Rubbish .264 playback

TheDean · 12 May 2008 at 19:29

Using CoreAVC, Haali Media splitter and Media Player classic. All files run fine (including other large 1080p files) apart from one large 1080p file just refuses to play and will sometimes cause the player to crash. I can get it to play in Media Player, but the sound is ahead of the picture.

Any ideas?

uv · 12 May 2008 at 20:02

tried vlc?

Energize · 12 May 2008 at 20:17

Computer specs?

TheDean · 12 May 2008 at 20:21

VLC will shows a blue screen and no sound or video can be heard/seen

Specs:

XFX nForce 630i Geforce 7100 motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6 ghz CPU

2gb PC5300 Geil Ram with silver heatspreaD

Enermax 400w liberty modular psu

Dingleberry88 · 12 May 2008 at 20:25

That CPU at stock? Try bumping it up to about 2GHz.

bledd · 12 May 2008 at 22:02

is it an mkv?

some mkv's are really really poorly made, although the newer ones rock

Dingleberry88 · 13 May 2008 at 00:03

Another pro tip: Defrag your HDD.

ubern00b · 13 May 2008 at 09:23

Also check what codec is actually being used to decode the file. In MPC, right click the video - filters - and check that "CoreAVC" is listed, or check what is in fact being used. Even so your cpu is plenty capable of decoding 1080p with any codec. If its a pretty old encode, people thought it was a great idea to use 16 reference frames and this makes it VERY difficult to decode, and will generate very high CPU usage. This could also be the cause.

TheDean · 13 May 2008 at 16:00

ubern00b said:
Also check what codec is actually being used to decode the file. In MPC, right click the video - filters - and check that "CoreAVC" is listed, or check what is in fact being used. Even so your cpu is plenty capable of decoding 1080p with any codec. If its a pretty old encode, people thought it was a great idea to use 16 reference frames and this makes it VERY difficult to decode, and will generate very high CPU usage. This could also be the cause.

CoreAVC isn't listed within MPC when i follow your steps above. How can i add it?

ubern00b · 13 May 2008 at 16:21

In MPC - Options - External Filters - Add Filter - CoreAVC.

Set the merit to "Preferred" and that should do the trick.

TheDean · 13 May 2008 at 16:23

ubern00b said:
In MPC - Options - External Filters - Add Filter - CoreAVC.

Set the merit to "Preferred" and that should do the trick.

You Sir - Are a star - Thank you very much!!!