TotalMedia Theatre 5 - Page 107

Originally Posted by cnjvh

I'm having trouble playing a Blu-Ray from a folder rip in Windows Media Center. I ripped the physical disk to a folder using AnyDVD HD. Using the Total Media player interface, I can open the folder and play the movie with no problems.

The folder is in the WMC Movies library path and the title shows up fine in the Movies section of WMC. When I select it to play it, the TMT play is launched, but it only shows the the optical drive and says there is no disk inserted (which there isnt since I am playing from a folder).

I tried installing MyMovies but the same issue occurs. Whether I launch it from Movies or My Movies in WMC it still launces the TMT player and says No Video Disc in Drive.

I'm using Windows 7 x64 Media Center and TME 5.2.1.120.

Can anyone explain how to correct this?



Thanks!

Originally Posted by squall12

hi guy,

how to resolved on the totalmedia 5 crash on startup which after i uninstalled and reinstalled the issue is still remain which i cannot get totalmedia 5 to start without crashing.

Thanks

Originally Posted by cnjvh

I'm having trouble playing a Blu-Ray from a folder rip in Windows Media Center. I ripped the physical disk to a folder using AnyDVD HD. Using the Total Media player interface, I can open the folder and play the movie with no problems.

The folder is in the WMC Movies library path and the title shows up fine in the Movies section of WMC. When I select it to play it, the TMT play is launched, but it only shows the the optical drive and says there is no disk inserted (which there isnt since I am playing from a folder).

I tried installing MyMovies but the same issue occurs. Whether I launch it from Movies or My Movies in WMC it still launces the TMT player and says No Video Disc in Drive.

I'm using Windows 7 x64 Media Center and TME 5.2.1.120.

Can anyone explain how to correct this?



Thanks!

Originally Posted by cnjvh

I have figured out the problem and a workaround. The issue is that MyMovies is set to launch TMT as the external player. However, there are several executables you can use. Essentially, one is the WMC plug in, and the other is the stand alone player. The stand alone player can play the folders, the plugin will not. It only looks at the optical drive. The version that MyMovies uses is defined by the externalplayes.xml file located in the MyMovies program files folder. While I'm sure that file can be edited to launch the stand alone player, I was unable to get that to work.

The solution for me was to use MediaBrowser and not MyMovies. media browser lets you choose the exact player executable right in the user interface. All I had to do was choose the TMT player file that did not have MCE in the file name and everything works great.

I still use MyMovies to get cover art, etc.

Hope this helps someone else

Originally Posted by cnjvh

I have figured out the problem and a workaround. The issue is that MyMovies is set to launch TMT as the external player. However, there are several executables you can use. Essentially, one is the WMC plug in, and the other is the stand alone player. The stand alone player can play the folders, the plugin will not. It only looks at the optical drive. The version that MyMovies uses is defined by the externalplayes.xml file located in the MyMovies program files folder. While I'm sure that file can be edited to launch the stand alone player, I was unable to get that to work.

The solution for me was to use MediaBrowser and not MyMovies. media browser lets you choose the exact player executable right in the user interface. All I had to do was choose the TMT player file that did not have MCE in the file name and everything works great.

I still use MyMovies to get cover art, etc.

Hope this helps someone else

Originally Posted by dbailey75

I'm switching over to a full MCE setup, and downloaded the trial of TMT5 over the weekend, are there any limitations with the trial version? The video and audio was very glitchy (Blu Ray), come to find out its not offloading any thing to my GPU, and my CPU is running around 20-35%, which is normal for this type of content. Using GPUz, utilization hangs around 0-5% it will spike up to say 50%, and drop right back down, Very strange,

I then down loaded Powerdvd and winddvd, and they play with out a hitch, GPU hangs around 40-70% utilization which is normal for my setup.I've never had issues playing Remuxed MKV's in Media center or XBMC, so I'm scratching my head on this one.

I'm running an Asus GT430 with driver 280, the driver released before the one that killed Media Center play back, it could be 284, I don' remember exactly. I'd really like to use TMT because of its MC integration, but I'm not having any luck.

There's one thing that I need to try, saw it this morning, I need to turn off the auto display refresh, and see what that does, but the feature worked fine in Powerdvd, so I'm not expecting it to resolve my issue.

Is there a setting that I'm not seeing?

Thanks in Advance.

Originally Posted by bruce73

I have a Galaxy GT430, and normally see ~20-25% CPU usage on BRs (win 7/64, Core 2 E6600). I'm assuming this is using HA. Am I wrong?

