Andy Val Till has a guide up on how to install Ffdshow, ffdshow is an open source codec for decoding formats like divx and Andy’g guide takes you step by step through installing the app and how to get it up and running. If you looking to go beyond the basics with codecs this could be a good guide for you.

AntiPack was intended as a starting point in that it only includes high quality hardware accelerated codecs for the most popular A/V formats, but does not support everything.  If you need more, ffdshow should be next on your list.  It provides the most full featured software video and audio decoder of any OSS or free DirectShow filter; because of this when installed and configured properly it is an excellent complement to what we started earlier.  For me, the most important feature that ffdshow provides that isn’t found anywhere else is DTS-MA support.  While only core (i.e. DTS) is supported because the underlying libdts/libca does not yet support full MA, ffdshow will connect to splitters that present the proper DTS-MA media type (like the beta SageTV demuxer) without needing to transcode or recontainer the content prior to playback…

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