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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lotsofjazz" data-source="post: 380797" data-attributes="member: 64243">MPA is terrible.. It doesnt support DTS passthrough, for that you need ffdshow or AC3filter// Also you cant speed up the sound if you have sync problems.. All in all it is not flexible as with Ac3filter you can adjust allmost everything, which sometimes is needed for sometimes weardly reencoded video's. For people that want to use passthrough to HDMI Audio output, MPA is out of the question.I have only these decoders on my Vista HTPC, and I can litterly play everything, with or without hardware accelleration (BTW, DXVA is not allways better.. in the past I used the x1250, on which DXVA was worse then using the CPU, certainly with HD material.. who cares if the load is 60 or 70% if the output is brilliant, why not!).. ok what I use:PowerDVD8 Ultra, a must for HDDVD and Blue Ray, codecs for HD-TV (live) and DVD are the best I have found, CoreAVC I have tried, but was not as good as PowerDVD (lip sync problems). ffdshow video decoder, for some weardly reencoded MP4 or MKV files I have, merit set very low, to prevent from unwanted loading. ffdshow audio decoder, I have to use it as a post process when playing HD WMV files to get 5.1 sound, while playing the WMV I have to enter the decoder settings and turn on the Dolby Decoder (leave it on and the next WMV wont start!). This is a big disadvantage of Vista, I know, but the other pro's for Vista out weigh this disadvantage by far. (In Vista the WMA 5.1 audio over SPDIF support has been dropped, unclear why.. have searched the internet for solutions, but there doesnt seem to be a simple solution available..very, very stupid move of Microsoft).. AC3filter does not allow to change filter settings while a mocie is playing, that is why I use ffdshow for this. For all aother files I use Ac3filterMatroska filter, for the MKV support, haali splitter and VSfilter for the subsAC3 filter For the AC3 and DTS passthrough to SPDIF and excellent real time encoding to AC3 if required.the free quicktime player, for the few MOV files and Xvid for the Divx/Xvid and AVI support.and that is all I have, and I can play everythingIf someone knows a way to play WMV-HD files with AC3/DTS 5.1 (over SPDIF) inside Mediaportal without to hassle with ffdshow, that would be great. I still do not understand why that doesnt work anymore in Vista, it used to work great in XP.. dont say I have to go back to XP, because there is more then Mediaportal that I need Vista for <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Thankslots</blockquote>

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