Understanding basic video concepts (1 Viewer)

[Mercbac]

Now that my dedicated HTPC is up and running, it's time for fine-tuning and I believe I need a better understanding of some basic video concepts and how they fit into MP.

1. How do I control which codec is used to play back xvid / divx content? Under Config -> Movies -> Movie player there are entries for MPEG2 and H.264, but what about xvid / divx? I must be missing something really fundamental...

2. GraphEdit... I have tried several times to "Connect to remote graph" with MP running in windowed mode with a video file playing, and there is never any "remote graph" to pick in the empty list that comes up. Is GraphEdit only for playing back live-TV? Or am I missing something else?

Thanks in advance for any support.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

but what about xvid / divx

Those will be used if they are enabled for there video type as default under windows directshow filters, so no selection in MP needed.

2. GraphEdit... I have tried several times to "Connect to remote graph" with MP running in windowed mode with a video file playing, and there is never any "remote graph" to pick in the empty list that comes up. Is GraphEdit only for playing back live-TV? Or am I missing something else?

Works here, which version of graphedit are you using, vista users need the current one.

 

[Mercbac]

Thanks Ray!
I'll look into how Windows decides which codec to use; google should be able to help there.

For GraphEdit, I tried two different versions:
- Something called GraphEditPlus (no version number)
- Directx9.0, build 021204

Now I strongly suspect I am using a too old version (I am on Vista), so you do you happen to have a link to the correct (latest) version, or otherwise maybe a tip on how to look for it, since google gives many results on "download graphedit".

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Vista Codec Package Homepage

About halfway down page, that's the version i have.

 

[Mercbac]

That's one very useful looking page!