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FFDShow is an open source, reliable tool that enables decoding DivX and MPEG4 video files.FFDShow is useful especially for users having quite old hardware and/or having troubles with DivX format.
The app works as filter that properly decodes videos. FFDShow leaves no huge spots on converted videos.
Moreover it is a tool both for common and advanced users, as it is able to work soon after instalation and has many options to modify. So that, advanced users can make the app matching their own expectation and aims.
Other advantages of that software? Of course, freeware licence (using that tool does not cost a thing) and great libavcodec library.
What is more, FFDShow gives us an opportunity of modifying colours and contrast and managing subtitles and logos.

Does it have any disadvantages? Few. For example: difficulties with playing MOV and RMVB videos and MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 video formats.
To sum up, that freeware application is a very inteesting tool that enables managing video files by both amateur and advances users. If we use it with several other reliable video tools, we will have powerful and really universal software to manage video files.