Guide to using FFDshow. Setup Instructions.

[Jeremy Duncan]

video guide at youtube [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/foxhoundfan]link[/url].

overview
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Step 1.) install software: avisynth before ffdshow.
Step 2.) configure ffdshow digital audio
Step 2.) configure ffdshow analog audio
Step 3.) configure ffdshow video
Step 4.) configure media player classic
Step 5.) install avisynth plugins
Step 6.) Reboot, twice.

pictures
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Media Player Classic
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FFDshow Audio
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FFDshow Demo
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different ffdshow configuration for different quality results
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________  [b]FFDshow configuration options[/b] ________
– for vista, use aero. for quality.

FFDshow configuration options.

________ [b]Mid range ffdshow[/b] ________

Codecs tab
Set Mpeg2 to Libmpeg2, and check “DVD decoding”.
Set Avisynth to Avisynth, Raw video to All supported

Decoder options tab
Uncheck “Detect soft telecine and average frame durations”

Subtitles tab, Unchecked
Uncheck “Decode closed captions”
Uncheck “Accept embedded subs”
Uncheck “Accept SSA, ASS, ASS2 Subtitle (experimental)
Vobsub subpage, uncheck Vobsub Enable.

Avisynth tab checked
YV12 checked,
Add FFdshow Video source Unchecked,
3:2 Pulldown box: Ignore Pulldown checked,
check Buffer back/Ahead: 10, 10

setmtmode(2)
video=ffdshow_source()
A=video
B= a.SeeSaw_JD()
C = b.limitedsharpenfaster(strength = 11).limitedsharpenfaster(strength = 11)
return c
distributor()

Resize & aspect tab checked
Process whole image checked
Specify horizontal and vertical Resize: 1920, 1080 (or your monitors resolution)
Process Pixel aspect ratio internally checked
No aspect ratio correction checked
spline
Luma Sharpen: 0.00
Luma Guassian Blur 0.50 (On small monitors like laptops it’s best not to use this. Set it to 0.00)
Accurate rounding checked

Output tab
rgb32 checked
high quality yv12 to rgb conversion checked

rgb conversion tab
ycbcr: itu-bt 601
high quality yv12 to rgb conversion checked
Dithering checked
input: standard
Output levels: Tv/Projector
Reclock: Be sure to use reclock vsync
ATI pixel format set to full rgb: 4:4:4

________ [b]Media Player Classic[/b] ________

Click the View button. Check only the top three in the drop down list.
Click options.

Click the output tab, and set Directshow output to vrm7 windowed.
Directshow Audio: Select Reclock Audio Renderer

Click the External Filters Tab.
Click the Add Filter Button.
Double click the filters you want. You’ll need;
FFdshow Audio decoder
FFdshow video decoder

________ [b]FFdshow Audio Decoder: Analog[/b] ________

Codecs tab

– Uncompressed Tab
Set it to “32 bit integer”

Mixer tab
– checked
I use 5.1 speakers so I set the number of speakers to 5, and check the Lfe box.

Output tab,
– Select 32 bit integer.

________ [b]FFdshow Audio Decoder: Bitstream HD Audio in Windows 7[/b] ________

Install Haali Media Splitter

Step 1

Codecs tab

– Uncompressed Tab
Set it to “All Supported”

Output tab,
– Passthrough boxes: ac3, dts, dolby digital plus, dts hd, dolby truehd are checked.
– Connect as PCM first is unchecked
– Supported output formats: check only 16bit, 24bit.
– Check direct to file

Step 2

Put the files from the bat folder into the system32 folder. To register the bat files you need to get permission to, here is how to do that.
– Using MPCVideoDec.ax as a example. Right click and select Properties.
Go to Security, Advanced, Owner tab, Edit, Hightlight Administerators, click Apply.
From the MPCVideoDec.ax properties, security tab, click Edit. From the Group or user names list, highlight each one and make sure it has Full Control checked.
Click ok and close the properties tab.
– Do this for these three files: MPCVideoDec.ax, MpegSplitter.ax, regsvr32.exe.
– Then right click the MPCVideoDec bat file and run as Administrator. It should successfully register the .ax file.

– For 64 bit windows. Put the MPCVideoDec.ax, MpegSplitter.ax into the system32 folder and the MPCVideoDec bat, MpegSplitter bat files into the syswow64 folder.
Change the permissions for the MPCVideoDec.ax, MpegSplitter.ax, regsvr32.exe as usual.

Step 3

– Run the reg file in the My Documents folder.

Step 4

– Run the Win7DSFilterTweaker.
Under the “Preferred Directshow decoding filters in Windows 7” tab, set H.264, and VC1 to MPCVideoDec.
The “Media Foundation” tab is left at default.
Under the “More Tweaks for Windows 7”, check “Disable Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder”, “Disable Media Foundation”.

