Norway
I'm running the latest version of MP on Windows Vista on a 16:9 HDTV.
MediaPortal doesn't seem to react when I select different codecs under the video settings - it seems to just keep using the default. I can see this easily by selecting ffdshow with OSD on - no OSD is shown in MP. I also had a demo version of the Elecard filter installed for a while and I could see MP was using this all the time since it has a logo in the corner. It appears like MP always uses the latest installed codec no matter what you choose.
Also, once I start trying to change the video codecs MP fails to view 4:3 video content correctly (files, not DVDs) - it's stretched out horizontally (using the "Normal" AR setting). The only way I've managed to correct this is to reinstall the whole program and/ or codecs - some times not even that works. Another mediacenter software I have installed (TVedia) views 4:3 video correctly with the same codecs so the problem must lay within MP somehow. I miss more settings to control the AR like TVedia has.
Anyone else had the same issues and know how to solve this?
MediaPortal doesn't seem to react when I select different codecs under the video settings - it seems to just keep using the default. I can see this easily by selecting ffdshow with OSD on - no OSD is shown in MP. I also had a demo version of the Elecard filter installed for a while and I could see MP was using this all the time since it has a logo in the corner. It appears like MP always uses the latest installed codec no matter what you choose.
Also, once I start trying to change the video codecs MP fails to view 4:3 video content correctly (files, not DVDs) - it's stretched out horizontally (using the "Normal" AR setting). The only way I've managed to correct this is to reinstall the whole program and/ or codecs - some times not even that works. Another mediacenter software I have installed (TVedia) views 4:3 video correctly with the same codecs so the problem must lay within MP somehow. I miss more settings to control the AR like TVedia has.
Anyone else had the same issues and know how to solve this?