Ffdshow
ffdshow is an open source decoder (and encoder) based on FFmpeg. ffdshow is used for decoding and encoding numerous video and audio codecs, (practically every decoder and encoder that FFmpeg supports). It runs on Microsoft Windows operating-systems and is implemented as a DirectShow decoding filter as well as VMW (Video for Windows) encoding DLL (Dynamic Link Library).
Ffdshowex
See also
- FFmpeg Wishlist
- FFmpeg Wishlist#Native DirectShow support - Native DirectShow support FFmpeg request/suggestion
- FFmpeg Wishlist#Native MediaFoundation support - Native MediaFoundation support FFmpeg request/suggestion
- FFmpeg Wishlist#DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) - DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) FFmpeg request/suggestion
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FFDSHOW is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing several video formats, including DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies. Filter also supports nowadays decoding of virtually all audio formats used in movies, including AC3, DTS, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, and several subtitle formats. What is FFDShow. What is FFDShow. FFDShow is a media decoder and encoder mainly used for the fast and high-quality decoding of video in the MPEG-4 ASP (e.g. Encoded with DivX, Xvid, or FFmpeg MPEG-4) and AVC (H.264) formats, but it supports numerous other video and audio formats as well.
- New (ffdshow-tryout) website: http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net
- Updated ffdshow fork project and source code site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/
- Information/History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffdshow
- Old (dead) website: http://ffdshow.sf.net
- Old ffdshow project and source code site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectShow Wikipedia DirectShow article
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms783323.aspx Microsoft DirectShow specifications (1)
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788119.aspx Microsoft DirectShow specifications (2)