Is auto-refresh even available with your NV card? It isn't with mine and I thought Arcsoft doesn't have it working with any nVidia product.

Also, I don't generally use MCE for playback, but I curious to know what was broken by the drivers >280.

Originally Posted by dbailey75

Just looked it up the drivers, I'm running drivers 280.26, 285.62 broke live TV playback in Media Center (but they are no longer available for download), I'm running a ceton tuner card, so haven't upgraded in a while, everything has been working fine.

I have not seen the frame rate option on TMT, as mentioned just saw something on it this morning, but with Power dvd it provides an option to play the content in it's native frame rate, 23.997 or what ever it is for BD, or you can keep it at 59.9 (close enough), you get a pop up window to select the refresh rate each time you start to play the BD,kind of annoying actually, I tried both options with Powerdvd, didn't notice any difference between the two.

There's just something in the setup that's not allowing the GPU to process the video with TMT.

Originally Posted by dbailey75


I'm just going to do a fresh install of windows 7 on my HTPC with the GT430, TMT 5 works fine on my other HTPC running an I3-550 using the intel graphics, as well as on my older desktop running Vista with a radeon 5450, my test movie, U2 360 BD pushes that darn 5450 to 90% utilization, seems a little high to me, but plays with out hitch.

Originally Posted by cnjvh

I have figured out the problem and a workaround. The issue is that MyMovies is set to launch TMT as the external player. However, there are several executables you can use. Essentially, one is the WMC plug in, and the other is the stand alone player. The stand alone player can play the folders, the plugin will not. It only looks at the optical drive. The version that MyMovies uses is defined by the externalplayes.xml file located in the MyMovies program files folder. While I'm sure that file can be edited to launch the stand alone player, I was unable to get that to work.

The solution for me was to use MediaBrowser and not MyMovies. media browser lets you choose the exact player executable right in the user interface. All I had to do was choose the TMT player file that did not have MCE in the file name and everything works great.

I still use MyMovies to get cover art, etc.

Hope this helps someone else

Originally Posted by Mopar_Mudder

Something doesn't sound right. I use the MCE exacutable with Media Browser or My Movies with no problems. I also store every thing as folders.

Originally Posted by cnjvh

I have a follow up question regarding audio. I have a Core i3 based system. Intel HD audio is set as the default audio device. The HDMI output goes in to the TV and an optical cable runs from the TV to the AVR.

This set will only pass Dolby Digital over it's optical connection so I'm not expecting any HD audio or DTS to work. And in fact Dolby Digital 5.1 is working just fine. The issue is with Blu-Rays that only have Dolby TrueHD tracks. When playing those tracks I'm only getting PCM at the recevier. Now as mentioned above I didn't expect to get HD audio but I did expect to get the 5.1 core.

Any way to make this work?

Thanks all!!

Originally Posted by cnjvh

And here's the final answer. The problem was that I was still using the trial. After selecting a movie to play, the program halts to ask you to accept the trial. After selecting accept trial, the program halts at the icon of the optical disk. At this point you are stuck.

After purchasing a key, I no longer get prompted to accept the trial and the folders play seemlessly with the plug-in player.

Originally Posted by cnjvh

This set will only pass Dolby Digital over it's optical connection so I'm not expecting any HD audio or DTS to work. And in fact Dolby Digital 5.1 is working just fine. The issue is with Blu-Rays that only have Dolby TrueHD tracks. When playing those tracks I'm only getting PCM at the recevier. Now as mentioned above I didn't expect to get HD audio but I did expect to get the 5.1 core.

Originally Posted by cnjvh

Another interesting thing to note is that the TMT Mix to Dolby Digital function works correctly when playing movies using the external player. Using HDMI audio through the TV and to the AVR, I get Dolby Digital at the receiver with any format when the remix option is selected.

If I then launch the same movie through WMC using the TMT plugin, I get PCM at the receiver. So its almost like WMC is ingnoring the Mix to Dolby Digital setting in the TMT AV center and just looking at what is set on the Control Panel Sound options.

Originally Posted by bruce73

I have a Galaxy GT430, and normally see ~20-25% CPU usage on BRs (win 7/64, Core 2 E6600). I'm assuming this is using HA. Am I wrong?

Is auto-refresh even available with your NV card? It isn't with mine and I thought Arcsoft doesn't have it working with any nVidia product.

Also, I don't generally use MCE for playback, but I curious to know what was broken by the drivers >280.