Unable to play x264 after upgrading to 0.2.3.0 - Page 3

Vonsomatic · 2007-12-28, 21:24

with VSFilter 2.37 it now works for me, too.
Thanks guys. :-)

Atarian · 2008-01-04, 00:08

Everything works if I use a codec like coreavc to play the files, but I want to use my hardware to decode everything. Does anyone have any ideas at all? Please?

riadmelb · 2008-01-04, 00:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atarian

Everything works if I use a codec like coreavc to play the files, but I want to use my hardware to decode everything. Does anyone have any ideas at all? Please?

You cannot use hardware acceleration with nearly all of 1080p H.264 videos available up to this day, simply because hardware acceleration doesn't like the way these videos are encoded (more than 4 references or something like that). This is not MediaPortal related problem.

Not sure how/when this will be fixed, but until then, I'm back using CoreAVC which plays every single 1080p video I have.

Riad

Atarian · 2008-01-04, 14:10

is there a way to only use coreavc with 1080p stuff and have it use hardware for everything else?

Andrew H · 2008-01-04, 15:45

Using the PDVD7 .264 codec works great AND it has the Hardware Accel checked inside its properties. To get it to run I had to disable .264 from FFDShow as it always wanted to take control. Also, the AutoLoad tip inside Haali got my copy of 300.mkv's video running... it was audio only before that (inside MP) eventhough it would play (correctly) using MPC and Haali, directly.

uncertainty · 2008-01-04, 19:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by riadmelb

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atarian

Everything works if I use a codec like coreavc to play the files, but I want to use my hardware to decode everything. Does anyone have any ideas at all? Please?

You cannot use hardware acceleration with nearly all of 1080p H.264 videos available up to this day, simply because hardware acceleration doesn't like the way these videos are encoded (more than 4 references or something like that). This is not MediaPortal related problem.

Not sure how/when this will be fixed, but until then, I'm back using CoreAVC which plays every single 1080p video I have.

Riad

The same issue causes most 720p H.264 videos to play at 20fps instead of the normal 23.976....

phunqe · 2008-01-21, 14:04

So you have to install VSFilter to make this work?

It works with every other media player, what is MP actually doing to play a file? I want to use ffdshow's subtitle filter, not crappy VSFilter which is seriously outdated.

wewantphil · 2008-01-22, 02:38

hey, I figured I would post back to this thread as it's been a while, I did not resolve the issue with the Final release of 0.2.3.0 and my MKV files. However, I was working on an unrelated issue I was having trying to get my HVR-950 tuner up and running. One of the things I tried was applying today's SVN. I applied it directly over my RC3 install (did not uninstall RC3 and install the final release). Anyway, long story short: my MKV files play as they did with RC3 and I'm on the latest code. So I am wondering if there's something "wrong" with the 0.2.3.0 setup program... this may not fix your issues but I thought it valuable enough info to include here...

riadmelb · 2008-01-22, 04:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by wewantphil

hey, I figured I would post back to this thread as it's been a while, I did not resolve the issue with the Final release of 0.2.3.0 and my MKV files. However, I was working on an unrelated issue I was having trying to get my HVR-950 tuner up and running. One of the things I tried was applying today's SVN. I applied it directly over my RC3 install (did not uninstall RC3 and install the final release). Anyway, long story short: my MKV files play as they did with RC3 and I'm on the latest code. So I am wondering if there's something "wrong" with the 0.2.3.0 setup program... this may not fix your issues but I thought it valuable enough info to include here...

Maybe the latest svn fix the issue?

wewantphil · 2008-01-28, 07:24

@riadmelb: yep. tell you what, yet another unrelated issue I was (and still am) trying to resolve. this time I'm trying to get the flipping webbrowser.dll to work and also the netflix plugin, neither agree to behave. anyway, I have now installed the regular non-RC3 0.2.3.0 installer and applied the latest SVN trying to get those plugins to work. the plugins don't work, but my MKV files do. so you're clear to install 0.2.3.0 plus the latest SVN and your MKV files should work

2008-01-04, 15:45	#25 (permalink)
Andrew H Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Age: 47 Posts: 127 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	Using the PDVD7 .264 codec works great AND it has the Hardware Accel checked inside its properties. To get it to run I had to disable .264 from FFDShow as it always wanted to take control. Also, the AutoLoad tip inside Haali got my copy of 300.mkv's video running... it was audio only before that (inside MP) eventhough it would play (correctly) using MPC and Haali, directly. __________________ Abit AN-M2HD / AMD BE-2350 / 2 x 1GB AData / Win XP-Home-SP3 Abit MCP68 Chipset Driver xp_v1410 & xphdmi_v1411 / achi_v101012 / RealTek R181 NVidia PureVideo 1.02-223 / Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 80GB + 500GB + 750GB + 750GB + 750BG + 2.4TB network storage

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2007-12-28, 21:24	#21 (permalink)
Vonsomatic Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bochum Posts: 14 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	with VSFilter 2.37 it now works for me, too. Thanks guys. :-)

2008-01-04, 00:08	#22 (permalink)
Atarian Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Everything works if I use a codec like coreavc to play the files, but I want to use my hardware to decode everything. Does anyone have any ideas at all? Please?

2008-01-04, 14:10	#24 (permalink)
Atarian Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	is there a way to only use coreavc with 1080p stuff and have it use hardware for everything else?

2008-01-21, 14:04	#27 (permalink)
phunqe Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 228 Thanks: 9 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So you have to install VSFilter to make this work? It works with every other media player, what is MP actually doing to play a file? I want to use ffdshow's subtitle filter, not crappy VSFilter which is seriously outdated.

2008-01-22, 02:38	#28 (permalink)
wewantphil Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hey, I figured I would post back to this thread as it's been a while, I did not resolve the issue with the Final release of 0.2.3.0 and my MKV files. However, I was working on an unrelated issue I was having trying to get my HVR-950 tuner up and running. One of the things I tried was applying today's SVN. I applied it directly over my RC3 install (did not uninstall RC3 and install the final release). Anyway, long story short: my MKV files play as they did with RC3 and I'm on the latest code. So I am wondering if there's something "wrong" with the 0.2.3.0 setup program... this may not fix your issues but I thought it valuable enough info to include here...

2008-01-28, 07:24	#30 (permalink)
wewantphil Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	@riadmelb: yep. tell you what, yet another unrelated issue I was (and still am) trying to resolve. this time I'm trying to get the flipping webbrowser.dll to work and also the netflix plugin, neither agree to behave. anyway, I have now installed the regular non-RC3 0.2.3.0 installer and applied the latest SVN trying to get those plugins to work. the plugins don't work, but my MKV files do. so you're clear to install 0.2.3.0 plus the latest SVN and your MKV files should work