rather than a program you run.
Arithyuv 1.1.1
15 Sep 2005
Freeware 68KB
Not updated
Arithyuv allows you to capture videos in a lossless format.
AV Splitter 1.3.0.7 beta
7 Jun 2014
Freeware 3.35MB
Not updated
AV Splitter, also known as Audio Video Splitter for Windows, helps you demux the most popular media file types.
AV1 Codec 2.0.35.0
16 Sep 2026
Freeware 5.4MB
AV1 Codec gathers every free way to play AV1 video on Windows, from Microsoft's own extension to players with a decoder built in.
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AV1 Video Extension 2.0.35.0
3 Sep 2026
Freeware 5.30MB
Microsoft's own AV1 decoder for Windows, shipped as a Store app package rather than a classic codec installer, free with no paid tier.
AVC Encoder Video Extension 1.1.47.0
22 Sep 2026
Freeware 4.6MB
Fresh
The AVC Encoder Video Extension allows Windows applications to encode video files and bitstreams in the AVC (H.264) format, utilizing DirectX 12 Encode APIs.
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AVI Splitter 1.9.1.40
5 Sep 2026
Freeware 791KB
AVI Splitter is the DirectShow filter that opens the AVI and DivX files Windows gives up on, including oversized OpenDML files and downloads that never finished.
Avid AVI CoDec 2.0d2
16 Jul 2004
Freeware 108KB
Not updated
Avid AVI CoDec is enabling you to play uncompressed files as well as media contents at various levels of compression.
Avid Codecs LE 2.7.6
28 Jan 2023
Freeware 9.4MB
Not updated
Avid Quicktime Codecs Light Edition enables you to encode and decode QuickTime movies and references using Avid codecs.
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Bandicam MPEG-1 Decoder 1.0
17 Aug 2026
Freeware 1.4MB
The Bandicam MPEG-1 Decoder is the small codec that makes Bandicam AVI recordings open on a computer that has never had Bandicam on it.
BergWave 20040711
3 Nov 2004
Freeware 29KB
Not updated
BergWave performs video encoding and decoding using a wavelet method.
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CamStudio Lossless Codec 1.5
20 Jan 2013
Freeware 150KB
Not updated
Ensuring a high quality and a small size of your screen captures is easy with the CamStudio Lossless Codec.
209.460
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Canon RAW Codec 1.11
29 Dec 2025
Freeware 28.5MB
Discontinued
Canon's discontinued 32-bit plugin for showing CR2 previews from older EOS and PowerShot cameras in Windows Explorer.
152.122
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Canopus DV Codec 1.00
29 May 2004
Freeware 810KB
Not updated
The Canopus DV Codec enables you to play and import DV videos no matter what media player you use.
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CDXA Reader 1.9.1.40
4 Sep 2026
Freeware 517KB
CDXA Reader is the video codecs category's disc specialist, the source filter that makes Video CD and SVCD tracks readable to DirectShow players.
Cedocida DV Codec 0.2.3
4 Oct 2012
Freeware 112KB
Not updated
Cedocida DV Codec is a Video for Windows (VfW) DV-Type2-Codec. The DV format is compressed video based on a 4:2:0 (PAL) or 4:1:1 color format.
Cinepak Codec 1.10.0.11
29 Dec 2011
Freeware 183KB
Not updated
Cinepak Codec is a video codec used in the early versions of QuickTime and Microsoft Video for Windows.
