Preferred Filter Tweaker 3.4 for Windows 7
Windows 7 introduced many changes to Windows Media Foundation.
One of those changes is that now Windows Media Player uses it exclusively for playing back video. If you want to use a DirectShow codec instead of one of the component of the Windows Media Foundation, you need to make changes to some system files and that is not recommended for inexperienced users.
Preferred Filter Tweaker allows you to change which codec to use without manually changing system files yourself. You can now choose to use ffdshow or Xvid in Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center, for example.
DirectShow-based players, like Media Player Classic Home Cinema, are not affected by Windows Media Foundation, as they don’t support it.








