MP's config settings and Codec preferred at war ?

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hi all,

doing some troubleshooting in graphs

most of the time, I ll tell MP what to use (codec, post processing..etc) and I ll check it with graphedit (vista) and yet the codec set by MP is not being used.
then use radlight filter set my prefer codec to higher level and yet MP's MPA/MPV are still being used (but see the selection in the graph yet broken or not connected.

(unregister the MPA/MPV normally fixes it)

the point is.. (no mean to bash) but why even bother with MP's config when it doesnt do what I tell it to. Is there something that MP can't control ?

two things I would like to know

1: once I get a working graph.. is there a file I could copy with my current settings and save it for the next clean build ? maybe a wiki on step by step ?

2: I think a custom plugin or program to connect to the (if theres a MP file) and created the graph and modify the file could be well used for MP.

Vff

btw.. thanks for this awsome software