[FFmpeg-user] Ffmpeg is a Windows codec?

[Ted Park]

> On Sep 20, 2019, at 1:08 PM, jamie marchant <jamiemarchant47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> VFW works on windows 10?
>> 
>> Yes, it does.
>> However, FFmpeg does not install any system codecs.
>> You could install IV50 that was delivered for free with the Intel Play
>> microscope in ancient times and thus can still be found for free on the
>> Internet (though hard to find). The codec was later bought by Ligos.
>> There are some security issues with this codec, though.
>> 
>> As an alternative, you may use the FFmpegSource2 (or the DirectShow)
>> input filter with AVIsynth, if you software can be fed by the frame server.
>> 
>> Wolfgang Hugemann
>> 
> 
> I found another project that allows me to enable the IV50 codec that comes
> with WIndows 10.
> 
> -- 
> -Jamie Marchant


So are you all set? I’m just really confused right now, my chain of thought was that if you have VfW, then that includes the system codecs for Intel video IV3x IV4x IV50… and it would just work. I thought IV50 didn’t include the older versions of the codec