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<blockquote data-quote="nzdreamer55" data-source="post: 953158" data-attributes="member: 106790">Hello everyone,&nbsp;So I had MP 1.3 Alpha set up and everything seemed to be going along smooth.&nbsp; I had SAF 6.1.4 and because things were so good I forgot what codecs I used.&nbsp; I did a install of 1.3 Beta and been having nothing but problems with playing things that use to be playing without problems.&nbsp; I don't use MP to record TV, but will watch TV.&nbsp; My video files are a mixture of container types (avi, mkv, m4p, rar, etc).&nbsp; Hoborg had a nice little graphical display with recommended setting for codecs.&nbsp; I tried using what was set up when I installed 1.3 Beta, but had really a lot of problems (wouldn't play .rar files after adding the extention and running the plugin RARFileSource 0.4, stuttery play back.)&nbsp;There are just so many variables to set (which is good since so many different people use media portal on so many different machines with so many different files).&nbsp;Is there a set of files that I could download and test each setting with so I know what would be the best codec to use?&nbsp; Is there an automatic way to figure it out?&nbsp; I feel like if I use one file and one codec that works, when I play something else it does not work.&nbsp; Sorry for the frustrated tone just want to have a great media portal to watch stuff on.&nbsp;Should I uninstall SAF 6?&nbsp; Are the LAV filters the same?&nbsp; Do I need a mkv splitter or will the LAV splitter work?&nbsp;Thanks for any help you can give me.&nbsp;-S</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nzdreamer55, post: 953158, member: 106790"] Hello everyone, So I had MP 1.3 Alpha set up and everything seemed to be going along smooth. I had SAF 6.1.4 and because things were so good I forgot what codecs I used. I did a install of 1.3 Beta and been having nothing but problems with playing things that use to be playing without problems. I don't use MP to record TV, but will watch TV. My video files are a mixture of container types (avi, mkv, m4p, rar, etc). Hoborg had a nice little graphical display with recommended setting for codecs. I tried using what was set up when I installed 1.3 Beta, but had really a lot of problems (wouldn't play .rar files after adding the extention and running the plugin RARFileSource 0.4, stuttery play back.) There are just so many variables to set (which is good since so many different people use media portal on so many different machines with so many different files). Is there a set of files that I could download and test each setting with so I know what would be the best codec to use? Is there an automatic way to figure it out? I feel like if I use one file and one codec that works, when I play something else it does not work. Sorry for the frustrated tone just want to have a great media portal to watch stuff on. Should I uninstall SAF 6? Are the LAV filters the same? Do I need a mkv splitter or will the LAV splitter work? Thanks for any help you can give me. -S [/QUOTE]

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