FFDShow is described as 'DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 movies. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are eight alternatives to FFDShow for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best FFDShow alternative is K-Lite Codec Pack, which is free. Other great apps like FFDShow are LAVfilters, CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack, Shark007 Codecs and Codec Pack All-In-1.