LAV Filters 0.6

LAV Filters is an audio software decoder comprised of three different tools - an audio decoder, a multi-format media splitter, and a video decoder. By working in conjunction, these three components allow the playback of any type of file format in a DirectShow player.

All three components have a rudimentary interface with no skin themes and minimal option settings. Also, the text font could've been more visible.

As per its functionalities, LAV Filters is based on the FFmpeg multimedia package and includes the libavcodec and libavformat libraries. Also, the LAV Splitter is able to demux sub-streams and offers some complex subtitle options. Users can select streams based on their preferred language, quality, and type.

This software solution is compatible with FFmpeg formats, such as AC3, E-AC3, DTS, MP1/2/3, TrueHD, FLV, MPEG-TS/PS, MP4, or AVI. Thanks to this comprehensive package, users are able to create playlists and play Blu-Ray discs on their PCs.

Overall, LAV Filters is a reliable software utility, not to mention that it's open source and therefore free, has a wide range of functionalities, and supports multi-threading and hardware acceleration.

v0.6 [Jan 12, 2014]
LAV Splitter:
- New: Support for playing AES encrypted HLS streams.
- New: Advanced Subtitle selection allows selecting subtitles by a string match on the stream title.
- New: Support for rtspu, rtspm, rtspt and rtsph URLs to force the RTSP transport protocol.
- New: Animated GIF image support.
- Fixed: Improved timestamp handling of badly muxed/corrupted H.264 streams.
- Fixed: 4K ProRes streams in MKV didn't play reliably.
- Fixed: Some HEVC streams in MKV/MP4 didn't play properly.
- Fixed: VobSubs in MP4 didn't properly export their color palette.
- Fixed: Streaming MP3s through the Microsoft URL filter could result in the last audio frame to be partially repeated.
- Fixed: The duration of MP3 files would be wrong if it contained long IDv3 tags.
- Fixed: TrueHD streams with an Dolby Atmos sub-stream were not demuxed properly.
LAV Video:
- New: Experimental support for CUVID and DXVA2 HEVC acceleration.
- Faster: HEVC decoding is up to 100% faster.
- Fixed: DVD subtitle rendering could crash in 64-bit builds.
LAV Audio:
- Fixed: TrueHD streams with an Dolby Atmos sub-stream did not decode.