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I'm testing hardware accellerated H264 decoding using a Broadcom card. The hardware decoder driver is implementet as a DirecShow codec/filter.

Playing 1080p HD movies in Media Player automatically uses the correct codec/filter and playback is smooth with low CPU load. I prefer to use VLC espesially since Media Player does not support multicast streams which I also use. Is it possible to use DirectShow filters/codecs with VLC? If so, how do I specify it?

Thanks

Is it possible to use DirectShow filters/codecs with VLC?

In short: no. VLC is not using DirectShow.

The single and only exception is the Windows Media DMO codecs.

can we make vlc use directshow???

can we make vlc use directshow???

One could code support for VLC. But it is easier to use other DirectShow players like Media Player Classic.