Media Player Classic HD - 1.1.0.0 out!

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Chris C said:
VLC really does suck in comparison to MPC HD for playing HD content, for everything else its very good.
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MPC wins in everything tbh. Sure VLC is convienient because of how it decodes files, but MPC interface wins out, as do some of the options...
 
no video with x264 content here. mpeg 2 works though.

really annoying is the fact that the screengoes blank when changing the volume. instant delete and back to mpc for me
 
Am I doing something wrong? Just tried the x64 version in vista, and I'm getting just a blank screen playing divx. Audio is fine. I do have divx codec's installed. Media player and vlc play fine.
 
I assume you read how to setup MPC-HC for playback when using the internal decoder for DXVA (assuming you are wanting to use DXVA?) as its different if using XP or Vista.

DXVA Support:

Modern video graphics card have the possibility to decode partially or completely a video using DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA), and reduce dramatically CPU usage. MPC - HC has an embedded video decoder using this technology to decode H264 and VC1 video.Unfortunately this decoder support for the moment only bitstream mode, which mean that only most recent graphics card are supported:

* nVidia series 8000 for H264 only
* ATI Radeon HD series for H264 and VC1 decoding

Maybe "motion compensation" mode will be added in the future to have more compatibles video cards, but i cannot promise.DXVA is quite susceptible, so if you want to use it you have to respect those rules:

* For Windows XP users select Overlay Mixer, VMR9 or VMR9 renderless
* For Vista users, select EVR or EVR custom renderer
* Video decoder should be connected directly to the renderer. This means no intermediate filters such as DirectVobSub or ffdshow can be inserted between decoder and video renderer.

Edit: This was in response to Servo and his x264. As for DivX thats very strange. Ill test this build tomorrow at work as thats where my PC is currently.
 
i've installed VLC and it plays my dvds reasonably, but it seems sluggish, seems to slow up when i use a skin, the seek bar is very joggy (as mentioned above), and it has seezed up a few times already in a few hours of tinkering....gonna try MPC
 
ubern00b said:
I assume you read how to setup MPC-HC for playback when using the internal decoder for DXVA (assuming you are wanting to use DXVA?) as its different if using XP or Vista.

DXVA Support:

Modern video graphics card have the possibility to decode partially or completely a video using DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA), and reduce dramatically CPU usage. MPC - HC has an embedded video decoder using this technology to decode H264 and VC1 video.Unfortunately this decoder support for the moment only bitstream mode, which mean that only most recent graphics card are supported:

* nVidia series 8000 for H264 only
* ATI Radeon HD series for H264 and VC1 decoding

Maybe "motion compensation" mode will be added in the future to have more compatibles video cards, but i cannot promise.DXVA is quite susceptible, so if you want to use it you have to respect those rules:

* For Windows XP users select Overlay Mixer, VMR9 or VMR9 renderless
* For Vista users, select EVR or EVR custom renderer
* Video decoder should be connected directly to the renderer. This means no intermediate filters such as DirectVobSub or ffdshow can be inserted between decoder and video renderer.

Edit: This was in response to Servo and his x264. As for DivX thats very strange. Ill test this build tomorrow at work as thats where my PC is currently.
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hmm, ok. tried this again after your post. (vista x64 user here). this works for some AVC content but others still show a black screen only.

i have a feeling that it's limited to the way the video was encoded. use the insane option in megui to encode and it wont decode it (16 ref frames & 16 b frames). it seems to be decent but needs 1 big improvement off the bat. the ability to swap to a 2nd decoder (coreavc) if it cant handle the video itself. otherwise it's a case of swapping external filters around which is a PITA

also, a black screen still on divx playback
 
tomos said:
hmm, ok. tried this again after your post. (vista x64 user here). this works for some AVC content but others still show a black screen only.

i have a feeling that it's limited to the way the video was encoded. use the insane option in megui to encode and it wont decode it (16 ref frames & 16 b frames). it seems to be decent but needs 1 big improvement off the bat. the ability to swap to a 2nd decoder (coreavc) if it cant handle the video itself. otherwise it's a case of swapping external filters around which is a PITA

also, a black screen still on divx playback
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I get a black screen on all the AVC videos I have when using this option also. I switched back to ffdshow.
 
What kind of videos do you have? I have yet to find one that doesn't play!

My internal filters tab looks like this (because I have external decoders to handle most of the decoding):

mpc_1.png


mpc_2.png


Video formats I have are:

h264/x264
DIVX
XVID
Quicktime
AVI, MKV with ogg/ac3 audio (subs enclosed & dual audio)
 
bledd. said:
i'd assume it's because you maybe don't have 64bit codecs installed
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Cheers mate, I had the divx codec's installed, they didn't work. I noticed in another thread you mentioned the codec pack etc from MajorGeeks, installed them, they are working great.

Thanks again.
 
I've been using VLC for a while now because it seemed to work outside of the box, but I am considering moving to something like MPC.

What's the difference between this and MPC 6.4.9.1 because they both seem to be updated? (well according to free-codecs.com).

I take it i will have to install this codec pack: linky! and if i am using vista 64, this codec pack (in addition): linky!.

Do I need to install quicktime and realtime alternative too for web browser playback?

Cheers.
 
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