________  [b]Software[/b]  ________

[url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/files/Stand%20alone%20Filters%20-%20Win32/Filters%20v1.3.1249.0%20_%2032%20bits/MPC-Standalone%20Filters.1.3.1249.0.%28×86%29.zip/download]MPC filters[/url]
[url=http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/Win7DSFilterTweaker/1262732488/1]Win7DSFilterTweaker[/url]
[url=http://haali.su/mkv/]Haali[/url]
[url=http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/]FFDshow. Updated Nov 8, 2010.[/url]
[url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/files/]media player classic. updated November 8 2010[/url]
[url=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/avisynth2/Avisynth_258.exe?use_mirror=voxel]Avisynth. march 10, 09[/url]
[url=http://”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en”%5DMicrosoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable[/url]
[url=http://”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en”%5DMicrosoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable[/url]

________  [b]Optional Software[/b]  ________

[url=http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Zoom-Player-Professional/978385825/2]Zoomplayer Pro.[/url]
[url=http://www.jrmediacenter.com/download.html]J River[/url]
[url=http://www.theatertek.com/Download/TheaterTek%20DVD%202.0.msi]Theatertek. Updated May 18, 2007[/url]
[url=http://ac3filter.net/projects/spdifer]spdifer[/url]
[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?v4qitymgwmf]Reclock[/url]
[url=http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm]Winrar[/url]
[url=http://”http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140747″%5D%5Bb%5DTest disks for comparison.[/b][/url]

________  [b]Plugins [/b]________

plugins
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?7uifdfw2zy9pp3b[/url]

\\\\\ List of the nessessary Avisynth plugins to go in the plugin folder. 9 in total.

avisynth.dll (Put this into the system32 folder. You need this for MT.)
LimitedSupport_09Jan06B.dll
LimitedSharpenFaster_JD.avsi
MT.dll
mt_masktools.dll
mvtools2.dll
RemoveGrainSSE2.dll
repairsse2.dll
Seesaw_JD.avsi
spresso_JD.avsi

\\\\\ avisynth.dll from the MT folder goes into the System32 folder.

– If your using a 64 bit version of windows, put the avisynth.dll into the SysWOW64 folder, instead of the system32 folder.

First install avisynth.
Second, Put the msvcp71 and msvcr71.dll and the avisynth.dll into the C:\Windows\syswow64 folder.
Also, if you use 32 bit windows and do not have these in your system32 folder, you need to have them in there to use avisynth.

For the 64 bit windows 7 ultimate you do not need to put the msvcp71 and msvcr71.dll into the syswow64 folder as they should already be there.
You just need to put the windows 7 version of the avisynth.dll into the syswow64 folder.

[url=http://”http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1132700″%5DThe encoding route rather then the realtime one.[/url]

[url=http://”http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/wiki/home”%5DLink to official ffdshow faq which explains how the ffdshow settings work.[/url] (if your answer is not in there don’t ask me. 😉 )

[b][COLOR=”RoyalBlue”]Link to introduction: [url=http://”http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1265937#post1265937″%5Dlink%5B/url%5D%5B/COLOR%5D.%5B/b%5D

I use the ati 4670 and the 10.3 drivers.
I use hdmi to my 1080p tv.
The pixel format I use is rgb full 4:4;4
I use a intel E6600 cpu, 2GB ram, Sata HDD, Sound card

_________________________________________ [b]Extra options[/b] _________________________________________

pictures
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Zoomplayer Pro
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Theatertek
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Slysoft’s Reclock
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Spdifer (For DTS and AC3)
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hw deinterlacing_ivtc
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profiles
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wmv and mpeg1
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multithreading
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________ [b]Deinterlacing_ivtc[/b] ________

Codecs tab
Set Mpeg2 to Libmpeg2, and check “DVD decoding”.
Set Avisynth to Avisynth, Raw video to All supported

Subtitles tab, Unchecked
Uncheck “Decode closed captions”
Uncheck “Accept embedded subs”
Uncheck “Accept SSA, ASS, ASS2 Subtitle (experimental)
Vobsub subpage, uncheck Vobsub Enable.

Avisynth tab checked
YV12 checked,
Add FFdshow Video source Unchecked,
3:2 Pulldown box: Ignore Pulldown checked,
check Buffer back/Ahead: 5, 5

setmtmode(2)
video=ffdshow_source()
A=video
B= a.SeeSaw_JD()
C = b.limitedsharpenfaster(strength = 11).limitedsharpenfaster(strength = 11)
return c
distributor()

Resize & aspect tab checked
Process whole image checked
Specify horizontal and vertical Resize: 1920, 1080 (or your monitors resolution)
Process Pixel aspect ratio internally checked
No aspect ratio correction checked
spline
Luma Sharpen: 0.00
Luma Guassian Blur 0.50 (On small monitors like laptops it’s best not to use this. Set it to 0.00)
Accurate rounding checked
interlaced checked

Output tab
One of the yuv colors checked, depending on the videocard your using. Intel uses a different yuv color than ati, but for ati I use nv12.
check “set interlace flag in output type in media type”, both tab here are set to auto.

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