FFDShow 1.3.4534 reviews

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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2013-03-12
cvekla
on 15 April 2013
When streaming after few days audio is DEsyncronised.
Solution is back to codec from 2011y or 2012y.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2012-12-13
OPODER
on 28 December 2012
Good Codec Package, But some codecs doesn't work well... Like AAC :/
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-07-25
teleping
on 27 July 2011
@Al Jung:
The encoders were removed, last version to have them seems to be around rev. 3670. Reasons were outdated, buggy and inferior encoders; you should use standalone encoders (x264vfw or x264 for h264 encodings, standalone XviD for xvids..).
More about the issue at doom9: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120465
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-07-25
Al Jung
on 26 July 2011
Help please!

Can't see H.264 codec in Encoder list.
Enabled ffdshow to H.264 durng installation process.

Only can see in Encoder List:
-MJPEG
-HuffYUV
-HuffYuV [FFmpeg variant]
-FFV1
-DV
-Uncpmpressed

Installed/Reinstalled last version of ffdshow - no result.

Installed ffdshow alone and via K-Lite Codec Mega Pack. No result!

Win7
x32
Asus P5LD2

Thanks!
Review # 4

mrs.al jung..I had the same problem...but the problem is the version of ffdshow nothing else...use ffdshow 2008... it includs h.264

on 13 Sep 2011, by iraqi kurdistan

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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-05-12
spoozum
on 20 May 2011
To make it work:

1. You must have the right version depending on what player you use. A 64bit-player needs the 64bit-version of ffdshow, and 32bit-player needs 32bit version. This (sometimes) means the installation of both 32- and 64-bit versions to make all players work with ffdshow.

2. You need to set the priority to MAX in the ffdshow-setup. To do this, you must run ffdshow-configuration in administration-mode (right-click the setup in menu-bar and run 'as administrator'), then alter the priority-bar. Do this at all places / at both 32-bit and 64-bit versions to be sure.

Don't blame me if this is not official way 8-)
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-05-12
Jack
on 16 May 2011
@Sentosa
Open FFDShow Audio Decoder and FFDShow Video Decoder and click Codecs on the left. Choose which formats you'd like to be handled by which decoder and click Apply/OK.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-05-12
Sentosa
on 14 May 2011
I downloaded the ffdshow software recently and read through the instructions, still did not find any info how to apply it.

Do I need to select the video to play through the ffdshow software, or it is not necessary at all to open and run this software as the programme once installed, will be effective in the background ?
Review # 7

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 ksec, 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 its 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 its 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. bot you in james natasha go thed ese we faot

on 20 May 2011, by nathan

I have the same question Where is the answer???

on 18 May 2011, by jeff

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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-04-11
teleping
on 19 April 2011
@ghencea RO
The encoders were removed from ffdshow due to being "outdated and buggy". Very, very sad thing to do :(

If you want to use the encoders, you should install a version which still has them, latest being from somewhere around Dec/2010. More info from doom9's forum or from the home page,
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge .net
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-04-11
ghencea RO
on 18 April 2011
I've installed this version of ffdshow and my previous codecs in vdub are gone. Don't have xvid and many others anymore, only 4 codecs (mjpeg, huffyuv, ffv1 and dv) which are not playing on my dvd player. Now I can't encode anything.

Any ideas? I am on XP SP3. The previous ffdshow worked ok.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-03-28
dw817
on 10 April 2011
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.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-03-07
Tom
on 17 March 2011
Downloaded the latest 64 bit but it will not run on Win7 64 bit. My processor supports MMx,SSE and SSe2 as required.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-02-18
Carlos
on 03 March 2011
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.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-02-09
zwh
on 23 February 2011
i have used it for about 4years but i always like it though sometimes it also cause alot trouble for my player.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-02-09
Andrew
on 18 February 2011
Encoders were removed from ffdshow because they were inferior to the 'official' versions of those codecs.

For encoding H.264 you should use the x264VFW codec.
For encoding MPEG-4 you should use the Xvid codec.
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FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2011-02-09
aee
on 17 February 2011
Removing encoders from ffdshow is a bummer!!

This lame decision has reduced the usability of ffdshow for me considerably. Hope the encoders(in particular mpeg2 in avi,x264 & xvid)are back as soon as possible.
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