FFDShow Alternatives

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 Xvid.

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FFDShow is a 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...

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FFDShow alternatives page was last updated Mar 11, 2019
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    K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.

    12 K-Lite Codec Pack alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Code Packs
    2.  Thumbnail preview

    K-Lite Codec Pack VS FFDShow

     
    • K-Lite Codec Pack is the most popular Windows alternative to FFDShow.

    • K-Lite Codec Pack is the most popular free alternative to FFDShow.

    • K-Lite Codec Pack is Free and ProprietaryFFDShow is Free and Open Source
    • K-Lite Codec Pack is LightweightFFDShow is not according to our users
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    LAV Filters are a set of open-source DirectShow filters, aimed to eventually replace the better part of the playback chain required to play all and any modern media.

    9 LAVfilters alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    LAVfilters Features

    1.  Filters

    LAVfilters VS FFDShow

     
    • LAVfilters is the most popular Open Source alternative to FFDShow.

    • LAVfilters is Free and Open SourceFFDShow is also Free and Open Source
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    The CCCP was created to replace the video playback packs provided in favor of a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically anything.

    12 CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last update, released in October 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack VS FFDShow

     
  4. Shark007 Codecs icon
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    A collection of audio and video codecs that contains full suite of all the best codecs available for Windows.

    8 Shark007 Codecs alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Shark007 Codecs Features

    1.  Portable

    Shark007 Codecs VS FFDShow

     
  5. Xvid icon
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    Xvid is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license.

    11 Xvid alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Xvid VS FFDShow

     
    • Xvid is the most popular Linux alternative to FFDShow.

    • Xvid is Free and Open SourceFFDShow is also Free and Open Source
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    Do you download movies and get confused by all the different formats and codecs? Now you dont need to worry about downloading your movie codecs separately, you can do it all in one go. Codec Pack All-in-1 includes: DivX 6.0 XviD Codec 1.0.3 DivX, XviD - FFDShow 17.02.

    7 Codec Pack All-In-1 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last update, 6.0.3.0, released in January 2006, can be still downloaded from FileHippo.com

    Codec Pack All-In-1 VS FFDShow

     
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    AC3Filter is a high quality free audio decoder and processor filter. It allows media players to playback movies with AC3 and DTS audio tracks. Also it can process any audio track, much of processing options allows to adjust the sound in almost any way.

    5 AC3Filter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available and the program was not updated since 2009. Last version, 0.7b, can be still downloaded from SourceForge

    AC3Filter Features

    1.  AAC

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    iSubtitle - Soft subtitled movies for your Apple gear

    The first and only application to take full advantage of Apple's soft subtitle technology. The subtitle tracks are resolution independent and they are rendered in real-time as you watch the movie. They are always displaye.

    0 iSubtitle alternatives

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    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    iSubtitle VS FFDShow

     
    • iSubtitle is the most popular Mac alternative to FFDShow.

    • iSubtitle is the most popular commercial alternative to FFDShow.

    • iSubtitle is Paid and ProprietaryFFDShow is Free and Open Source
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