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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 818063" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>Hi Andrew</p><p></p><p></p><p>According to the logs your codec preferences for that system are:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as I'm aware the ATI MPEG video decoder doesn't support h.264/AVC. When you try to play an AVC video with that configuration MP seems to try to use the MPC video codec. That would suggest that the ATI codec couldn't connect and MP ended up trying to use the codec with the highest merit that can connect to the splitter pin. Unexpected things may happen when the codecs that you choose are not able to handle the media format.</p><p></p><p>In the earlier XP logs I see attempts to use "CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9)":</p><p></p><p>[COLLAPSE]2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: DLL Version : MediaInfoLib - v0.7.36BETA</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Inspecting media : \\Ssd-x3-htpc\s\mkv from Danny\Nov2011\m4v\FAST_FIVE.m4v</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Parse speed : 0.3</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: FrameRate : 23.976</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Width : 720</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Height : 368</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AspectRatio : widescreen</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: VideoCodec : AVC [ "avc.png" ]</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Scan type : progressive</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: IsInterlaced : False</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: VideoResolution : SD</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: VideoDuration : 7829596</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AudioRate : 48000</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AudioChannels : 6 [ "5.1.png" ]</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AudioCodec : AAC VERSION 4 [ "aac version 4.png" ]</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: HasAudio : True</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: HasVideo : True</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: HasSubtitles : True</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: NumSubtitles : 1</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: RefreshRateChanger.AdaptRefreshRate: 'auto refreshrate changer' disabled</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: g_Player.Play(\\Ssd-x3-htpc\s\mkv from Danny\Nov2011\m4v\FAST_FIVE.m4v Video)</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lay \\Ssd-x3-htpc\s\mkv from Danny\Nov2011\m4v\FAST_FIVE.m4v</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.796875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Enabling DX9 exclusive mode</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.796875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: fonts.SetDevice()</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:32.921875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: added Video Mixing Renderer 9 to graph</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Added filter: CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9) to graph</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Added filter: AC3Filter to graph</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: DirectShowUtils: First try to insert new audio renderer Default DirectSound Device </p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: DirectShowUtils: Found audio renderer</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.234375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: Pixel Adaptive capable</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.234375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: BOB Vertical Stretch capable</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.234375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: setting pixel adaptive succeeded</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayerVMR7: AudioLanguage CultureInfo en</p><p></p><p>2011-12-04 14:41:33.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayerVMR7: CultureInfo Selected active audio track language: English (0)</p><p></p><p><strong>2011-12-04 14:41:33.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: Unable to play with reason - Cannot allocate memory because no size has been set.</strong>[/COLLAPSE]</p><p></p><p>I have absolutely no idea what the failure at the end there means but a quick google suggests that it could be codec or splitter related. This would be one of those situations where I'd just suggest try a different codec - maybe the DivX one that you have installed already. If you're willing to try installing other codecs then try the LAV ones. There is a package in the MP Extensions Installer which makes it really easy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmmm, again it looks like MP is indeed trying the MPC codec even though your configuration is:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Have you used GraphStudio/GraphEdit to confirm which codec is really being used?</p><p></p><p>mm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 818063, member: 82144"] Hi Andrew According to the logs your codec preferences for that system are: As far as I'm aware the ATI MPEG video decoder doesn't support h.264/AVC. When you try to play an AVC video with that configuration MP seems to try to use the MPC video codec. That would suggest that the ATI codec couldn't connect and MP ended up trying to use the codec with the highest merit that can connect to the splitter pin. Unexpected things may happen when the codecs that you choose are not able to handle the media format. In the earlier XP logs I see attempts to use "CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9)": [COLLAPSE]2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: DLL Version : MediaInfoLib - v0.7.36BETA 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Inspecting media : \\Ssd-x3-htpc\s\mkv from Danny\Nov2011\m4v\FAST_FIVE.m4v 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Parse speed : 0.3 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: FrameRate : 23.976 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Width : 720 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Height : 368 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AspectRatio : widescreen 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: VideoCodec : AVC [ "avc.png" ] 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: Scan type : progressive 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: IsInterlaced : False 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: VideoResolution : SD 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: VideoDuration : 7829596 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AudioRate : 48000 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AudioChannels : 6 [ "5.1.png" ] 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: AudioCodec : AAC VERSION 4 [ "aac version 4.png" ] 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: HasAudio : True 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: HasVideo : True 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: HasSubtitles : True 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfoWrapper: NumSubtitles : 1 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: RefreshRateChanger.AdaptRefreshRate: 'auto refreshrate changer' disabled 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: g_Player.Play(\\Ssd-x3-htpc\s\mkv from Danny\Nov2011\m4v\FAST_FIVE.m4v Video) 2011-12-04 14:41:32.781250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer:play \\Ssd-x3-htpc\s\mkv from Danny\Nov2011\m4v\FAST_FIVE.m4v 2011-12-04 14:41:32.796875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Enabling DX9 exclusive mode 2011-12-04 14:41:32.796875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: fonts.SetDevice() 2011-12-04 14:41:32.921875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: added Video Mixing Renderer 9 to graph 2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Added filter: CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9) to graph 2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Added filter: AC3Filter to graph 2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: DirectShowUtils: First try to insert new audio renderer Default DirectSound Device 2011-12-04 14:41:33.125000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: DirectShowUtils: Found audio renderer 2011-12-04 14:41:33.234375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: Pixel Adaptive capable 2011-12-04 14:41:33.234375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: BOB Vertical Stretch capable 2011-12-04 14:41:33.234375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: setting pixel adaptive succeeded 2011-12-04 14:41:33.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayerVMR7: AudioLanguage CultureInfo en 2011-12-04 14:41:33.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayerVMR7: CultureInfo Selected active audio track language: English (0) [B]2011-12-04 14:41:33.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: Unable to play with reason - Cannot allocate memory because no size has been set.[/B][/COLLAPSE] I have absolutely no idea what the failure at the end there means but a quick google suggests that it could be codec or splitter related. This would be one of those situations where I'd just suggest try a different codec - maybe the DivX one that you have installed already. If you're willing to try installing other codecs then try the LAV ones. There is a package in the MP Extensions Installer which makes it really easy. Hmmm, again it looks like MP is indeed trying the MPC codec even though your configuration is: Have you used GraphStudio/GraphEdit to confirm which codec is really being used? mm [/QUOTE]
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