1080p playback.. faster cpu or graphics card? (1 Viewer)

[Inker]

Hmm, wait a minute, can you now accelerate .mkv h264 files with these cards WITHOUT that 20fps bug that used to be a showstopper? I'll be doomed (pun intended) but I can't find the thread on doom9 right now that discussed this.

Could you guys please confirm this (what GPU and driver config) and make really sure it works (cause them I'm buying one too ;-))

 

[bigflause]

well i'm using a 8600 gts, power dvd ultra codec audio and video, ffdshow post proccessing from the cccp package.

this enough info?

 

[Inker]

But if you use ffdshow post processing your not using hardware acc.?

 

[Aridyme]

Yeah, if you have any kind of video postprocessing outside of the PowerDVD decoder, you lose all hardware acceleration and decoding is done fully by your CPU.

This is the case for any decoder that is GPU accelerated (independent of make and codec -- Cyberlink, WinDVD, MPEG2, H264, etc).

 

[bigflause]

really? I didn't know that. Interesting

 

[ChiefBrody]

New hardware in, playback seems flawless now (but I havent yet taken the PC home to run @ 1920x1080 - cant on the little monitor I have here for testing) cpu usage around 4-30%

Annoyingly tho some .MKV's dont play (yet do in MPC) - but am going to get to the bottom of that asap.

for the record:

Asus P5LD2-X/1333 motherboard - Using HD SPDIF onboard audio
Core2Duo E6850 3ghz
1gb DDR2 667mhz
ATI HD2600Pro
1x300gb IDE, 1x400gb SATA-II

+Thermaltake Bach case + MCE remote, Win XP Pro sp2. FFDShow latest tryout + PowerDVD7 + Haali Mediasplitter

 

[Redfish]

If they play in MPC but not in MP you should get CCCP if you don't already have it and change the settings a bit to either not select ffdshow for x264 or disable haali splitter for some files. Worked for me.

I have a 2.1 Dual core, and it's way too slow for 1080p. 720p is no problem with since 1080p has 225% more pixels it's too much for my little cpu.

 

[bigflause]

I agree CCCP is the way to go.

 

[ChiefBrody]

this this might need a new topic.. but still got this issue with MKV files. Some play, some dont. Uninstallation of all codecs, then installation of CCCP allowed the same files that played before to play in MP, but the ones that didnt, still didnt AND wouldnt play anymore at all in MPC.

Put K-lite mega on, troublesome files play in MPC again, but still not in MP.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]2007-12-06 10:11:26.261511 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer:play C:\Videos\NASA.mkv
2007-12-06 10:11:26.292770 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:ctor()
2007-12-06 10:11:26.292770 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:ctor() done:True
2007-12-06 10:11:26.292770 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Enabling DX9 exclusive mode
2007-12-06 10:11:26.292770 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: DX exclusive mode: False
2007-12-06 10:11:26.308399 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:addvmr9
2007-12-06 10:11:26.308399 [Info.][MPMain]: EVR-Flag is set to False
2007-12-06 10:11:26.355287 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9Helper: enabled YUV mixing - No DX Error
2007-12-06 10:11:26.355287 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: now active
2007-12-06 10:11:26.355287 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9Helper:Vmr9 Added
2007-12-06 10:11:26.480321 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:CoreAVC Video Decoder to graph
2007-12-06 10:11:26.495951 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:AC3Filter to graph
2007-12-06 10:11:26.495951 [Info.][MPMain]: add filter:Default DirectSound Device to graph clock:False
2007-12-06 10:11:26.495951 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: found renderer - Default DirectSound Device
2007-12-06 10:11:26.511580 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Passed removing audio renderer
2007-12-06 10:11:26.511580 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Passed finding Audio Renderer
2007-12-06 10:11:26.511580 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:Default DirectSound Device to graph
2007-12-06 10:11:26.558468 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9: Failed to render file -> vmr9
2007-12-06 10:11:26.558468 [Info.][MPMain]: player:ended
2007-12-06 10:11:26.558468 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9:cleanup DShow graph
2007-12-06 10:11:26.558468 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:Dispose
2007-12-06 10:11:26.574097 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: not active
2007-12-06 10:11:26.574097 [Info.][MPMain]: planescene: PresentImage() 
2007-12-06 10:11:26.574097 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
2007-12-06 10:11:26.574097 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9:ReleaseComObject():0
2007-12-06 10:11:26.574097 [Info.][MPMain]: planescene: PresentImage() 
2007-12-06 10:11:26.574097 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
2007-12-06 10:11:27.339933 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Exception while cleanuping DShow graph - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(Object o)
   at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.Cleanup()
2007-12-06 10:11:27.355562 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Disabling DX9 exclusive mode
2007-12-06 10:11:27.355562 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: DX exclusive mode: False
2007-12-06 10:11:27.371191 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaylistPlayer: *** unable to play - C:\Videos\NASA.mkv - skipping track![/COLOR]

and specifically the error log with two of the troublesome files:

[COLOR="#8b0000"]2007-12-06 10:15:03.039902 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9: Failed to render file -> vmr9
2007-12-06 10:15:03.836996 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Exception while cleanuping DShow graph - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(Object o)
   at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.Cleanup()
2007-12-06 10:15:03.868255 [ERROR][MPMain]: PlaylistPlayer: *** unable to play - C:\Videos\SDI_PROMO_720.mkv - skipping track!
2007-12-06 10:15:20.419684 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9: Failed to render file -> vmr9
2007-12-06 10:15:21.357442 [ERROR][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Exception while cleanuping DShow graph - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(Object o)
   at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.Cleanup()
2007-12-06 10:15:21.388700 [ERROR][MPMain]: PlaylistPlayer: *** unable to play - C:\Videos\NASA.mkv - skipping track![/COLOR]

Put the nasa.mkv file into MatroskaDiag and got the following:

[COLOR="#8b0000"]Matroska file info : C:\Videos\NASA.mkv
File size : 27.09 MB
File complete : yes
Duration : 00:01:00.961
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.1.0 ('Another Place To Fall') built on Aug 19 2007 10:46:59
Muxing application : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Date : 2006-10-21 07:20:42.000
Tracks : 2
Track 1 : Video
   - Codec : (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC)
   - Language : Undetermined (und)
   - Pixel Width : 1280
   - Pixel Height : 720
Track 2 : Audio
   - Codec : Vorbis (A_VORBIS)
     - Possible filter : CoreVorbis
       - Installed : yes, in C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\filters\CoreVorbis.ax (1.1.0.79)
       - Link : [url]http://corevorbis.corecodec.org[/url]
   - Language : Undetermined (und)
   - Sampling Frequency : 44100
   - Channels : 2
Attached file : tags file (167 bytes)

DirectShow RenderFile check : 
Matroska Splitter : Gabest's Matroska Splitter
   - Installed : yes, in C:\WINDOWS\system32\MatroskaDX.ax (1.0.2.9)
   - Can be created : yes
Matroska Splitter : Haali's New Matroska Splitter
   - Installed : yes, in C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\filters\haali\splitter.ax (1.7.121.0)
   - Can be created : yes
RenderFile with DirectShow : Unspecified error (0x80004005)

DirectShow detailed rendering : 
0> MyRenderFile : C:\Videos\NASA.mkv
0> Creation of GraphBuilder : OK
0> Creation of FilterMapper2 : OK
0> Adding graph to ROT : OK
16> Creation of source filter : Unspecified error (0x80004005)

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[bigflause]

What codec do you use? mvk file only play if I use ffdshow as the postproccessor. I still have to use Nvidia for mpeg2 and powerdvd for mpeg4.