ffdshow

Ffdshow is a free DirectShow Decoder and Encoder for Windows for playback of various video and audio formats. In addition, it offers various post-processing options.

Functions

With the help of libavcodec, part of the FFmpeg project, as well as a number of other also open source decoders ( Xvid, libmpeg2, mp3lib, etc.) decodes the program all key video and audio formats, including MPEG -2, MPEG -4 (DivX, XviD, etc.) and AVC/H.264. So it is not necessary to install to play these multimedia formats separate codecs. This ffdshow as the true " fastest" decoder for these formats (except H.264). ffdshow offers a multi - thread support also to use the full power of multi- core processor systems. Also, ffdshow, CoreAVC addition, the recommended decoder for files in x264 format. Furthermore dominated ffdshow many methods to influence the output of the video or audio data. Thus, the software can calculate, for example, existing subtitles or set various filters to improve the visual and / or aural quality of the film. In addition, ffdshow as video encoders for various formats (eg Xvid, DivX 3, x264 ) are used. The video filters included in ffdshow can be used thanks to the included plugins in the popular video editors VirtualDub and AviSynth. It is also possible to use filters in DScaler ffdshow.

In addition to installing ffdshow also a DirectShow based media player (such as, for example, Zoom Player, Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic or Winamp ) are required.

A special feature to be noted that the original project page on SourceForge ffdshow is obsolete and current " builds " are found ffdshow only on other pages. Since the original author, Milan Cutka, the development of ffdshow set obviously, other projects have arisen that actively pursue the development. This is especially ffdshow tryouts mentioned.

Supported video and audio formats

List of the most popular video formats, which can be decoded and encoded by ffdshow:

  • MPEG 1
  • MPEG-2
  • MPEG -4 ( including Xvid, DivX 3/4/5/6, 3ivx and MS MPEG-4)
  • H.264 or MPEG-4/AVC ( x264, Nero Digital, etc. )
  • Windows Media Video ( Version 7 /8, version 9 previously only informally )
  • H.263
  • H.261
  • Motion JPEG
  • MPEG to AVI
  • Intel Indeo 3
  • DV
  • Cinepak
  • Theora
  • MS Video 1
  • RV10 / RV20
  • HuffYUV

List of the most popular audio formats that can be decoded by ffdshow:

  • MPEG -1 Audio Layer 3
  • MPEG -1 audio layers 1 and 2
  • AAC
  • DTS
  • Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD
  • AC3, E- AC3
  • Windows Media Audio ( version 1/7 and 2/8)
  • Vorbis
  • MS AD- PCM
  • FLAC

List of video filters which ffdshow provides:

  • Curtail
  • Deinterlacing ( KernelDeinterlacer, TomsMoComp, ffmpeg deinterlacer, and more. )
  • Size and aspect ratio
  • Perspective correction
  • Logo - distance
  • Post-processing ( de-blocking filter)
  • Image Correction ( Farb-/Gamma-Korrektur )
  • Threshold correction
  • Chroma-/Luminanz-Verschiebung
  • Blur / Noise Reduction
  • Sharpen
  • Warpsharp
  • DScaler - for importing DScaler Filter
  • AviSynth - AviSynth filters for importing
  • Murmur
  • DeBand filter
  • Recording ( for recording of screenshots and image sequences )
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