x.264 + VMR9 + Powerdvd7.x + HD2600 (1 Viewer)

[Florp]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0 (2007-06-13)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: ffdShow Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder
CPU Type: Intel Celeron - 2.66GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: P5LD2 (ASUSTeK Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: -
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: Ati Radeon HD 2600 Pro (512 MB)
Video Card Driver: 3.8
Video Card Resolution: 1200x666
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Realtek High Definition Audio
Audio Card Driver: -


I'm unable to get x264 playback (specically in .mkv files) to work with hardware acceleration in the PoweDVD 7.x codec under VMR9 with my ATI HD2600Pro card. Has anyone got this combo to work?

Everything else works; If I stick with ffdshow (or pretty much any other codec), it works fine, but my CPU can't quiiiiiite keep up with HD playback.

So I installed an HD2600Pro and PowerDVD 7.3.2911. Playing back 1080p video works great in PowerDVD, but using its codec in other programs under VMR9 (MediaPortal, Media Player Classic) results in locking up the player on frame 0.

-If I disable hardware acceleration (DxVA) in the codec, it works fine... but defeats the purpose.
-If I run Media Player Classic under VMR7, it works fine... but MP doesn't do that anymore.

So, to sum up, I'm trying to combine all of the following:

X264/H264 playback
VMR9
PowerDVD 7.x codec with hardware acceleration
HD2600Pro

I've scanned through all the forums, and have seen plenty of people with problems getting DxVA working with their HD2x00 cards, but it seems like some have gotten it working.

Thanks!

 

[charli181]

I am having very similar issues. I have a asus m2a vm-hdmi mobo that has an onboard 1250 x chipset on board. I have installed PDVD7 and all works fine outside of MP. Inside of MP though, like yourself, I get no video or sound unless I turn off the HA within the directshow filters page within MP. Some one Help please. With it turned off CPU runs approx 50% across both cores of AMD AM2 4800+ for HD material.

 

[kkendall]

I have the same issues!
I have a NVidia 7300 and Purevideo under VMR9 and with HW acceleration active with a 1080p/H264/,ts file, Media player Classic locks up on frame 0, just like you Florp. But not in MP, there it plays, the sound is perfect but the image is very heavely distorted (tearing?? I don't know how that looks like...) and the bottom half or 1/3rd of the screen is gray. WMP is playing both audio and video but the video is not good, it leaves blocky artifacts in large "same color" areas, especcially seen in black areas.

 

[DJBlu]

Do you have Haali Media Splitter installed?

 

[charli181]

no....

 

[kkendall]

Yes I have. but I don't know if it's being used in MP, WMP or MPC...
I don't know where to let these programs know they have to use Haali MS for h264.

the file I'm trying to play is the 50 Mb file, Apocalypto.Blu-Ray.REMUX.H264.1080P.LPCM.DD51......sample.ts
is there something special about it I have to know?

For codecs I have installed:
ffdshow tryouts
purevideo decoders
MPA/MPV decoders (came with mediaportal I guess)
CoreAVC (came with mediaportal I guess)
Vista Ultimate codecstuff (came with Vista)

Furthermore I have graphedit and Gspot installed. Can they be of any help?
With these codecs installed, what should the graph look like in graphedit for a h264 .ts file or what should Gspot say about it?

 

[fallenturtle]

Does your screen look like this when you try to play back x.264 thats in an mkv container?
http://www.fallenturtle.com/random/dxva.jpeg

I'm still trying to figure it out, but I think its got something to do with mkv. I've got Haali Media Splitter with PowerDVD, an HD2600 pro, and Media Player Classic and some, but not all, playback looking like the above. Other mkv files seem to play alright or with other visual issues.

I've tried downloading free x.264 content from the web... things like apple quicktime movie previews and what not. Most are in avi or mp4 containers and these play back awesome. MPC is reading like 1% for CPU usage so this is leading me away from thinking that this video card maybe defective to it having something to do with the combination of Avivo, the PowerDVD codec, and mkvs.

When I turn off hardware acceleration in the codec options, the previously f'ed up files play fine. I've also tried using MPC internal mkv splitter and I had the same problem which also leads me to believe that its related to the container itself and not the splitter.

At this point, once I get MediaPortal reinstalled (I did a fresh install of XP to try to figure out the problem) I may have to stick with software decoding for files in the mkv container.

 

[Florp]

Does your screen look like this when you try to play back x.264 thats in an mkv container?
http://www.fallenturtle.com/random/dxva.jpeg

I'm still trying to figure it out, but I think its got something to do with mkv. I've got Haali Media Splitter with PowerDVD, an HD2600 pro, and Media Player Classic and some, but not all, playback looking like the above. Other mkv files seem to play alright or with other visual issues.

When I first installed my HD2600Pro, I got the "green blocks" like in your image when I played MKVs. As I messed around with codecs, at some point it went away and the player will just lock up on frame 0. Seems related, though.

I haven't tried non-mkv H264 video (aside from HD-DVD content in PowerDVD, which works fine). Can you point me to an H264 .avi to test?