Free-Codecs.com :: Download DirectShow Filter Manager 0.5 : DirectShow Filter Manager helps you to list, sort, find, add or remove DirectShow filters. If you are like me, you install all kinds of video products, the problem is they can really screw up video output.
For instance, I reinstalled Nova Development’s Video Explosion. It installs a 2000 copy of Ligos AVI Splitter and MPEG-1 player and that is way too old. Videos from other sources then just hang.
Download the DirectShow manager so you can see what is going on with the Windows filter system. Most importantly, it has a reset button that resets everything to Windows defaults.
Windows has a tool called quartz.ax which does most things right and this tool along with gspot lets you see what is actually being used and tendered.