Advanced MPC-HC Setup Guide - Page 17

I'm sure you're right. I'm just more curious about what the YCbCr setting in CCC is actually doing than anything.

On another topic, I've got a high bitrate .mkv ripped straight from BD (VC-1) with DTS-HD audio. It plays fine but the skip forward/skip backward/next chapter type of stuff is excrutiatingly slow. It can take 30 seconds or more for it to re-start playback at the new location. I've got a number of lower bitrate 720p files (.h264) with 5.1 AC3 that don't have this problem and are quite responsive.

Is this a function of the high bitrate, the audio, the codec (VC-1 vs. .hs264) and the fact it's using WMVideo Decoder DMO vs. LAV? Is it CPU related? I'd like to iron out this problem before deciding whether to move my BDs from .iso/PDVD playback to MPC-HC.

I've got the latest LAV installed already 0.42. It did fix some glitching I had on certain files with earlier versions but not this particular problem.

Thanks for the quick reply and tip, I have enabled deinterlacing and decoding in madvr.
Another question i have is that playback seems to be somewhat bright compared to other media solutions such as a blu ray player, im wondering if this has anything to do with video setting in CCC, right now some of the settings are defaulted on, is that interfering with with the filters on mpc. Should they be off?
A big thanks to the OP for the guide.

Need some help here.

I did a fresh Win7 x64 install.
Then followed the directions in post #1.
But I'm getting this error whenever I open a .wtv (all I have) in MPC-HC?

And suddenly my WMP and MCE don't have video/audio anymore.
Though MPC does have video after I click out of this error, there is no audio.

I fixed my WMP & MCP problem by using an older nVidia graphics driver.
Did another fresh install.
But I still get this error when trying to play .WTV files with MPC-HC x86.
MPC-HC plays my .mkv fine. It just wont' play the .WTV and I'm getting frustrated because my googling hasn't worked out yet.
Is there a codec I'm missing maybe?
I get audio but no video. And get this error that I posted a screenshot of.

Just curious are your recordings copy protected? Are you using cablecard? If so only wmc can play them.

This is OTA recordings.

Actually I can now see video after re-doing everything but still get that error on startup of videos.
And the video breaks up now and then.
Meanwhile, WMP and MCE have no issues.

There's so much variation between video cards and how they interact with your particular display that the only real solution to get the picture set up perfectly is to calibrate your TV.

Try downloading the mp4 videos from here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=948496

They are fantastic for really dialing in the picture.

I have a few m2ts files that I have no idea how to enable the other audio tracks in MPC-HC. In VLC and the same m2ts files under audio > audio track - I see 4 tracks to select from. However, in MPC-HC under audio I only have 1 DTS HD Master track in German - No other selections for other tracks.

How do I get to the other track selections like I'm able to in VLC?

Try Right click, Filters, scroll down to the bottom to your file name and when you open that menu you should see all audio and subtitle tracks.

You can actually setup MPC to toggle through all audio available from the keyboard or remote. Use the keymap section under Options to figure out what key toggled to next language. I'm not sure what it comes as stock, I use the letter A to toggle Audio and the letter S to toggle Sub. I use the letter T to turn subs on and off. I use those because they match my XBMC setup, so it's seamless from one app to another.

Isn't the file name just a conglomeration of everything together?

Is anyone on Windows 7 able to play Media Center recorded files (wtv) with MPC-HC? If so, are you on x64 or x86?

Yes. x64. nVidia 430 using LAV .42 drivers with CUVID enabled using EVR.

Willie

I have to say....holy crap. I usually don't mess with my systems, especially when they have been working fine for months if not years, but this got the best of me.

After making a backup, followed the guide and WOW. I have never seen my HTPC display such a "fluid" and absolutely beautiful image! This rocks!

Thank you.
I give up though.
Multiple operating system reinstalls, tried both x86 and x64. Tried different versions of MPC-HC and other plugins.
I just can't get it to work properly with .wtv files.

I gave up and installed ArcSoft. Not as pretty a picture as I know a tweaked out MPC-HC can deliver, but at least it freakin works.
I must have some sort of weird hardware incompatibility with this new nVidia GT520 card.

Check nVidia driver 285.62 does not work. I am using beta .79.

Willie

Also using MPC 64 bit, which is why I don't use MadVR (yet).

Willie

hello mindrop

which is the best decoder for playing dvd`s?

ffdshow [limpeg2], cyberlink or MS?

so, the only thing that matters are the scaling algorithms?

I havnt used ffdshow forever, I went to xvidvideo.ru to download and there's two diferent versions of the same most recent build(4142) it looks like.
There's the MSUC2010(1223) and the icl12(1673). Both x86. What are the diferences?

icl12 = Intel C++ Compiler 12. icl12 version is optimized for Intel processors.
MSVC2010 = Microsoft Visual C++ 2010.

Thanks

I am planning to bitstream DTS, Dolby Digital, etc but not DTS MA-HD or Dolby True HD since my Nvidia GTX 580 cannot bitstream those two. Should I still copy this file over? What does it do exactly the text above is kind of vague other than saying it will be higher quality.

Thanks for the explanation on how to get all this done. Tried your way becuase the picture was way too dark the way I had it working

I had MPC running via a guide on the XBMC website with FFDshow for the audio Decoder and everything else default so I could bitstream DTS and Dolby HD Audio. Using the other way made it unwatchable in a dark movie, like the beginning of the Deathly Hallows when Snape walks into Malfoy Manor at the beginning. Both ways allows the audio to work fine. I'm playing mainly mounted bluray Isos with MPC as the external player from XBMC.

My main question is there a way to get some of my subtitles back? On Iron Man2 at the beginning, or Star Trek II, the subtitles work fine but on others like XMen First Class when they're speking German in the beginning, I don't get anything.
I know I ripped the movie to iso right because they work in PDVD9 ok.

Curious on what I'm missing ..

Also, I lost the ablilty to chapter advance through the bluray iso's. I had it in MPC with with other method...

Thanks again for the help, enjoying the picture and functionality

Sorry, I should have told you that I found that information in this thread. When I click on the file location it shows that forced subtitles is chosen. I have 3 other subtitle options which all say englsh and don't make it work when I choose it.

I've went into the MPC options for subtitles and tried to change some options in there as well to no avail.... I'll keep looking.

Any idea why I would have lost any otions under "navigate" when watching a bluray iso?