Tag: ffdshow

FFDShow strikes back

FFDShow is already known for it issues (including for example mentioned one). Today’s featured one is related to its Video Decoder. A great deal of FFDShow related issues amy be worked around with a single shot by listing the image name as an FFDShow exclusion under registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\ffdshow; blacklist but I felt relaxed and the…

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FFDShow is getting more annoying

Surprisingly fast I got new problems having ffdshow installed as a part of K-Lite Codec Pack. No wonder though because let us take a look at registration information: Display Name: @device:sw:{083863F1-70DE-11D0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\{0F40E1E5-4F79-4988-B1A9-CC98794E6B55} CLSID: {0F40E1E5-4F79-4988-B1A9-CC98794E6B55} Friendly Name: ffdshow Audio Decoder Path: C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax Merit: 0x3fffffff Nice merit, ain’t it? What is merit anyway? Let us…

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