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<blockquote data-quote="infinite.loop" data-source="post: 68153" data-attributes="member: 10723">MeritsThe whole merit discussion leads to nothing.If the current Merit settings were not working on your system you can simply change them with <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/RadLight-Filter-Manager.shtml" target="_blank">radlight</a>or do not install MPV and MPA during the MediaPortal installation if you are going for Nvidia Purevideo.Gabest uses high merit setting?NOMPV uses 0x40000002 and thats just fine because it is not a high merit. in fact it is far below normal.STANDARDIZED MERIT VALUESMERIT_PREFERRED = 0x800000MERIT_NORMAL = 0x600000MERIT_UNLIKELY = 0x400000MERIT_DO_NOT_USE = 0x200000MERIT_SW_COMPRESSOR = 0x100000MERIT_HW_COMPRESSOR = 0x100050conclusionThe main problem is never the merit setting.the problem is that some applications let windows decide which codec is best to be used based on the merits, instead of providing an option where the user can select the prefered codec.thats also exactly the problem GBPVR has.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="infinite.loop, post: 68153, member: 10723"] [u][b]Merits[/b][/u] The whole merit discussion leads to nothing. If the current Merit settings were not working on your system you can simply change them with [url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/RadLight-Filter-Manager.shtml]radlight[/url] or do not install MPV and MPA during the MediaPortal installation if you are going for Nvidia Purevideo. [u][b]Gabest uses high merit setting?[/b][/u] [color=red][size=6][b]NO[/b][/size][/color] MPV uses 0x40000002 and thats just fine because it is not a high merit. in fact it is [b]far below normal[/b]. STANDARDIZED MERIT VALUES MERIT_PREFERRED = 0x800000 [color=green]MERIT_NORMAL = 0x600000[/color] [color=red]MERIT_UNLIKELY = 0x400000[/color] MERIT_DO_NOT_USE = 0x200000 MERIT_SW_COMPRESSOR = 0x100000 MERIT_HW_COMPRESSOR = 0x100050 [u][b]conclusion[/b][/u] The main problem is never the merit setting. the problem is that some applications let windows decide which codec is best to be used based on the merits, instead of providing an option where the user can select the prefered codec. thats also exactly the problem GBPVR has. [/QUOTE]

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