Advanced MPC-HC Setup Guide - Page 31

Thank you very much for your answer I am a noob in this, unfortunately.
I have copy the DLL file and place it into the LAVFilters directory.
Have I set the correct settings, that you talk about?

I am using a Geforce GT 430 with MAdvr and Cuvid.
In the NVidea Control Panel within the main computer control panel, do I want the "With the video player settings" OR "with the NVidia settings" checked to handle the color and image setting for MKV playback?
Thanks.

Do you want madVr's picture OR Nvidia's picture? Hint: if you want Nvidia's picture does video renderer still matter?

I see what your saying. Thanks. I am learning as I go.

The video options in the NVIDIA settings don't really apply to madVR anyway.
In any case, setting them to "Use Video player settings" is usually the best choice.

what do you guys recommend for updates?
I installed using the guide about 3 months ago. things seem to be working well, which may lead to many saying "then why update"

granted, i dont plan to update every version released, but will skip a few.

assuming mpc-hc stays the same, how would i go about updating madvr and the lav software?

thanks.

using this setup for the htpc going to the denon receiver without the dll. will update madvr/lav tonight.

just switched my laptop from bsplayer/shark codec to this setup with the dll last night.

shark worked well. i think the bsplayer was more of a problem and wouldn't play some files. now i just need to get used to mpc-hc and tweak the shortcuts etc.

i been using madvr and the lav filters for awhile with reclock. I notice I get crackles on the audio, has anyone had that? it seems real bad with AAC audio, maybe I just got crappy encodes, but it seems to be doing it alot lately and I didn't notice it before so I'm guessing its lav audio or reclock doing it, I didn't notice it with ffdshow audio before.

robl45, you using hardware resampling or software resampling in Reclock?

beats the heck out of me, i don't even see that option anywhere, i think its reclock probably doing it. i did notice that mpc-hc has been using ffdshow audio instead of lav audio, but i used ffdshow before reclock without issues, i switched it to lav audio now but i think its probably something in reclock. i use spdif out for audio until i eventually get an hdmi receiver. sure wish i could fix this as the crackling is getting annoying.

I have been having a severe stutter problem using MPC. When playing MKV files using WMP through Media Browser the playback is smooth without a glitch.
I thought originally the problem was related to adding a Geforce GT430 Video. The problem is there after removing the Card and going back to the Intel I3 2100 - Intel HD2000 video.
I am using the LAV Spilitter -Stutter there using MadVR or not using MadVR.
Latest drivers and versions of all devices and software.
Any thoughts are appreciated.

Mindbomb, Your setting changes did the trick for smooth playback with the Intel HD 2000 and MPC. I am not giving up on the GT430 and this will work well while I get it worked out.
Thanks!

what scaling settings should madvr be set to with gt430? I have spline 4 taps for all of them now, is there something better? also should decoding be left unchecked assuming I'm using cuvid? on lav video?

my computer is like 5 years old. 2gigs memory, dual core amd 2ghz processor. eveything plays fine with 720p rips but when I play 1080p SBS its a crap shoot, sometimes its fine, othertimes it ends up glitching out during parts of the film and drops bunches of frames. I figure the computer probably isn't quite up to the task so looking for settings that will be as easy as possible so it can handle it better.

no idea what the defaults are.

They are SoftCubic 100 on chroma and Lanczos 4 tap on Luma

I personally change mine to SoftCubic 70 on chroma and Lanczos 3 for Luma

This question isn't directly related to mpc hc, but more about how windows outputs analog audio to receivers.. I followed the guide and set my windows playback device to 5.1, full range speakers and 24 bit 48khz default format.. but I've noticed that when I play an mp3 on my htpc, my receiver seems to detect multichannel pcm input.. and it only plays from the two front speakers.. I'm unable to select a listening mode on the receiver that sends it to all 5 speakers.. is this because windows is sending 5.1 channels of audio to the receiver with audio only in the front two and the rest just sending a signal of silence?
If that's right, would it be better for me to set my playback device in windows to 2 speakers instead of 5.1? since most 5.1 audio is bitstreamed anyway and won't depend on this setting? All I'd be giving up is 5.1 analog sound such as 5.1 channel flac files and maybe computer games 5.1 output? and those I never use anyway so it doesn't matter?

I've followed the instructions in the first post, but still can't play DVDs with MPC-HC and MadVR. I keep on getting the dreaded Macrovision Fail error.

- I have no problem with other file formats with Lav/MadVR
- With other renderers (EVRs, etc.) it is also all fine.

Any idea what could be the problem?

FYI, I'm on W7 64bits, using the latest versions of MadVR, MPC-HC BE Mod, ffdshow (all 32bit versions). I also have PDVD9 and AnyDVD on this computer...

Good idea, but this isn't the solution. I'm not sure what tool to use to diagnose what's happening (i.e. what graph is built?).

I think it does, the full range in nvidia gives an exagerated contrast look. Also, the LAV decoders, it got HW deinterlacing options, do these corrospond with the nvidia deinterlacing setting in forceware control panel? As in do they work even when nvidia deinterlacing is unchecked?

Maybe if nvidia doesnt see lav as a media player, because nvidia settings have the option to choose who controls what.


I got this minor issue when playing, the audio stutters on occasion, why is that? Also when playing a ts file stats dont show, i cant enable them in the menu.

I also dont know if i should bitstream or not, im using a x-fi card and I dont know if it naturally decodes DTS. If I wanted to get the dll file for it, do i have to buy TMT or use the trial?

one last thing about deinterlacing, what is the best option for me I have it set as nvidia cuvid but i find it odd it says not recommended to have it as 25/30 fps instead of the 50fps; where is the option for inverse telecine that restores the progressive fps? And i didnt bother with ffdshow i hope thats okay, since I find it intimidating and easy to mess up.

The ctrl j works i was only familar with the other statistics from the menu. it says 13 frames dropped after playing for 3 minutes or so and even though i dont see interlacing it saying "deinterlacing off" Im thinking this is because lav is in charge of that. Doesnt tell me much else i dont even know what the real time frame rate is, no one else noticied this audio "pause" sometimes especially when playing with the context menu? Will turning off full screen exclusive mode improve the audio?