“Verify your DirectShow installation”

Some codec packs contain problematic installation and they may replace your working filters or codecs. By using DirectShow Detective, you can find out the running versions of each component. It will help you to find out whether a problematic filter or codec has been installed or overwritten.

DirectShow Detective helps you to verify your DirectShow installation. It shows you the complete list of your installed DirectShow filters, video compressors and audio compressors, their version and installed file. Simply browse to the video or audio file that you need to test and River Past DirectShow Detective tells you instantly whether you have the right codecs installed. Best of all, if it identifies the codec that's missing, it sometimes offers links to download the correct one that you need.

This is a simple but effective program that will help solve many of your codec woes although note that for some files, it simply cannot identify the codec that you need.

Languages:

English

OS requirements for River Past DirectShow Detective:

OS: WinXP

Pros

Helps clear-up troublesome codec issues
Suggests possible links for missing codecs

Cons

Can't detect all missing codecs
Doesn't offer links for all codecs needed

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From the publisher of River Past DirectShow Detective

Ever installed some software or codec pack and suddenly your whole system is messed up? Your Windows Media Player won't play the regular files anymore, and your video software, which has been working fine, no longer works?