DirectShow FilterPack 4.12

Pacchetto di codec directshow, contiene 12 splitter filters e 2 decoder filters!!

DirectShow FilterPack consists of 12 Source- and Splitter filters (stage 1 and 2) and only 1 Decoder filter (stage 3).
That's because another piece of software called FFDShow is already capable of decoding a lot of encoded/encrypted
audio and video, but FFDShow can do much more than that!
DirectShow FilterPack greatly relies on FFDShow and FFDShow is almost completely useless without Splitter filters,
but DirectShow FilterPack and FFDShow together can play/render almost anything! Many Splitter filters and a couple
of Source filters are also embedded in Media Player Classic (a DirectShow media player). But Media Player Classic
can't play/render lossless audio for instance, so in this case DirectShow FilterPack is still usefull.

Unlike codecpacks, DirectShow FilterPack doesn't consist of one single codec or encoder. This means you can not
create your own music/videos with it. It can only be used to play/render audio and video files. And besides, you don't
even need those (big) codecpacks if you only need DivX/XviD/H.264 and MP3/AAC/Vorbis to create your own music/videos
for instance!
Neither does DirectShow FilterPack include duplicate DirectShow media filters. Something you see quite often with
some codecpacks is that they have 2 or 3 media filters for the same purpose. They have FFDShow for Vorbis Audio
decoding for instance, but then they also include the CoreVorbis DirectShow Filter, or even worse, the OGG Direct-
Show Filters from years ago. This can cause conflicts/errors when Windows is trying to build a DirectShow Graph
in order to play your favorite music/videos. No wonder a lot of codecpacks are very big with all these duplicate and
useless DirectShow filters inside.
Nor does DirectShow FilterPack contain a DirectShow media player. So not a single file-type will be associated with
any kind of DirectShow media player during the installation/registration of DirectShow FilterPack.
DirectShow FilterPack is a no-nonsense lite-weight package of only the most important media filters. Hence it's
possible to maintain a very small filesize of around 1.64MB!

I don't like installers and that's the reason why I'm using BAT-files to install/register all the DirectShow filters. All the
BAT-files do is letting Windows know the DirectShow filters in my package are available and ready for use by adding
them to the Windows Registry. This way Windows can use them to build DirectShow Graphs. Or in other words:
this way you can use them to play your favorite music/videos you couldn't play before.


There are two DSFP versions available; a normal-version and a lite-version.
The main difference between them is that the lite-version doesn't contain the lossless Source filters.
In the Content list you can see exactly what's in the lite-version and what's not.

Requirements

• Windows XP (haven't tested it on Windows Vista, simply because I don't have/like it (yet))
(most of the filters are unicode releases and are for Windows XP only.)
• DirectShow based media player like:
Media Player Classic (MPC), Zoom Player, RadLight, The Core Media Player and Windows Media Player.
(My DirectShow FilterPack won't work with plug-in based media players like WinAMP and XMPlay!)
• FFDShow
• QuickTime Alternative (optional)
QuickTime Alternative allows you to play QuickTime files (MOV,QT) without having to install QuickTime Player.
• Real Alternative (optional)
Real Alternative allows you to play RealMedia files (RA,RM,RAM,RMVB) without having to install RealPlayer.
• Windows Media Format 11 Runtime (optional)
Windows Media Lite allows you to play (streamed) Windows Media files (WMA,WMV,etc.) without having to install Windows Media Player.
Content

• Gabest - MPA Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: MPEG(4) Audio files (MP3 and AAC).
• Gabest - OGG Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: OGG Vorbis files (OGG and OGM).
• DCoder - BASS Source Filter 1.2.0.0 (24072008)
Decodes: MusePack Audio files (MPC), Free Lossless Audio files (FLAC), Monkey's Audio files (APE), WavPack Audio files (WV),
True Audio files (TTA), Apple Lossless Audio Coding files (ALAC) and Tracker Audio files (MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD and UMX).
• RadLight - OFR Source Filter 1.0.0.1 (27042004)
Decodes: OptimFROG Audio files (OFR).
• CoreCodec - WV Decoder 1.1.0.484 (04032007)
Decodes: WavPack Audio streams (in MKV-files for example).
• Gabest - CDDA Source Filter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Reads: Audio CDs.
• Gabest - CDXA Source Filter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Reads: (S)VCDs and XCDs.
• Gabest - SHOUTcast Source Filter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Decodes: internet radio audio streams.
• Gabest - AVI Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: AVI files.
• Gabest - MPEG Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: MPEG1/MPEG2 files (MP(E)G, VOB, DAT, TS, TP, etc.).
• Gabest - MP4 Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: MPEG4 Video files (MP4, M4A, 3GP and the majority of MOV).
• Gabest - MKV Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: Matroska files (MKV and MKA).
• Gabest - FLV Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
Splits: Flash Video files (FLV).
Decodes: On2 VP62 Video streams.
• Softella - DirectShow Filter Manager 0.5.0.260 (09082005)
A utility to help list, sort, find, add or remove DirectShow filters.
Content (lite-version)

• Gabest - MPA Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - OGG Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - CDDA Reader Filter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - SHOUTcast Source Filter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - AVI Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - MPEG Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - MP4 Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - MKV Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Gabest - FLV Splitter 1.2.972.0 (14012009)
• Softella - DirectShow Filter Manager 0.5.0.260 (09082005)