How do you get H.264 .mov files to play in MP? (4 Viewers)

[koach]

i tried playing the h.264 movies in windows media player 10, and they worked fine. however, they were extremely choppy and very cpu intensive.

 

[pannivas]

i tried ffdshow and CoreAVC for h.264 playback. And i can tell you now that CoreAVC codec is by far a better h.264 codec. I had many problems with ffdshow. Audio out of synch, choppy image, very high CPU utilazation even with a 3.2ghz p4.

With CoreAVC everything is playbacked perfectly fine, PQ is great, no choppy image or out of synch audio. And the CPU utilization is kept on a lower % with CoreAVC.

CoreAVC is not free though, but if you plan on palying a lot of h.264 files then its worth it.

P.S. You can find it for free as well if you know where to look.

 

[infinite.loop]

i tried playing the h.264 movies in windows media player 10, and they worked fine. however, they were extremely choppy and very cpu intensive.

show us a log then please
http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com

 

[Commodore 64]

I also use coreAVC for my h264 files. It works very well. My h264 are all in mp4 or mkv containers though.

 

[pannivas]

I also use coreAVC for my h264 files. It works very well. My h264 are all in mp4 or mkv containers though.

yes very good deocoder as i have mention above. mine are all in mkv container with 720p resolution.

 

[faleloncio]

CoreAVC is the fastest H264 decoder. If you want to see any video container type (as H.264, MP4-AVC aka Nero Digital, Quicktime, etc) even on slow CPU's, you will need to follow next steps:

1. Uninstall any codec installed.
2. Install 'Media Portal' (if you didn't do it before).
3. Install 'Quicktime Alternative' and don't forget to activate 'CoreAVC' and 'CoreAAC' on 'Direcshow filters' when installing.
4. Install 'ffdshow' and configure it with 'H.264' codec to 'disabled' (cause we will use 'CoreAVC' instead 'libavcodec')
   At the same time, we can put 'libavcodec' for 'SVQ1' and 'SVQ2' to play MOV container files.
5. Install 'Lazy Man's MKV'. It includes 'VSFilter', neccesary for subtitles, and 'Haali Splitter' (called 'Matroska Splitter' too), neccesary for audio tracks. 'Gabest Splitter' should be uninstalled if it is.

Some times is neccesary to install 'Haali Media Splitter' independently after step 5, but first you must try to play any kind of format from MP.

Don't forget to add '.mp4' and '.hdmov' to your movies extensions in Media Portal Setup.

You can test if subtitles work by pressing 'L' when playing videos with subtitles, as Nero Digital mp4 files.

Nowadays, the unique video format I can't play is '.ratDVD', despite I have installed codec.

Suggestions and critics are wellcome.

 

[koach]

CoreAVC is the fastest H264 decoder. If you want to see any video container type (as H.264, MP4-AVC aka Nero Digital, Quicktime, etc) even on slow CPU's, you will need to follow next steps:

1. Uninstall any codec installed.
2. Install 'Media Portal' (if you didn't do it before).
3. Install 'Quicktime Alternative' and don't forget to activate 'CoreAVC' and 'CoreAAC' on 'Direcshow filters' when installing.
4. Install 'ffdshow' and configure it with 'H.264' codec to 'disabled' (cause we will use 'CoreAVC' instead 'libavcodec')
   At the same time, we can put 'libavcodec' for 'SVQ1' and 'SVQ2' to play MOV container files.
5. Install 'Lazy Man's MKV'. It includes 'VSFilter', neccesary for subtitles, and 'Haali Splitter' (called 'Matroska Splitter' too), neccesary for audio tracks. 'Gabest Splitter' should be uninstalled if it is.

Some times is neccesary to install 'Haali Media Splitter' independently after step 5, but first you must try to play any kind of format from MP.

Don't forget to add '.mp4' and '.hdmov' to your movies extensions in Media Portal Setup.

You can test if subtitles work by pressing 'L' when playing videos with subtitles, as Nero Digital mp4 files.

Nowadays, the unique video format I can't play is '.ratDVD', despite I have installed codec.

Suggestions and critics are wellcome.

i tried these steps, and it's better, but still not there. the movies plays, but is extremely choppy. i believe it is still using ffdshow, despite me disabling that codec in ffdshow. any idea why or what i missed? the ffdshow is coming up in the taskbar when i play the movies, so i know it's running.

 

[faleloncio]

Are you using any filter in "ffdshow"? Try hiding all filters if you was using someone.

Could you tell us more info about that video file and your system configuration? You can send us info about video file you are trying to play using "MediaInfo", maybe the best video container information extractor.

Meanwhile, you can try disabling SVQ1 and SVQ3 codecs in "ffdshow" video configuration (step 4) instead of using "libvacodec".

See you later

 

[pannivas]

you can also download radlight filter manager and set merits for your directshow filters. This way you can set a high merit for CoreAVC and a normal Merit for FFDshow. This way you are making sure that CoreAVC will be used over FFDShow for h.264 decoding.

 

[koach]

Are you using any filter in "ffdshow"? Try hiding all filters if you was using someone.

Could you tell us more info about that video file and your system configuration? You can send us info about video file you are trying to play using "MediaInfo", maybe the best video container information extractor.

Meanwhile, you can try disabling SVQ1 and SVQ3 codecs in "ffdshow" video configuration (step 4) instead of using "libvacodec".

See you later

yes, i am using the levels filter to fix the incorrect black levels in MP's built in dvd/video player. I'm also using Avisynth and a Lanczos resize to improve the PQ of my DVDs. I don't really want any filters applied to H.264 movies. I would have thought that by setting H.264 to disabled, that ffdshow wouldnt apply any filters to it. I really don't want to have to go into ffdshow and disable everything when i want to watch a H.264 clip. I'm trying to get this to be a seamless thing where i dont have to leave MP.

SVQ1 and SVW3 were disabled by default in my setup. I'll try to get that video info this weekend.