Win7DSFilterTweaker (formerly Preferred Filter Tweaker) 5.6

Configure your preferred DirectShow filters with just a few mouse clicks

Windows 7 uses its own codecs for decoding several audio and video formats. Using third party DirectShow filters instead of the native filters is not possible without making difficult changes to the Windows Registry.

Win7DSFilterTweaker was designed to be a small tool that allows you to configure your preferred DirectShow filters with just a few mouse clicks. It is quick, easy, and changes can always be undone. If you for example prefer to use ffdshow or CoreAVC for decoding H.264 video then you can do so by using this tool.

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.

This tool can set the preferred filter for the following 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



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