MediaPortal Audio renderer - better video playback quality (5 Viewers)

[davidf]

Yep,

it was the MS Codec. I'll try with another.

If anyone fancies viewing logfiles combined together I've attached the program. Any of the MP logfiles can be used (at least in the UK, it may not work for other cultures) the code is attached too.

 

[tourettes]

If anyone fancies viewing logfiles combined together I've attached the program. Any of the MP logfiles can be used (at least in the UK, it may not work for other cultures) the code is attached too.

What .NET version it was compiled? I cannot start it since it complains about unable to find a correct runtime version.

btw. have you seen MPTail?

 

[tourettes]

As I quick note, I have spotted that DVD menus cause sometimes no audio and the main movie then to hang after few seconds. This is bug in audio renderer and it is related to the audio formats (if menu uses same as the movie, or is resampled by ffdshow in such way).

I'll provide a new binary as soon as that bug is fixed since it is quite critical (WASAPI related only).

 

[davidf]

What .NET version it was compiled? I cannot start it since it complains about unable to find a correct runtime version.

btw. have you seen MPTail?

It was compiled with .Net 4. Create a 2008 winforms solution and drop the cs files over the top of what's there, add the logfile class and remove the linq using and it will work under .Net 3.5 - Althernatively wait till this evening and I'll upload a 2008 version.

Mptail has vanished from the forums, and isn't really the same thing. This just lets you pick some logfiles and shuffle them together to see what actually happened and when, without seeing extra logging from other components:

17-08-2010 21:19:38.127 [  974] MP Audio Renderer - v0.73
17-08-2010 21:19:38.127 [  974] Loading settings from registry
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    create default value for EnableAC3Encoding
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974] Success writing to Registry: EnableAC3Encoding
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    create default value for AC3bitrate
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974] Success writing to Registry: AC3bitrate
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    ForceDirectSound:        0
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    EnableTimestrecthing:    1
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    WASAPIExclusive:         0
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    EnableAC3Encoding:       0
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    AC3bitrate:              448
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    LogSampleTimes:          0
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    DevicePeriod:            500000 (1 == minimal, 0 == driver default, other user defined)
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974]    WASAPIPreferredDevice:   
17-08-2010 21:19:38.128 [  974] CMPAudioRenderer - instance 0xa3ca840
17-08-2010 21:19:38.129 [  974] WASAPIRenderer::GetAvailableAudioDevices
17-08-2010 21:19:38.134 [  974] Audio endpoint 0:
17-08-2010 21:19:38.134 [  974]   Speakers (2- High Definition Audio Device)
17-08-2010 21:19:38.134 [  974]   {0.0.0.00000000}.{4616abfc-985b-40be-9f77-129cab1183f3}
17-08-2010 21:19:38.134 [  974]   supports pull mode: 1
17-08-2010 21:19:38.134 [  974] 
17-08-2010 21:19:38.136 [  974] Audio endpoint 1:
17-08-2010 21:19:38.136 [  974]   NVIDIA HDMI Out (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
17-08-2010 21:19:38.136 [  974]   {0.0.0.00000000}.{9a2b4a01-2a32-4217-89c3-15fced0371e4}
17-08-2010 21:19:38.136 [  974]   supports pull mode: 1
17-08-2010 21:19:38.136 [  974] 
17-08-2010 21:19:38.137 [  3e0] WASAPIRenderer::Render thread - starting up - thread ID: 992
17-08-2010 21:19:38.138 [  a6c] Resampler thread - starting up - thread ID: 2668
17-08-2010 21:19:38.736 [974]Found method MFCreateMediaType
17-08-2010 21:19:38.736 [974]Successfully loaded EVR dlls
17-08-2010 21:19:38.737 [974]Successfully loaded DWM dll
17-08-2010 21:19:38.737 [974]Successfully loaded AVRT dll
17-08-2010 21:19:38.738 [974]Successfully loaded Win7RefreshRateHelper.dll
17-08-2010 21:19:38.739 [974]  W7GetRefreshRate() found
17-08-2010 21:19:38.741 [974]----- Owlsroost Version ------ instance 0xa40c068
17-08-2010 21:19:38.741 [974]---------- v0.0.37 ----------- instance 0xa40c068
17-08-2010 21:19:38.741 [974]--- audio renderer testing --- instance 0xa40c068
17-08-2010 21:19:38.741 [974]Starting to estimate display refresh timings
17-08-2010 21:19:38.914 [974]Display cycle from Windows: 20.000000 ms
17-08-2010 21:19:38.914 [974]Measured display cycle: 20.000000 ms, locked: 1 
17-08-2010 21:19:38.914 [974]Maximum scanline: 745
17-08-2010 21:19:38.914 [974]Measured scanline time: 26.809652 us
17-08-2010 21:19:38.916 [974]GetDeviceID

 

[tourettes]

Please keep the test results coming Success "stories" are as valuable feedback as the complete failures.

 

[davidf]

Tourettes,

here is the vs2008 version (with added remove option on right click).

The dropping is gone with the PDVD codec and the ION appears to handle it OK. I'll punish it for a while and then check the log files to see if it's drpping frames or sound.

 

[tourettes]

here is the vs2008 version (with added remove option on right click).

Could you open a new development thread for that utility? I think it would help many people to go thru the logs when troubleshooting issues.

 

[chemelli]

here is the vs2008 version (with added remove option on right click).

[ot]
First run not really a success:

System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
at System.DateTimeParse.Parse(String s, DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles styles)
at System.DateTime.Parse(String s)
at LogCombiner.LogFile.get_CurrentTimeStamp()

Simone
[/ot]

 

[davidf]

here is the vs2008 version (with added remove option on right click).

[ot]
First run not really a success:

System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
at System.DateTimeParse.Parse(String s, DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles styles)
at System.DateTime.Parse(String s)
at LogCombiner.LogFile.get_CurrentTimeStamp()

Simone
[/ot]

I did (foolishly) make the assumption that the loglines started with a datetime in the local culture or was blank. I assume it isn't in your case - send me the log files and I'll make it'll handle any culture. I didn't fancy using the try parse as there was no way of combining files if there was no dates.

David

 

[tourettes]

here is the vs2008 version (with added remove option on right click).

[ot]
First run not really a success:

System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
at System.DateTimeParse.Parse(String s, DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles styles)
at System.DateTime.Parse(String s)
at LogCombiner.LogFile.get_CurrentTimeStamp()

Simone
[/ot]

I did (foolishly) make the assumption that the loglines started with a datetime in the local culture or was blank. I assume it isn't in your case - send me the log files and I'll make it'll handle any culture. I didn't fancy using the try parse as there was no way of combining files if there was no dates.

We should have a new thread for this, since it is not related to the audio renderer (althou it would keep this dead thread in active ).