MediaPortal crash when starting-stopping-starting DVD with ffdshow as DVD video codec (1 Viewer)

[daffy951]

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: svn
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version:
CPU Type: intel core2duo e6550
HDD: Seagate 500Gb
Memory: 2Gb Corsair XMS2-6400
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H
Motherboard Chipset: Intel G33 Express / Intel ICH9
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Integrated on motherboard
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
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
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

error description:
1. start mediaportal
2. start DVD playback
3. stop DVD playback
4. start DVD playback
5. mediaportal crash with a runtime error

The problem seems to be that MediaPortal doesn't shut down ffdshow properly, so when restarting the DVD the second time, there already is an instance of ffdshow running. It's 100% reproducable in my setup, if i do as above stated it always crash.

I've only experienced the problem when playing DVD. When I play .mkv the ffdshow instance is properly shut down when I stop the movie (so when restarting a clip MediaPortal fires up a new fresh ffdshow instance).

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

FFDShow is not a good choice for mpeg2, that is why it is disabled by default.

Try MPV, and use FFDShow for postprocessing if you must.

Regards

 

[daffy951]

FFDShow is not a good choice for mpeg2

In which way? As far as I've found out by comparing playback and image quality I get *superior* quality when using ffdshow with tweaked settings for dvd playback. (Thread about ffdshow here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=719041 )

Try MPV, and use FFDShow for postprocessing if you must.

Tried with MPV and ffdshow as postprocessing. No luck. Double ffdshow instances -> crash.

Thanks,
/D

 

[ronilse]

Hi,
Can't confirm this, tried with a DVD 10 times & still working (ffdshow as codec for both audio & Video).
Could be that you have problems with something else or a codecs problem.
You have a error related to your soundcard "Failed to add filterefault DirectSound Device to graph", maybe that causes problems.

Regards
Roy

 

[daffy951]

Aha.. I'll search through my setup and try to find what causes the problem. Which settings did you use in ffdshow? (So I can begin my search with something that works).

Thank you in advance,
/D

 

[ronilse]

Hi,
When it comes to ffdshow i really don't change anything, default works fine for me.

Regards
Roy