LAV Filters 0.24

LAV Filters 0.24 gives you an invaluable and  impressive  set of DirectShow filters based on the libavformat and libavcodec libraries from the ffmpeg project, which will allow you to play virtually any format in a DirectShow player.

The filters are still under Development, so not every feature is finished, or every format supported.

By default the splitter will register for all media formats that have been tested and found working at least partially. This currently includes (but is not limited to) MKV/WebM, AVI, MP4/MOV, TS/M2TS/MPG, FLV, OGG, BluRay (.bdmv and .mpls)

However, some other splitters register in a "bad" way and force all players to use them. The Haali Media Splitter is one of those, and to give priority to the LAVFSplitter you have to either uninstall Haali or rename its .ax file at least temporarily.

The Audio Decoder will register with a relatively high merit, which should make it the preferred decoder by default. Most players offer a way to choose the preferred decoder however.

BluRay Support

To play a BluRay, simply open the index.bdmv file in the BDMV folder on the BluRay disc. LAV Splitter will then automatically detect the longest track on the disc (usually the main movie),

and start playing. Alternatively you can also open a playlist file (*.mpls, located in BDMV/PLAYLIST), and LAV Splitter will then play that specific title. In future versions you'll be able to choose the title from within the player, as well.

Compiling

Compiling is pretty straight forward using VC++2010 (included project files). It does, however, require that you build your own ffmpeg and libbluray. You need to place the full ffmpeg package in a directory called "ffmpeg" in the  main source directory (the directory this file was in). There are scripts to  build a proper ffmpeg included. 

• General
• • Big ffmpeg update! Libraries have been renamed (version increase)
• LAV Splitter
• • Obviously wrong frame rates will no longer be reported to the decoder
  • Improved mpeg2 playback
  • Improved dynamic media type changes
  • Fix the first few frames of ASS/SSA subtitles in Matroska
  • Fix an issue with the display of some codec names
  • Add proper subtypes for little-endian PCM
  • Fix subtypes for QT PCM
• LAV Audio
• • Support processing of 64-bit double output from the decoders
  • PCM data will be buffered before its send to the renderer/post processor