FFDShow 1.3.4534

Good Codec Package, But some codecs doesn't work well... Like AAC :/

If you insist on playing back videos that are encoded in codecs that have jpeg-trash in them or are distorted from being encoded at a low k/sec, then you will find this program a definite blessing.

Not only does it have an option to run directly with Media Player Classic and do block-deinterleaving and other pre- and post- production outputs that can blur and filter out video artefacts but the codec is also a video encoder allowing you to encode multiple formats including .AVI using WMV XviD DivX Mp4 and several other popular formats as it's backboard.

We are rapidly entering an age where a video codec is not so much based on the quality it can compress a video but the quality of it's output through pre- and post- filters that clean it before it plays it back to be viewed by an audience.

Modern XviD already has a pop-up that appears in your taskbar to "clean" your video by adding interleave and "noise" to remove artefacts.

FFDShow does just that and can work with a large variety of video playback software and ultimately any video format to clean the video before being seen, Media Player Classic just being one of the programs it can work directly work.

You owe it to yourself to examine this incredible combination codec and filter that cleans and removes artefacts from your videos as they play back notwithstanding what video codec they were originally encoded in.

I am rating it Very Good, not Excellent, because the interface is HUGE and may appear cumbersome and complex to some, such as myself.

Thanks for this thread though. I was just using latest ffdshow-tryouts and surprisingly almost no encoders were available.

I've recently switched to Windoze 7 so at first I thought it was some DirectShow/VfW compatibility issue with W7, but thanks to this thread it's clear that it's indeed ffdshow that has changed.

I think I'll do like Martin Koster and switch back to some late 2011 release. Ty anyways.

@K D DOGG & @gamerfreak & others who are concerned:
The developers of ffdshow have decided (at least until there are enough people asking for them) to drop the encoders out of the program. Reasons are (quoting from memory here, NOT verbatim) that the code is "buggy, outdated, obsolete and difficult & time-consuming to update", and that there are better, stand-alone products to replace them.

But it seems if enough people start to make noise about the missing encoders, there might still be hope for them to be re-integrated; go to the doom9's forum and read the discussion, and if You feel like it, post your opinions eg. somewhere here: http://forum.doom9 .org/showthread.php?p=1463368#post1463368

Otherwise 5 star product, but the missing encoders drop half of the use cases :(

It works very well, but how come this updated version gives me only 4 codecs? It only lists Huffyuv, FFV1, DV, MJPEG and uncompressed?

Run xvid and divx with ease
low processor consumption than divx
can display sun
if you want to run mp4 or mkv install haali media splitter otherwise it can't run else you use media player classic cause already have gabest splitter built in

I've been using FFDShow for years, but like others here, PowerDVD 7 freaks out playing avi files with it installed. Guess I use MPC to play them instead (though Nero ShowTime plays them okay).

I want the manual file of ffdshow to use it on smartmovie player plz send me that.

Power DVD. . . that answers your question right there. Its ment to play dvds (badly too I might add) Get MPC and use it with this.
Fliped video can be corrected in the decoder settings.
Some issues with playback can be other codecs running with ffdshow. More than likely powerdvd or some other app installed crud thats causing the issues. The flipped pic is often another decoder running or some crappy filter set from one of those codec "packs" A few nero codecs are rife with issues. Same goes for "Real" The real audio decoder often causes issue with its "take over" of container types.

Overlays: (cpu usage etc) go into the settings and turn it off. "video decoder config"

older version 2007-02-07 has issue with h264 mkv and mp4 containers skipping cause it to stop decoding. (old return of a earlier bug dependant on how the h264 is packaged I think)
I give it a 4 because of this breaking of h264 when earlier versions it was working.



Vista and audio, Vista has known issues with the audigy cards I suggest you check some of the vista bbs out there.

Usualy works great but there is a bug in Vista with my soundblaster Audigy 2zs i think.My setups is a 3ghz p4, ati x1600 agp, 2gb ram, audigy 2zs, catalyst 7.2 and the current (2nd beta) creative audigy driver. If i have set as default playback device in vista the SPDIF out (and not the "speakers" option) i get correct multichannel dolby prologicII audio if the file has it(usualy xvid videos).If the file has stereo, it starts playing only if i dont touch my pc again, but if i load a new file or skip forward or backwards, i get Bluescreens.

ffdshow rocks!

a x64 build would be very nice!

btw: is ffdshow working under vista?


greetings

I was talking about FFDShow..think i forgot to mention that..thanx..cherio!!

Well, it works fine 98% of the time and i can live with that..Buuuut!!!!!..Here┬┤s amaybe real stupid question. When i installed the latest version..The "CPU Usage" is shown every time i watch a video. Well..that┬┤s ok when i watch them in MediaPlayer..but!! When i Burn a Movie DVD (Nero) The CPU Usage is shown in the upper left corner on the finished DVD..that's really anoying..tried everything to get rid of it..but it┬┤s still there..please help me..what to do??

To temporarily fix the explorer crash bug:

When the error occurs, if you can get an error report, you can find the name of the specific dll that's causing the problem. Once you do, navigate to the FFDSHOW directory and add .bak to the extension of that dll to disable it. Once you need it again, rename it back to normal.

If you don't know the error message, I know libmplayer.dll was causing the problem for me.

i've uninstalled the old version of course! the new version 2006-02-03 doesn't give this error while installing.