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LAV Filters is a multi-format media splitter/decoder that uses libavformat to play all sorts of media files. MKV/WebM, AVI, MP4/MOV, MPEG-TS, FLV, OGG are tested and will be registered for. Other formats can be tested using GraphStudio. H264/AVC, H265/HEVC, VC-1, MPEG4-ASP (Divx/Xvid), VP8, VP9 hav ...
DirectShow plugin for QuickTime files (.MOV, .AMR, .MP4, etc.) playback via the native QuickTime runtime. The filter requires QuickTime Player (7.0 or higher) to be available on the computer.
RARFileSource is a DirectShow filter to play rar files without to unpack the stored video first. The original version is from OctaneSnail and can be found here. The MediaPortal version fixed a bug, where huge files under a 64 bit OS can't be open and end up with an I/O error.