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ffdshow conflict with Windows Media Player 12
I don't know how ffdshow got on my computer, but now I have it and cannot remove it. I am having fits! WMP has been working fine (forever) and now it starts getting interrupted and the sound stops and starts. This happens about 5-20 minutes into playing audio files. It goes on for about 5 or 10 minutes and then everything seems OK. I noticed that when this happens, 2 icons suddenly appear in the system tray. They are ffdshow (audio and video). At first I thought it was a virus or malware, but it appears that ffdshow is legitimate, and that many folks use it. Whatever the case, I don't want it on my computer and I've tried everything to get it removed - but it must be embedded into an another app. It can't be removed via any uninstall products (it doesn't show up as an installed program). Is it a codec? I recently started uninstalling apps I installed withinin the last couple months, but it is still there. I'm wondering if it got installed as part of an AMD Catalyst update. Any ideas?!?