Codecs SAF v6 (based on LAVF) (3 Viewers)

[Paranoid Delusion]

Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

Mepo's also my Avatar to save you looking to see what they look like

 

[polarie]

AW: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

SAF6 is working (also with passthrought direct to AMP via Tosslink)

BIG @ Hoborg again

but i tried to change video-codec for BluRay use:

wanna use PDVD11 instead of FFD -

when i change from FFD-Show-DXVA ---> PDVD11
graphstudio shows me that FFD-show-DXVA is in use.

any chance to change without playin around with the merrits?

regards

EDIT:

reason for it:

have stuttering @ all BluRays - and i was not sure
if that is problem by my "old" LG combo drive (BluRay & HD-DVD)
tried a new slim-line BR-Drive same stuttering.
or could that be a problem because low power CPU
(Athlon X2 BE-2350 but did not check the Taskmanager CPU-usage)?
GPU in this system is a Sapphire HD-5570...

against copy-protection - i use passkey)

original BluRay : transformers & transformers 2 & James Bond (quantum)

all stuttering ...

 

[alltheway]

Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

Hi,

How can I force MP4 videos to use DXVA?
Besides demuxing them of course.

Thanks

 

[DerPat]

AW: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

With SVN20110620 I don't get PDVD Decoder with *unlocked* SAF...

 

[pcnut_uk]

Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

ffdshow.ax is there in C:\Windows\System32, its just not registered, double click to do that.

I am not seeing ffdshow.ax in my system 32 folder on win 7 and have problems playing audio of all file types mpeg2 and x264 all in mkv containers. Any suggestions?

Problem solved after many hours of frustration, ffdshow.ax is in the sys/wow folder on 64 bit windows and change the bit rate support on my optical out has now fixed the issue. A couple more reboots and ill be happy.

 

[mcrob83]

AW: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

Will there be any new SVN soon ?

 

[hoborg]

Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

Hi,

How can I force MP4 videos to use DXVA?
Besides demuxing them of course.

Thanks

DXVA is automatically ON if your GPU support it and this MP4 video is DXVA compatible.

With SVN20110620 I don't get PDVD Decoder with *unlocked* SAF...

Did you install unlocked SAF?

Will there be any new SVN soon ?

Yes
But no ETA, i am completelly out of time :/

 

[Sparky_Ol]

AW: Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

Hi Hoborg,

after changing from SAF 5 to 6 (unlocked) i´have some trouble with several MKV. When starting them in Mediaportal it crashes completely and I am back on Desktop. I figuered out, that the problem is the ffdshow(DXVA) codec, with PDVD11 it works. System is an 785 AMD-onboardchip. In the annex there´s a mediainfo.txt from one file.
I hope that you´ve got the sollution.

Thanks a lot.
Sparky

Can you try to play it in graphstudio?

No Problem there: LAV -> ffdshow(DXVA) -> EVR.

So there is something strange while playing in MePo.....

Sparky

 

[alltheway]

Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

Hi,

How can I force MP4 videos to use DXVA?
Besides demuxing them of course.

Thanks

DXVA is automatically ON if your GPU support it and this MP4 video is DXVA compatible.

Thanks, how can I tell?

I have a MP4 movie, in GraphStudio it shows FFDSHOW, and I get the FFDSHOW little red icon on system tray, Playing with WMP I don't get any icon on system tray, the extract from MediaInfo:

General
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 1.42 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 47mn
Overall bit rate                 : 1 898 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-15 08:58:39
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-15 08:58:39

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 3 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 1h 47mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 1 562 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 3 888 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.096
Stream size                      : 1.17 GiB (82%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 67 r1148M 400740b
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=1 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=1562 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-14 15:29:38
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-15 09:00:31

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 1h 47mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 333 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 445 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 256 MiB (18%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-15 08:59:53
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-15 09:00:31

I also have some older HD-DVD rips, which play with DXVA but with a lot of block like artifacts and if playing it with FFDSHOW & DXVA disables, I get a nice picture, no artifacts.

The extract from the file:

General
Format                           : Matroska
FileSize/String                  : 2.19 GiB
Duration/String                  : 1h 13mn
OverallBitRate/String            : 4 276 Kbps
Encoded_Date                     : UTC 2007-08-14 17:23:56
Encoded_Application              : mkvmerge v2.0.2 ('You're My Flame') built on Feb 21 2007 23:40:55
Encoded_Library/String           : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID/String                        : 2
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile                   : High@L5.1
Format_Settings_CABAC/String     : Yes
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 8 frames
MuxingMode                       : Container profile=Unknown@5.1
CodecID                          : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration/String                  : 1h 13mn
BitRate/String                   : 2 763 Kbps
Width/String                     : 1 280 pixels
Height/String                    : 720 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String        : 16:9
FrameRate/String                 : 23.976 fps
ColorSpace                       : YUV
ChromaSubsampling                : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits
ScanType/String                  : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.125
StreamSize/String                : 1.37 GiB (63%)
Encoded_Library/String           : x264 core 56 svn-667C
Encoded_Library_Settings         : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-4:-4 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=4,6 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=2763 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / zones=100814,105322,b=0.15 / aq=1:0.3:15.0
Language/String                  : English

Audio
ID/String                        : 1
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
CodecID                          : A_DTS
Duration/String                  : 1h 13mn
BitRate_Mode/String              : Constant
BitRate/String                   : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s)/String                : 6 channels
ChannelPositions                 : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
SamplingRate/String              : 48.0 KHz
BitDepth/String                  : 16 bits
StreamSize/String                : 791 MiB (35%)
Language/String                  : English

Is there anything in the MediaInfo output that can tell that the first is not compatible with DXVA, and the second will have display problems?

Many thanks in advance

 

[hoborg]

Re: SAF v6.00 (based on LAVF)

@alltheway:
What GPU and OS do you have?