Denmark
I finally got AC3Filter and Purevideo working as they should.
However the process involved was not as I expected. Having installed these DShow filters and set them up in configuration, they wouldnt work as they should. I wanted Purevideo for every type of video, including tv. I wanted AC3Filter for everything but DVD, where Purevideo would be better, I guess. The only thing working correctly was the DVD section, using Purevideo for audio/video.
In other places, MPA, MPV and Dscalar filters was somehow overriding my selections, thereby not taking advantage of my hardware or using my 5.1 analog setup. After a load of trial and errors, I found that I had to unregister all the filters overriding my selections. I also needed to edit mediaportal.xml and change these lines to be empty except in the DVD section, where it worked as it should:
<entry name="audiorenderer"></entry>
<entry name="mpeg2audiocodec"></entry>
Making them empty (between >< ), makes mp use the codecs with highest priority which could finally be AC3Filter.
Why AC3Filter, you may ask? Well, its because a lot of my movies and almost all of my tv programs are either Dolby Surround coded or in stereo, which makes AC3Filter the only filter to handle my speaker setup correct. Like Dolby Surround 2CH decoded to 5.1 and stereo uses the center speaker for a better dialog when watching news and other things.
My setup is PC -> SB Audigy SE -> 5 analog speakers
This now works beautifully, as long as i dont do too much in configuration. Having saved configuration, I now always have to look through mediaportal.xml to see if I have to empty those lines again.
Installing a new SVN brings back the beforementioned filters, without me being able to unselect them; thereby starting this process all over.
My question is, will it be possible in the future NOT having mp doing anything else than select the filters you actually select? And will it be possible to deselect filters from installing with a new SVN or new version of MP?
However the process involved was not as I expected. Having installed these DShow filters and set them up in configuration, they wouldnt work as they should. I wanted Purevideo for every type of video, including tv. I wanted AC3Filter for everything but DVD, where Purevideo would be better, I guess. The only thing working correctly was the DVD section, using Purevideo for audio/video.
In other places, MPA, MPV and Dscalar filters was somehow overriding my selections, thereby not taking advantage of my hardware or using my 5.1 analog setup. After a load of trial and errors, I found that I had to unregister all the filters overriding my selections. I also needed to edit mediaportal.xml and change these lines to be empty except in the DVD section, where it worked as it should:
<entry name="audiorenderer"></entry>
<entry name="mpeg2audiocodec"></entry>
Making them empty (between >< ), makes mp use the codecs with highest priority which could finally be AC3Filter.
Why AC3Filter, you may ask? Well, its because a lot of my movies and almost all of my tv programs are either Dolby Surround coded or in stereo, which makes AC3Filter the only filter to handle my speaker setup correct. Like Dolby Surround 2CH decoded to 5.1 and stereo uses the center speaker for a better dialog when watching news and other things.
My setup is PC -> SB Audigy SE -> 5 analog speakers
This now works beautifully, as long as i dont do too much in configuration. Having saved configuration, I now always have to look through mediaportal.xml to see if I have to empty those lines again.
Installing a new SVN brings back the beforementioned filters, without me being able to unselect them; thereby starting this process all over.
My question is, will it be possible in the future NOT having mp doing anything else than select the filters you actually select? And will it be possible to deselect filters from installing with a new SVN or new version of MP?
