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 ffdshow video decoder configuration on Windows 7 | |
| Original author(s) | Milan Cutka, Peter Ross |
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| Developer(s) | clsid, XhmikosR, et al. |
| Initial release | 20 May 2002 (original ffdshow) 11 September 2006 (ffdshow tryouts) |
| Final release | |
| Preview release | 1.3.4533 (30 September 2014) [±][3][4] |
| Written in | Assembly, C++, C[5] |
| Operating system | Windows XP and later |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 |
| Website | ffdshow-tryout |
ffdshow is an open-source unmaintained codec library that is mainly used for decoding of video in the MPEG-4 ASP (e.g. encoded with DivX or Xvid) and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video formats, but it supports numerous other video and audio formats as well. It is free software released under GNU General Public License 2.0, runs on Windows, and is implemented as a Video for Windows (VFW) codec and a DirectShow filter.