ffdshow - avi to svcd

[kiboy6]

Hi,

FFDshow is causing some crashes on my computer. Does anyone know if uninstalling ffdshow will affect the quality of my tmpgenc avi to svcd encoding?

Many thanks.


(I have all other neccesary codecs xvid, divx etc)

[erratic]

TMPGEnc Plus only uses ffdshow if the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader has the highest priority in Option -> Environmental setting -> VFAPI plug-in. Otherwise TMPGEnc uses the regular DivX/XviD codecs.

Anyway, I don't think uninstalling ffdshow will matter, but of course there are many versions of ffdshow. I always use the latest Athos build: http://athos.leffe.dnsalias.com/
If I install a build that causes problems I reinstall the previous build and all is well again.

[kiboy6]

hey,

thanks for your reply. The DirectShow Multimedia File Reader does have the highest priority, but only because i put it there for vobsub a while ago. What does ffdshow do? will the quality of my svcds be any worse if i get rid of it?


thanks

[erratic]

I honestly don't know if it will affect the quality, but you can always run a short test (use the Source Range in TMPGEnc to convert a small part of your AVI file). If you don't like the quality reinstall a better version of ffdshow. I like the latest Athos build a lot, but I don't convert divx/xvid to (S)VCD or DVD, I have a videocard with tv-out (much easier). I only use ffdshow for playback, haven't tried the other divx/xvid codecs in a long time.