LAV Filters are a set of open-source DirectShow filters, aimed to eventually replace the better part of the playback chain required to play all and any modern media.
LAV Splitter is a Souce Filter/Splitter required to demux the files into their separate elementary streams.
LAV Audio and Video Decoder are powerful decoders with a focus on quality and performance, without any compromises.
All LAV Filters are based on the FFmpeg multimedia libraries (licensed under GPLv2)

Features:
- Full support for H.264, including 4:4:4 and 10-bit
- Support for native output of YUV 4:2:0, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4, in 8 or 10-bit each.
— Dithering for 10-bit sources when using 8-bit output
- A wide range of formats:
— H264, VC1, MPEG1/2/4, MS-MPEG4 (DivX3), VP3, VP6, VP8, WMV1/2/3, MJPEG/MJPEGB, DV, Theora, FLV1, SVQ1/SVQ3, H261, H263, Intel Indeo 3/5, Fraps, HuffYUV, TSCC/Camtasia, Bink, Smacker, Real Video 1-4, Lagarith, Cinepak, Camstudio, QPEG, ZLIB/MSZH, QTRle, QTRpza