Hello,
I've just completed 2 projects in my quest to enhance my family's enjoyment of home theater. I recently built a raid 5 storage array in a Win2K3 server to house my 4TB+ movie collection which previously had been stored on multiple 500GB external hard drives scattered around the house. This past weekend I completed my HTPC build and before I get to the issues I'm having, I'd just like to tip my hat to everyone involved in developing the Media Portal application. I've been looking around for sometime for just the right media center application that has both an intuitive interface and robust features and I've found it in Media Portal. Installing and configuring the application to work with the iMon OEM VFD and remote that came with my enclosure couldn't have been easier thanks to your well put together documentation, available plug-ins, contributions from folks like pappabear72 and of course a solidly built executable.
Now onto my issue. As indicated below in my system spec, I have two MPEG2 decoders available to handle my movies that are stored in VOB format. All of my movies were ripped using either DVD Shrink or CloneDVD. They are stored uncompressed with all menus, extras, subtitles, etc... intact. Currently I have a 3.1 desktop speaker system hooked up to the HTPC via the analog line out on the back of the motherboard. If I select the nVidia PureVideo decoder for decoding video and/or audio, I lose sound when I play a movie. If I change the decoder to Intervideo, sound works. I'm selecting my onboard sound device via direct sound for output (DirectSound: SoundMax HD Audio) Even if I select Intervideo as the audio decoder and nVida as the video decoder, I don't get sound. It seems like as soon as the nVidia Icon displays in the toolbar indicating that the video decoder is active, it takes over both roles regardless of what I have selected for audio decoding. I've attached my MediaPortal.log which is the only log I could see that contained anything that would assist in troubleshooting this issue. In reading these forums, I've noticed postings where people mention their preference towards the nVidia PureVideo DVD Encoder so I'm hoping there's some folks who have experienced this issue already and wouldn't mind sharing their solution with me. I have to admit, the nVidia DVD decoder does seem to a better job at rendering than the Intervideo encoder and I definitely noticed less CPU activity as well. Thanks in advance for any help and I'm open to suggestions.
Andy
TV-Server Version: N/A
MediaPortal Version: v0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: N/A
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 5200+ Dual Core
HDD: WD 74GB Raptor (Boot) / Seagate 250GB SataII
Memory: 2GB Corsair DDR2-800 (4-4-4-12) Dual Channel
Motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
Motherboard Chipset: nForce 570 SLI
Motherboard Bios: Award 1302
Video Card: ASUS EN8600GT SILENT/HTDP/512M
Video Card Driver: GeForce 169.21 WHQL
Sound Card: Onboard (SoundMax AD1988B)
Sound Card AC3: N/A
Sound Card Driver: Latest from ASUS
1. TV Card: N/A
1. TV Card Type: N/A
1. TV Card Driver: N/A
2. TV Card: N/A
2. TV Card Type: N/A
2. TV Card Driver: N/A
3. TV Card: N/A
3. TV Card Type: N/A
3. TV Card Driver: N/A
4. TV Card: N/A
4. TV Card Type: N/A
4. TV Card Driver: N/A
MPEG2 Video Codec: nVidia PureVideo DVD Decoder / Intervideo WinDVD MPEG2 Decoder
MPEG2 Audio Codec: nVidia PureVideo Audio Decoder / Intervideo WinDVD Audio Decoder
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Time Warner
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC16B
Cooling: 3 Panaflo UltraQuiet 80MM Fans, Thermaltake TMG A2 CL-P0373 CPU Cooler
Power Supply: Enermax ELT400AWT Liberty 400W PS
Remote: Soundgraph iMon IR Remote
TV: Sony KDF60XBR950 60" Rear Projection LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI
I've just completed 2 projects in my quest to enhance my family's enjoyment of home theater. I recently built a raid 5 storage array in a Win2K3 server to house my 4TB+ movie collection which previously had been stored on multiple 500GB external hard drives scattered around the house. This past weekend I completed my HTPC build and before I get to the issues I'm having, I'd just like to tip my hat to everyone involved in developing the Media Portal application. I've been looking around for sometime for just the right media center application that has both an intuitive interface and robust features and I've found it in Media Portal. Installing and configuring the application to work with the iMon OEM VFD and remote that came with my enclosure couldn't have been easier thanks to your well put together documentation, available plug-ins, contributions from folks like pappabear72 and of course a solidly built executable.
Now onto my issue. As indicated below in my system spec, I have two MPEG2 decoders available to handle my movies that are stored in VOB format. All of my movies were ripped using either DVD Shrink or CloneDVD. They are stored uncompressed with all menus, extras, subtitles, etc... intact. Currently I have a 3.1 desktop speaker system hooked up to the HTPC via the analog line out on the back of the motherboard. If I select the nVidia PureVideo decoder for decoding video and/or audio, I lose sound when I play a movie. If I change the decoder to Intervideo, sound works. I'm selecting my onboard sound device via direct sound for output (DirectSound: SoundMax HD Audio) Even if I select Intervideo as the audio decoder and nVida as the video decoder, I don't get sound. It seems like as soon as the nVidia Icon displays in the toolbar indicating that the video decoder is active, it takes over both roles regardless of what I have selected for audio decoding. I've attached my MediaPortal.log which is the only log I could see that contained anything that would assist in troubleshooting this issue. In reading these forums, I've noticed postings where people mention their preference towards the nVidia PureVideo DVD Encoder so I'm hoping there's some folks who have experienced this issue already and wouldn't mind sharing their solution with me. I have to admit, the nVidia DVD decoder does seem to a better job at rendering than the Intervideo encoder and I definitely noticed less CPU activity as well. Thanks in advance for any help and I'm open to suggestions.
Andy
TV-Server Version: N/A
MediaPortal Version: v0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: N/A
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 5200+ Dual Core
HDD: WD 74GB Raptor (Boot) / Seagate 250GB SataII
Memory: 2GB Corsair DDR2-800 (4-4-4-12) Dual Channel
Motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
Motherboard Chipset: nForce 570 SLI
Motherboard Bios: Award 1302
Video Card: ASUS EN8600GT SILENT/HTDP/512M
Video Card Driver: GeForce 169.21 WHQL
Sound Card: Onboard (SoundMax AD1988B)
Sound Card AC3: N/A
Sound Card Driver: Latest from ASUS
1. TV Card: N/A
1. TV Card Type: N/A
1. TV Card Driver: N/A
2. TV Card: N/A
2. TV Card Type: N/A
2. TV Card Driver: N/A
3. TV Card: N/A
3. TV Card Type: N/A
3. TV Card Driver: N/A
4. TV Card: N/A
4. TV Card Type: N/A
4. TV Card Driver: N/A
MPEG2 Video Codec: nVidia PureVideo DVD Decoder / Intervideo WinDVD MPEG2 Decoder
MPEG2 Audio Codec: nVidia PureVideo Audio Decoder / Intervideo WinDVD Audio Decoder
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Time Warner
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC16B
Cooling: 3 Panaflo UltraQuiet 80MM Fans, Thermaltake TMG A2 CL-P0373 CPU Cooler
Power Supply: Enermax ELT400AWT Liberty 400W PS
Remote: Soundgraph iMon IR Remote
TV: Sony KDF60XBR950 60" Rear Projection LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI