Thread: ffdshow's Audio Decoder

ffdshow's Audio Decoder component can be used to play back all music formats. You will need to set your media players to use ffdshow. For example, in Winamp, go to Options > Plug-ins > Input. Double-click on Nullsoft DirectShow Decoder.Add the formats that you want ffdshow to use separated by a semicolon, for example:
MP3; MP4 Click Close.

Now when you playa song in Winamp, you should see the ffdshow Audio Decoder icon in the System Tray. All the effects can be viewed and settings changed by first clicking on ffdshow Audio Decoder. The different plugins can be enabled by checking on the boxes next to the names. The rest of the functionality is similar to that in ffdshow Video Decoder.