Ffdshow: what is this program?

Ffdshow: what is this program? How does it work? Why is it necessary? Some users see this name on their computer and do not know what the application is in front of them.

Description

So, Ffdshow - what is this? This is a set of codecs with the processing system required for video and audio files. It is able to work with any player designed for the Windows operating system.

This program is a media decoder, which decodes the video stream with great speed, observing high accuracy. It can be easily customized for individual tasks. Codecs automatically adapt to different operating systems. The system of settings is very flexible. It makes it possible to avoid conflicts between those codecs that are incompatible with each other.

Playing high-definition video without delays is another possibility of a media decoder. And even weak computers are coping with this task. Therefore, for comfortable work with video and audio, it is recommended to install Ffdshow. What is this program? What other possibilities does she have?

List of main advantages

• Codecs are automatically configured for a specific operating system.
• There is support for subtitles.
• Hotkey support is active.
• The playback process can be configured so that the processor is not heavily loaded, and the image quality is high.
• You can create screenshots.
• There is the possibility of editing.
• Choice of codec.
• Built-in audio filters.
• Possibility to connect additional plug-ins.
• Built-in mixer, equalizer and decoder.

Ffdshow Audio Decoder is included in the set and installed without any problems, since the whole process is accompanied by prompts.

Basic program settings

After the installation is completed, you need to go into configuring the video decoding. The "Codecs" section displays all supported video formats. For each of them, a library is shown that will help to decode.

In general, setting up Ffdshow is not difficult. In the Raw Video list, you need to select support for all available codecs.

The "Information" group contains all the necessary information about the video file, and the CPU helps to set the priority.

Here you can enable or disable the simultaneous launch of several Ffdshow filters.

The OSD option helps to see the service information reflected by the filter. It is included to ensure that the codecs are functioning, and the file played in the player is being processed. After checking, you can uncheck the box.

The item "Quick Settings in the Tray" shows the settings for managing the program from the tray.

The remaining items relate to the processing of the video image. If checked, then the filter is currently enabled and used. All filters can be swapped, which, naturally, will affect the final result.

Filter settings

Ffdshow - what is this program? As it became clear, this is a set of codecs for working with audio and video. In order to learn all the features of the program, you need to understand the filter settings.

Each page at the top has a drop-down list that you need to use to quickly switch settings that affect filters.

• A filter called "Crop and Zoom" enlarges the image and cuts it around the edges. The whole frame does not increase. The filter only affects the picture inside the frame. Everything that does not fit is clipped.
• A filter called Logoaway helps to get rid of the logos on the picture. These can be TV channel symbols or advertising icons. This filter sets the parameters of a rectangular area, which is equal in size to the logo. This area will blur or paint over the unwanted sign.
• There is also a filter in the program that removes such logos that are inserted over the video image.
• The "Postprocessing" filter smooths color transitions and sharp boundaries, and also removes artifacts that are caused by too much compression.
• "Presets" are autotuning, which are guided by the capabilities of the user's computer. When automatic quality control is enabled, the processing process will take a reference to the CPU load at the current time. If it is loaded heavily, the quality of the processing will decrease.
• In the "Default" mode, additional settings will be displayed, responsible for blurring the borders vertically and horizontally, removing edge artifacts, processing the brightness of the image and color, and processing intensity.

Other settings

In the image adjustment options, the first slider adjusts the contrast, the second - the brightness. Here you can also adjust the gamma correction using the three sliders responsible for the color channels.

"Noise" allows you to add to the image a noisy effect. There is an opportunity, on the contrary, to get rid of it.

There are settings that allow you to overlay the video effect of noise, scratches, add softness to the image.

Using the Bitmap Overlay option on a video, you can superimpose a picture and adjust the blending mode and the level of its transparency.

The Grab option allows you to delete individual frames.

Results

Ffdshow - what is this program? This is a very useful set of filters and codecs that works with a lot of decoding packages and uses the potential of all popular audio and video formats .

The program can be used in any editor of video files, and Ffdshow Audio Decoder, respectively, in the editor of audio files. At the output you will get a completely different product, in contrast to the original media file.

All this is necessary both for professionals who are engaged in processing, and for amateurs to conduct experiments with multimedia projects.