AVC Plugin for WMP is the package of components for receiving and decoding media data from network (UDP, RTP over UDP, TCP, RTP over TCP) with the RTSP protocol support and for file playback from any media storage. The plugin allows decoding of AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 P.10 ISO/IEC 14496-10), as well as MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-3) AAC audio.

Features:
Decoding and playback in full resolution with finest quality
AVC/H.264 video decoding
MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC audio decoding
All features of Baseline, Main and High Profiles
Postprocessing (deinterlacing, fields reordering)
Closed Captions decoding
Supports Main, LC, LTP and ER BSAC audio object types
Supports up to 8 audio channels
Optimized for the most efficient CPU usage – takes advantage of MMX™ Extensions, SSE2™, and 3DNow® SIMD extensions when available
Optimized for symmetric multiprocessing (Hyper-Threading Technology, multiple CPU and multiple core)