FFDSHOW MPEG-4 Video Decoder is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 movies. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPL’ed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder.

First of all, the FFDSHOW MPEG-4 Video Decoder consumes way less CPU power than original DivX codecs, even with maximum post-processing. At the same time the post-processing seems to give excellent quality results and allows more configuring than the original DivX 5 codec. It can even automaticly reduce post-processing if your CPU is getting overloaded. The noise filter adds a kind of a rasterising effect to the picture - might be useful in some cases. The alpha version also includes experimental playback for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files (such as VCD and SVCD movies), which works pretty damn well. Only problem is that MPEG-2 playback can’t play the SVCD clips directly from the CD, but requires the video to be extracted to the HDD by using VCDGear first.

Developer: FFDShow.info
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 3.9 MB
Download FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2008-10-04 rev 2180 link

MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time and at this moment, it already has millions of users from 170+ countries all over the planet.

MediaCoder Features In Brief
* Convert to and from many audio and video compression formats and re-multiplex into various container formats in batches
* Full control over transcoding parameters, you can learn about audio/video encoding and play with various codecs
* Strong decoding capability for partial or corrupted contents
* Simplified UI for popular mobile devices (e.g. PSP, iPhone/iPod)
* Fully standalone, no dependance on system codecs/splitters
* Extension (scripting language) infrastructure to expand user interfaces and improve user experience

MediaCoder Typical Applications
* Improving compression / reducing size for audio/video files
* Converting for audio/video playback devices (digital audio player, MP4 player, mobile phone, PDA, PSP, VCD/DVD player etc.)
* Extracting audio tracks from video files
* Ripping audio/video discs
* Reparing corrupted or partial downloaded video files

Developer: Stanley Huang
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 16.4 MB
Download MediaCoder 0.6.1.4116 link

Cool DVD Player is a high-definition DVD player software which supports multiple video formats. This DVD player software can put the super computation capability of dual-core CPU into full play and the latest decoding technology makes your computer a perfect HD video & audio playback platform.

Meanwhile, Cool DVD Player is a complete compatible media player and it can support a wide variety of video formats including HDTV, DVD, VCD, MPEG1/2/4, AVI, RM, MOV, MP3 etc. Cool DVD Player can be extensively compatible with hardware, which is operated stably and smoothly under popular O/S such as Windows 2000\XP\2003\Vista.

Functions of Cool DVD Player
* Cool DVD player supports up to 32 roads subtitles. Playing window menu during playback-”subtitle selection” items list all the subtitles options provided by DVD and the position can be dragged by moving the mouse. Cool DVD Player has unique subtitles editor supports color changing, transparency, zoom, intelligent line break, subtitle boundary peaking, subtitle size adjustment, subtitle bright part edition and background part edition and subtitle precision processing.
* Powerful Capture Function. Cool DVD Player adopt BICUIC-BSAMPLE technology zoom freely, clear and sharp and it also can browse and save the pretty pictures from your favorite movie
* Smart Stretch let you enjoy any movie with 16:9 aspect ratio on any screen mode, without distortion.
* Powerful audio effect. Completely supports AC3, DTS ,MPEG,LPCM and other encoding formats, also spectrum enhancement later effect added. Support 5.1/6.1/7.1 stereo.
* Powerful image color temperature adjustment function. Including luma, contrast, UV chroma and saturation.
* An PC layer support background playback.  Desktop Video enables you to watch DVD and work simultaneously!

Developer: Coolsoft
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 27.8 MB
Download Cool DVD Player 7.0.2.0 link