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Win7DSFilterTweaker 5.9

The Win7DSFilterTweaker(aka Preferred Filter Tweaker for Windows 7) allows to configure your preferred DirectShow decoders with just a few mouse clicks. It is quick, easy, and changes can always be undone.

Microsoft made several large changes with regard to multimedia playback in Windows 7 compared to previous version of Windows.

Windows 7 includes a new playback framework called Media Foundation.

Microsoft also added decoders for H.264 video and AAC audio. All with the intention to improve playback experience and the out-of-the-box playback capabilities.

This is nice, but has unfortunately also resulted in a more restricted playback environment.

It is no longer possible to use third party codecs without needing to resort to complex tweaks. Since the decoders offered by Microsoft aren't perfect, there are situations where it is desirable to use more powerful third party decoders.

Win7DSFilterTweaker has been created to provide you with an easy to use interface for tweaking which decoders are used in Windows 7.

This tool is particularly useful for the Microsoft players, namely Windows Media Player and Media Center. Certain advanced third party players, such as Media Player Classic, are already capable of using third party filters without using this tool.

Supported Formats (DirectShow):

This tool can set the preferred decoding filter for the following audio and video formats.

- H.264
- MPEG-4 (Xvid/DivX/MP4V)
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-1
- VC-1 and WMVA
- WMV1/2/3
- DV
- MJPEG
- AAC
- MP3
- MP2
- MP1

Supported Third Party DirectShow Filters:

Only the filters listed below are currently supported by this tool. Requests for additions of other filters can be made on our forum.

Currently supported third party filters (32-bit):

- ffdshow
- LAV Video
- MPCVideoDec
- CoreAVC H.264 decoder
- Xvid MPEG-4 decoder
- DivX H.264 decoder
- DivX MPEG-4 decoder
- DivX AAC decoder
- DiAVC H.264 decoder
- DScaler5 MPEG-2 decoder
- Gabest MPEG-2 decoder
- Cyberlink H.264 decoder (PDVD 7/8/9/10)
- Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder (PDVD 7/8/9/10)
- Cyberlink VC-1 decoder (patched with VC1Tweak: guid {394DFD1B-6F4C-4096-AA14-EF852B02595B})
- ArcSoft H.264 decoder
- ArcSoft MPEG-4 decoder
- ArcSoft MPEG-2 decoder
- ArcSoft VC-1 decoder (patched with VC1Tweak: guid {9DAD7B50-4432-4F48-AC60-B2B4E854454B})
- Purevideo MPEG-2 decoder
- NVIDIA MPEG-2 decoder
- MONOGRAM AAC decoder
- Broadcom H.264/MPEG-2 decoder
- Bitcontrol MPEG-2 decoder
- CoreAAC v2
- MainConcept H.264 decoder
- MainConcept VC-1 decoder
- MainConcept MPEG-2 decoder
- MainConcept MPEG-4 decoder
- MainConcept AAC decoder

Currently supported third party filters (64-bit):

- ffdshow
- LAV Video
- MPCVideoDec
- CoreAVC H.264 decoder
- Xvid MPEG-4 decoder
- Gabest MPEG-2 decoder
- Bitcontrol MPEG-2 decoder
- CoreAAC v2

Supported Formats (Media Foundation):

- This tool can disable the use of Media Foundation for the following file extensions:
.3g2, .3gp, .3gp2, .3gpp, .avi, .m4a, .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .mp4v, .wav

- And additionally on Windows 8:
.m2t, .m2ts, .mod, .mp2v, .mpeg, .mpg, .mts, .ts, .vob

It also has the ability to completely disable the use of Media Foundation.

Important Note:

- The changes that this tool makes to the preferred filter settings of Windows only have effect when a player uses DirectShow.

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