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 Codec Pack All-In-1.

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  1. Advanced codec bundle includes DirectShow filters and essential tools for encoding and decoding, enabling seamless playback of popular, rare, high-definition, and standard media formats on Windows with user configuration, repair utilities, and regular feature updates.

    11 K-Lite Codec Pack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. LAVfilters icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. The CCCP was created to replace the video playback packs provided in favor of a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically anything.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. AC3Filter icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Xvid icon
     9 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. iSubtitle icon
     1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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