Which codecs give better visual performance? ffdshow vs xvid,divx, h264

[TJCS]

Sometimes when I use ffdshow the picture quality seem a bit darker than when I use divx, xvid, and h264. However, sometimes, ffdshow playback seems to display higher detail quality.

Any thoughts?

 

[alcoholbob]

H264 looks the best to me.

 

[TJCS]

H264 looks the best to me.

What I mean is visual quality differences between using:

1. ffdshow to decode: divx, xvid, and h264
2. original divx, xvid, and divx h264 to decode: divx, xvid, and h264.


Thanks.

 

[tw1164]

I have problems using ffdshow-mt or Dxva via ffdshow. I use CoreAvc for h264, and ffdshow for everything else.

 

[jtvang125]

I'm kind of lost with your comparison.

Divx, xvid, and h264 are compression methods with h264 being the most efficient with the best results.

FFDshow is a library of decoders that will decode those mentioned compression methods. The difference you're noticing is probably due to what compression was used and how it was done (2 pass vs 1 pass, hi-quality vs normal..ect).

 

[TJCS]

I have been using the same methods to rip my DVDs (2-pass, x264), and for testing I m using the same video. I am not sure if the dark and high saturation of color is due to how I compressed or the nature of using ffdshow to decode.