United States of America
TV-Server Version: SVN from 12/22/08 w/garry's HD-PVR patch
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0 SVN 12/22/08 w/garry's HD-PVR patch
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: XP Pro w/ SP3
CPU Type: Intel Core2Quad 2.4Ghz Q6600
HDD: 1x 250Gb Maxtor & 2x 1Tb Western Digital
Memory: 2x 1GB G-Skill DDR2 800mzh
Motherboard: MSI P6N SLI Platinum ATX
Video Card: Leadtek PX8500 GT TDH 128-bit GDDR2 512mb RAM PCI-E 16x fanless
Video Card Driver: Nvidia GeForce Driver Release 181.22
Sound Card: On-board Hi-Def Nvidia
Sound Card AC3: On-board Hi-Def Optical & Coaxial outs
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212
1. TV Card Type: Component
1. TV Card Driver: HD PVR version 1.053 driver
2. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
2. TV Card Type: ClearQAM, analog
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: ArcSoft
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ArcSoft
h.264 Video Codec: ArcSoft
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Comcast
HTPC Case: Thermaltake DH101
Cooling: 1x 120mm Antec 3-speed, 2x 60mm Rear Thermaltake
Power Supply: Coolmaster 600W
Remote: Logitech Xbox360 Universal Remote
TV: Vizio 42" 1080p
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI to HDMI
Ok, I have a problem, but I also have the solution, I just don't know how to implement. I'm having problems with my clearQAM playback of SD channels. I had my filter set to ArcSoft Video Decoder for both MPEG-2 and H.264 Video Decoder in MP Settings. Well, the jittering was driving me nuts while playing SD channels, so I decided to hunt down the issue. As I started playing with filters, no matter what change I made in MP's settings to the MPEG-2 filter, everytime I checked graphstudio it was still using the ArcSoft Video Decoder while playing SD channels. So, I used graphstudio to unregister ArcSoft (knowing full well that this would break my H.264 playback on HD channels as no other codec works well with the HD-PVR). So, then it wanted to use PDVD8 for the SD channels, well that one had issues too, so I tried to switch to MPV. Still didn't want to take the setting, next time I checked with graphedit, it was still PDVD8, so I unregistered it too. Go figure, MPV loaded and got rid of the tearing. So, I reinstalled ArcSoft Video Decoder so I could select it for H.264 again and then double checked all my video decoders again by loading up MyTV and checking with graphstudio. Wouldn't ya have guessed it, ArcSoft was taking over MPEG-2 decoding again even though I have MPV set as the decoder in MP's settings. Anyone have a guess of how to fix it? I just want MPV to be my MPEG-2 codec and ArcSoft Video Decoder to be my H.264 and all my stupid quality issues will be fixed. Thanks for any help someone can give me.
P.S. I can see in graphstudio that the MPV codec is loaded, just not in use. Arcsoft's always takes the priority. I've also tried lowering ArcSoft's merit and raise MPV's to no avail.
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0 SVN 12/22/08 w/garry's HD-PVR patch
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: XP Pro w/ SP3
CPU Type: Intel Core2Quad 2.4Ghz Q6600
HDD: 1x 250Gb Maxtor & 2x 1Tb Western Digital
Memory: 2x 1GB G-Skill DDR2 800mzh
Motherboard: MSI P6N SLI Platinum ATX
Video Card: Leadtek PX8500 GT TDH 128-bit GDDR2 512mb RAM PCI-E 16x fanless
Video Card Driver: Nvidia GeForce Driver Release 181.22
Sound Card: On-board Hi-Def Nvidia
Sound Card AC3: On-board Hi-Def Optical & Coaxial outs
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212
1. TV Card Type: Component
1. TV Card Driver: HD PVR version 1.053 driver
2. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
2. TV Card Type: ClearQAM, analog
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: ArcSoft
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ArcSoft
h.264 Video Codec: ArcSoft
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Comcast
HTPC Case: Thermaltake DH101
Cooling: 1x 120mm Antec 3-speed, 2x 60mm Rear Thermaltake
Power Supply: Coolmaster 600W
Remote: Logitech Xbox360 Universal Remote
TV: Vizio 42" 1080p
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI to HDMI
Ok, I have a problem, but I also have the solution, I just don't know how to implement. I'm having problems with my clearQAM playback of SD channels. I had my filter set to ArcSoft Video Decoder for both MPEG-2 and H.264 Video Decoder in MP Settings. Well, the jittering was driving me nuts while playing SD channels, so I decided to hunt down the issue. As I started playing with filters, no matter what change I made in MP's settings to the MPEG-2 filter, everytime I checked graphstudio it was still using the ArcSoft Video Decoder while playing SD channels. So, I used graphstudio to unregister ArcSoft (knowing full well that this would break my H.264 playback on HD channels as no other codec works well with the HD-PVR). So, then it wanted to use PDVD8 for the SD channels, well that one had issues too, so I tried to switch to MPV. Still didn't want to take the setting, next time I checked with graphedit, it was still PDVD8, so I unregistered it too. Go figure, MPV loaded and got rid of the tearing. So, I reinstalled ArcSoft Video Decoder so I could select it for H.264 again and then double checked all my video decoders again by loading up MyTV and checking with graphstudio. Wouldn't ya have guessed it, ArcSoft was taking over MPEG-2 decoding again even though I have MPV set as the decoder in MP's settings. Anyone have a guess of how to fix it? I just want MPV to be my MPEG-2 codec and ArcSoft Video Decoder to be my H.264 and all my stupid quality issues will be fixed. Thanks for any help someone can give me.
P.S. I can see in graphstudio that the MPV codec is loaded, just not in use. Arcsoft's always takes the priority. I've also tried lowering ArcSoft's merit and raise MPV's to no avail.
