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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 493499" data-attributes="member: 76888">Hi horborgI did a reformat -&gt; XP SP3, ATI 9.7 (HD4670), MP 1.1 Alpha, quartz security updateThen install PDVD9 H264 Codec as standalone codec install (Using HDPack 2.2)(ie without installing PDVD software)Then i installed latest SAF beta using your instructions of that special file in system32 directoryEverything working wellHDTV h264 working well using PDVD9 H264My Videos seem to be working well using SAF (MPCVideoDec)Thanks a lotOne thing that is missing from SAF is good support for 5.1 AAC over SPDIFThe problem is that nearly all receivers can't support multichannel AAC decodingTherefore if use SPDIF and don't downmix to stereo then you will basically mute the center channel dialogIf you downmix to stereo, then the sound is good, but you loose your 5.1 advantageSolution:&nbsp; Install FFDShow audio codec and use that codec for AAC,&nbsp; FFDShow will decode 5.1 AAC -&gt; 5.1 AC3.&nbsp; When you install FFDShow unfortunately it also installs video codec, so you must unselect all options except for AAC.&nbsp; You should also block MP from access FFDShow Video codecs, by removing mediaportal from the list of allowable programs during the video codec install.Now I have MPA Audio decoder (SPDIF) decoding/pass through all sounds except for AAC which is handled by FFDShow. NB - I originally tried using the following graphVideo -&gt; Splitter -&gt; Monogram AAC -&gt; AC3Filter (Post processing)But this messed up the channel order because the channel order in AAC is different to AC3, ie Center AAC channel will come out the front right channel if you use AC3 for post processing.EDIT: Hoborg, do you use the ATI registry hack to get consistent grey levels between SD and HD video.&nbsp; If you google people state that one using 16-235 levels and one uses 0-255 levels, the fix is supposed to make sure they both use the same format.EDIT(2): I noticed that post installing SAF the AAC decoder was set to MPA rather than Monogram AAC.&nbsp; (This was prior to doing my ffdshow 5.1 AAC fix)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 493499, member: 76888"] Hi horborg I did a reformat -> XP SP3, ATI 9.7 (HD4670), MP 1.1 Alpha, quartz security update Then install PDVD9 H264 Codec as standalone codec install (Using HDPack 2.2) (ie without installing PDVD software) Then i installed latest SAF beta using your instructions of that special file in system32 directory Everything working well HDTV h264 working well using PDVD9 H264 My Videos seem to be working well using SAF (MPCVideoDec) Thanks a lot One thing that is missing from SAF is good support for 5.1 AAC over SPDIF The problem is that nearly all receivers can't support multichannel AAC decoding Therefore if use SPDIF and don't downmix to stereo then you will basically mute the center channel dialog If you downmix to stereo, then the sound is good, but you loose your 5.1 advantage Solution: Install FFDShow audio codec and use that codec for AAC, FFDShow will decode 5.1 AAC -> 5.1 AC3. When you install FFDShow unfortunately it also installs video codec, so you must unselect all options except for AAC. You should also block MP from access FFDShow Video codecs, by removing mediaportal from the list of allowable programs during the video codec install. Now I have MPA Audio decoder (SPDIF) decoding/pass through all sounds except for AAC which is handled by FFDShow. NB - I originally tried using the following graph Video -> Splitter -> Monogram AAC -> AC3Filter (Post processing) But this messed up the channel order because the channel order in AAC is different to AC3, ie Center AAC channel will come out the front right channel if you use AC3 for post processing. EDIT: Hoborg, do you use the ATI registry hack to get consistent grey levels between SD and HD video. If you google people state that one using 16-235 levels and one uses 0-255 levels, the fix is supposed to make sure they both use the same format. EDIT(2): I noticed that post installing SAF the AAC decoder was set to MPA rather than Monogram AAC. (This was prior to doing my ffdshow 5.1 AAC fix) [/QUOTE]

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