Codecs SAF v6 (based on LAVF) (2 Viewers)

pur_berger

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    OK - that's just palying the file in Graphstudio - and what Information are you looking for?
     
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    pur_berger

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    As soon I know how to use graphstudio I will ;)

    START - SAF - Tools - graphstudio (if you enabled tools durning SAF install)
    Drag and drop your videofile here and hit play. Try to seek to reproduce pixelation.
    Ja - OK - but what do you need from Graphstudio if I'm able to reproduce the Pixelerror? Is there a log or something?
     

    hoborg

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    As soon I know how to use graphstudio I will ;)

    START - SAF - Tools - graphstudio (if you enabled tools durning SAF install)
    Drag and drop your videofile here and hit play. Try to seek to reproduce pixelation.
    Ja - OK - but what do you need from Graphstudio if I'm able to reproduce the Pixelerror? Is there a log or something?
    Nope.
    If you will be able to reproduce pixelation in Graphstudio, it is not related to MePo.
    So if you reproduce it, create a small sample and share it so i can test :)
     

    murks_muell

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    When viewing x264 coded movies I encounter block artifacts as in attached screenshots. Currently I use saf6.12 unlocked ..
    What GPU do you have?
    As a workaround, START - SAF - FFDSHOW - configure FFDSHOW DXVA and here untick h.264 and VC-1 DXVA.
    I use onboard graphics (intel H67 chipset).
    I checked which option does differ with your recommended setup: Only the "LATM AC3", i chose "LAV Audio Decoder" instead of the "MONOGRAM" one. All other are correct.
    Didn't try the workaround yet. This will disable DirectX-support?
     

    hoborg

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    Didn't try the workaround yet. This will disable DirectX-support?
    No, it will disable DXVA.
    Intel GPUs doesnot like DXVA, use QuickSync instead - you can setup this in FFDshow video decoder settings START - SAF - FFDShow - FFDShow video configuration and select quicksync decoder for h.264.
     

    azzuro

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    Hi, Hoborg,
    When install a new version of your SAF, all custom settings, are deleted. it's possible to have a choice for update codec and leave custom settings ?
     

    hoborg

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    Hi, Hoborg,
    When install a new version of your SAF, all custom settings, are deleted. it's possible to have a choice for update codec and leave custom settings ?
    Hi.
    The settings are changing often on decoders side (LAVF/FFDshow) - new features, changes, etc.... They needs to be generated again. Keeping old setting can broke something easily. You can still export your settings from registry, update SAF then apply exported registry. But i cannot gurantee this won't broke anything.
     

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    I see a post from back in January from alegend mentioning slow file opening times using SAF 6. Was there ever a resolution? I've trawled through this post until I've gone crosseyed, but may have missed it with all the other posts here. If I use SAF 5, files open almost instantaneously, but every time I decide to have a go at SAF 6, there's a large (~10 second minimum) delay before the file opens, so I end up going back to SAF 5.

    I don't have any additional codec packs installed, just Win 7 x64, MediaPortal 1.2.3 and SAF (not unlocked) which is using the settings from the first page of this post, the only change being using the MS decoder instead of Power DVD.

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    I've just timed the delay in starting a video. For .TS files, the file opens almost immediately, but for .mp4 files, the delay is much more significant than I mentioned. It takes almost an entire minute to open the file .... and I don't understand why at all.
     
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