Download ffdshow 2004-07-18

Free-codecs has once again released a new version of ffdshow. The version number is 2004-07-18 and as is well known by now, this DirectShow filter allows DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG1, and MPEG2 files to be played in just about any media player. The version optimized for the SSE2 instruction set has not been updated and is still at version 2004-07-09. The changelog for this version looks like this:

Changes from FFDSHOW 2004-07-09 to FFDSHOW 2004-07-18:

• matrix mixer supports more sample formats (untested)
• VC6 compilation fixed (very likely VC6 support will be dropped after VS.NET 2005 will be released)
• templated matrix mixer
• DivX 5.2 DirectShow decoder fitler has extremly high merit
• raised ffdshow’s to be higher by one
• noise shaping and dithering when converting from float to integer samples
• selectable output audio sample format
• optimized mixer matrix multiplication
• warnings fixes, SSE denoise3d compilation disable on MSVC 6 in release mode, mixer crash fixed
• working on mixer filter
• use libavcodec audio resampling functions
• spare few bytes at the end of input audio buffer
• subtitle lines split fix, compilation fixes
• working on audio upsampling
• float raw audio samples fix
• mixer order can be changed
• volume filter handles more sample formats
• forgot to commit
• AVIS audio input (DirectShow) accepts more sample formats
• accept floating point uncompressed audio
• more bit depth conversions
• typo, GCC compilation fixes
• decss audio input pin (copied from Media Player Classis)
• better handle audio format changes during playback
• check for new sample creation success