ffdshow video codec = black screen (1 Viewer)

[charli181]

I am assuming MediaPortal still does not support the FFDSHow Video codec for decoding. I get a black screen (audio is fine) when this video codec is used. Just want to confirm this before I update the wiki, just in case I have missed some config thing. I believe it can still be used for post processing though (eg. PDVD8 (homenetwork) codec and then FFDShow for post processing (crop,resize,etc))?

My setup below.

TV-Server Version: TVServer RC3 svn 20683
MediaPortal Version: MP1 RC3 svn 20683
MediaPortal Skin: B3 Wide
Windows Version: WIN XP SP3 (Client)/Win 2003 Server (TVServer)
CPU Type: AMD 64 +4800 (Client)/Intel DualCore 2150(Server)
HDD:
Memory: IGB DDR2 800(Client)/1GB DDR2 667 (Server)
Motherboard: Asus M2A VM-HDMI(Client)/GigaByte GA-VM900M (Server)
Video Card: Integrated ATI Radeon X1200 - Set for 512 MB
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.10
Sound Card: ALC883 High Definition Audio 6-channel
Sound Card AC3: Coax out
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Twinhann DVB-T
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card: Leadtek DTV-1000T
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: FFDShow tryouts 27/6/2008
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDShow
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV: Sony 40" LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: Sub-d & HDMI

 

[Darre]

It works for me with movies and series.. I noticed however that a lot of mvids doesnt work..

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

AFAIK there have been no reports of FFDShow working 100% for mpeg2\ts files\streams, if there were, i'm pretty sure everyone would be using it

Even just googled "ffdshow mpeg2" and besides using as postprocessing, not one comment for using it as main mpeg2 decoder.

 

[tourettes]

TsReader doesnt allow ffdshow to be connected to its video output pin. So its not supported for TVE3 live tv / recordings.

 

[charli181]

TsReader doesnt allow ffdshow to be connected to its video output pin. So its not supported for TVE3 live tv / recordings.

Thanks all for the responses, this is what I was looking for. I will need to put something in the Doc's to highlight this caveat for TV Server.

 

[benjerry]

I can use ffdshow in RC3 svn 20683. However, I had the problem that ffdshow (rev2054) didn't catch any changes in resolutions/aspect ratios for example when changing channels. It just kept using the information from the first tuned channel. So when that was ratio 4:3 then it stayed in 4:3 forever. I had to stretch to view 16:9 properly.
I'm now using PowerDVD7 for tv mpeg2 codec.