winget install --id Nevcairiel.LAVFiltersAbout LAV Filters
LAV Filters 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 in a DirectShow player.
What's new in 0.80
0.80.0 - 2025/06/20 LAV Splitter - NEW: Introduced the IURLSourceFilterLAV interface to allow opening URLs with custom user agent and referrer - NEW: Added support for WebP images - Changed: Increased the length of the advanced subtitle selection field, so its no longer cut off after 255 characters - Changed: Improved buffering behavior on badly interleaved video files - Fixed: Audio streams with an unknown/unsupported codec are no longer selected for playback, as long as others are present - Fixed: Improved accuracy of reported FPS from AviSynth scripts LAV Video - NEW: D3D11 support for HEVC 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 hardware decoding - NEW: Dolby Vision extension metadata is exported for renderers to use - Changed: Added additional media types to support more video streams - Changed: Updated dav1d for significant AV1 decoding improvements - Fixed: Improved handling of H.264 4:4:4 files encoded by certain versions of x264 - Fixed: VP9 DXVA2/D3D11 decoding could result in artifacts on some clips - Fixed: Decoding ProRes reports more accurate color details LAV Audio - Changed: Added support for additional ADPCM audio codecs
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.80 | Unknown | 0.80.0 - 2025/06/20 LAV Splitter - NEW: Introduced the IURLSourceFilterLAV interface to allow opening URLs with custom user agent and referrer - NEW: Added support for WebP images - Changed: Increased the length of the a... |
| 0.79.2 | Unknown | 0. 79.2 - 2024/04/08 LAV Splitter - Fixed: Buffering media from a high latency source was slower then expected (since 0.79) LAV Audio - Fixed: Bitstream AC3 audio could fallback to PCM on streams that start with a corrup... |
| 0.79.1 | Unknown | 0.79.1 - 2024/03/28 LAV Video- Fixed: Resolved a glitch when playing HEVC video |
| 0.78 | Unknown | - LAV Splitter NEW: Added identification of DTS:X in DTS HD-HRA streams NEW: Support for various stream flags in Matroska containers (Hearing Impaired, and more) Changed: Text-based subtitle selection now uses case-insen... |
| 0.77.2 | Unknown | - NEW: Added identification for spatial/immersive audio extensions (Atmos, DTS:X) - Changed: More reasonable rounding for odd aspect ratios, avoiding issues with some video pipelines - Fixed: Improved compatibility with... |
| 0.77.1 | Unknown | Release notes |
| 0.77 | Unknown | Release notes |
| 0.76.1 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.76 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.75.1 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.75 | Unknown | No notes |