'Splash' a new HD video player

I just installed it. Manages to play DXVA 1080p files flawlessly.

I noticed a couple of minor bugs. It crashes after 10 seconds of play if I disable GPU acceleration, and when I exit, it keeps playing audio for about 15 seconds extra.

Pretty cool player though, thanks for sharing.
 
AbsenceJam said:
Not really new, I tried it months ago. My opinion, well it works but MPC-HC is a hundred times better.
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a months ago i thought the same... but it was months ago...
now IMHO Splash is a hundered times better for high definition movies.

On vista it takes half of MPC_HC CPU usage (ATI card).
On my notebook with Intel it uses dxva and video is perfectly smooth (mpc-hc video stutters all the time).
Splash does playback my VC-1 bluray movies. MPC-HC does not :/

But, mostly i like it cause it is great player for my hd cam clips. It starts playback very quickly and picture quality is really good (even without dxva!).

im still using mpc-hc but mostly for divx and some strange video files.

edit: I am planning to buy usb TV tuner soon for my notebook and then will test Splash cause it is suposed to play tv.
 
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Seems to lack some very basic functionality. No option to display the source at its native resolution for example (fit player to video, etc). I like the UI, but it's not much use with limited functionality :\
 
ricky200 said:
a months ago i thought the same... but it was months ago...
now IMHO Splash is a hundered times better for high definition movies.

On vista it takes half of MPC_HC CPU usage (ATI card).
On my notebook with Intel it uses dxva and video is perfectly smooth (mpc-hc video stutters all the time).
Splash does playback my VC-1 bluray movies. MPC-HC does not :/

But, mostly i like it cause it is great player for my hd cam clips. It starts playback very quickly and picture quality is really good (even without dxva!).

im still using mpc-hc but mostly for divx and some strange video files.

edit: I am planning to buy usb TV tuner soon for my notebook and then will test Splash cause it is suposed to play tv.
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If you're not getting DXVA and smooth playback and even no VC-1 from BD then to be honest there's some user error going on or a very old build. :(
 
In any case, it's good to see. The whole video media player market needs a damn good shake up. VLC is good but for H.264 it is terrible and there seems to be no resolution in sight.

MPC-HC is "ok" but it looks and feels like something from the 1990's. Arguably the same for VLC. At least MPC-HC plays H.264 fine though.

I may have to give this "Splash" a try to see what it brings to the table. Hopefully it has all the compatibility that VLC has, the performance that MPC-HC has, and the ease of use that WMP has.
 
From the brief outing I gave it, it just felt like a cut-down version of KMPlayer. You can't resize the video (eg 100%, 200%), or maximise the window; it's either native resolution or fullscreen. It didn't open some of my files, and subtitles didn't work properly either :\

If you liked it though, KMplayer would likely be as good - but more configurable. Personally I'll stick with MPCHC. It might look basic, but it does the job perfectly so who cares? :D
 
i have newst build of mpc-hc, dxva on notebook with intel work on mpc-hc but video stutters... :/
on splash playback is ok.

Rainmaker said:
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If you liked it though, KMplayer would likely be as good - but more configurable. Personally I'll stick with MPCHC. It might look basic, but it does the job perfectly so who cares? :D
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kmplayer is not good for avchd. not stable on my machines.
mpc-hc like i said, very unstable on seeking on avchd with dxva.
for avchd i will stick to splash, its faster, stable and gives better quality on software decoding. maybe sometimes there would be nice to have some more options but we will see how this sotware will improve... it has few months old only.
 
This looks a winner for real!!..my 1080p files seem to play a lot better than on mpc hc and with superior quality..thanks for the heads up
 
First media player i've used that allows me to use my 4870's hardware via AVIVO acceleration. CPU usage has gone from being jumpy (5-15%) to a steady 2-3%, even when going in/out of full screen.

I'll definatly be using this from now on, unless anyone knows how to use ATi GPU acceleration in MPC?
 
Does anyone have a good guide for setting up DXVA in...

MPC HC
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Centre (and 64bit)

for..

AVI/Divx files
MKV files
Blu-ray discs
DVD
 
What codecs does SPLASH use?
I've always used WMPC and WMPC-HC with AC3 + FFDShow + CoreAVC and every file plays flawlessly!

Never had any problems. Even my HTPC with a E2140 with onboard GPU on my Abit Fatality F190HD copes with 1080p@24hz with no stutter at all.
 
photoshop said:
What codecs does SPLASH use?
I've always used WMPC and WMPC-HC with AC3 + FFDShow + CoreAVC and every file plays flawlessly!

Never had any problems. Even my HTPC with a E2140 with onboard GPU on my Abit Fatality F190HD copes with 1080p@24hz with no stutter at all.
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As far as i know Splash uses its own codecs (mirillis codecs - thats stated on their website).

Coeavc is best for software decoding but was very bad for dxva with avchd(i tried trial version). Anyway it is not free and 15$ for a codec i too much i think.
 
bledd. said:
Does anyone have a good guide for setting up DXVA in...

MPC HC
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Centre (and 64bit)

for..

AVI/Divx files
MKV files
Blu-ray discs
DVD
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MPC-HC includes DXVA supporting decoders for AVC and VC-1 and I think there's an MPEG2 one in the pipeline. AVI and MKV are containers not codecs. An AVI file will usually contain MPEG4 which can only be decoded in software. MKV is more often MPEG4-AVC (H.264, x264 etc) and most of these will be decoded by a DXVA decoder, moreso if your card is a recent nVidia one.
 
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