what is ffdshow, and should I install it?
 

Hi!

I've been reading something about ffdshow, but I don't know exactly what is it.
Can someone please tell me what is ffdshow, and if I should care installing it?

Thanks a lot!

:D Hey dude ffshow is a filter and it comes in the nimo codec pack. you can use it to play some avis that comes in xvid format i think, but is not to much useful :D

AFAIK ffdshow is an MPEG-4 decoder that is apparently better quality than both the DivX and XViD decoders. It also supports stuff like adding noise :mrgreen: to hide DCT blocks.

Re: ffdshow...?
 

you find it in doom9,
works with divx,xvid,etc....in zoomplayer,mediaplayer,......
it's fantastic and very simple to use.
correct color,bright,sharpness and lot of things.
i think that you like it. :wink:

Thanks fellows! I'll give it a try. :D

Adding noise after quantization to hide the blocks? Funny.

Both Divx and Xvid decoders have deblocking and deringing filters.

Divx5 decoder has a "FILM effect" slider that will add noise to make the movie more "analog" like...