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post #3181 of 4419
1/2/09 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by salacious View Post

What version of the video drivers are you currently using?

Currently latest drivers 1608, but same results with prior 24p enabled drivers. I didn't try 126 or 128 with older (sans 24p) drivers since 24p is a necessity for me. I don't have wall-e to test, but even if I did I only watch the main movie so I wouldn't have noticed any problems.

If you have no video with tmt you can always try the two japanese files if you're desperate.
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post #3182 of 4419
1/4/09 at 3:38pm
I just installed a nvidia 9500 GT and even though I have hardware acceleration enabled in TMT I'm getting high cpu usage and choppy playback on Bluray discs so I'd have to guess that hardware acceleration is not actually happening. Any ideas? I'm on Vista 32 Home. The 9500 is using the latest drivers. I am using the latest update of TMT.
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post #3183 of 4419
1/4/09 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by dauger View Post

I just installed a nvidia 9500 GT and even though I have hardware acceleration enabled in TMT I'm getting high cpu usage and choppy playback on Bluray discs so I'd have to guess that hardware acceleration is not actually happening. Any ideas? I'm on Vista 32 Home. The 9500 is using the latest drivers. I am using the latest update of TMT.

Probably need to know a little more about your system i.e. your cpu, how much RAM, etc. If all of your system is setup to handle playback of Blu-Rays then I think you will need to uninstall TMT, clean out all files related to TMT - unhide hidden files and folders and then search for Arcsoft or Total Media Theater and delete all found files and finally use CCleaner to clean up the registry - run it until all issues are gone. Then you can re-install TMT. I have TMT working on 2 different machines and both of them had studder troubles until I did the above.
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post #3184 of 4419
1/4/09 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by HTPCat View Post

Probably need to know a little more about your system i.e. your cpu, how much RAM, etc. If all of your system is setup to handle playback of Blu-Rays then I think you will need to uninstall TMT, clean out all files related to TMT - unhide hidden files and folders and then search for Arcsoft or Total Media Theater and delete all found files and finally use CCleaner to clean up the registry - run it until all issues are gone. Then you can re-install TMT. I have TMT working on 2 different machines and both of them had studder troubles until I did the above.

A bit more on the setup:

Vista Home 32 (Fresh install)
EVGA 9500 GT 1GB
AMD Athalon 3500+ 64bit @ 2.2 ghz (single core)
1 Gig of ram
Connected VIA HDMI to a HDCP compliant display.

I have the same setup on another computer except that it has an ATI 2600XT which is a much weaker card. This 2nd computer plays flawlessly in PDVD7 but doesn't work in TMT because 2600 support isn't there.

I ended up trying to clean/reinstall TMT to no avail. I then installed PDVD7 and it wasn't any better so I'm thinking this isn't a TMT problem at this point.
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post #3185 of 4419
1/4/09 at 7:37pm
Are there certain features disabled on the Demo? I've been testing it out and am generally pretty happy, except that I can't get it to resume movies where it left off. I have that setting enabled but they always start from the begining.
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post #3186 of 4419
1/4/09 at 10:55pm
I'm confused...
I can't seem to find the trial version download-link on arcsoft.com
The main page on the site has an ad for TMT, and there's links for "Buy Now", "Try Now", and "Learn More". When I select "Try Now", it just goes to the Details page for the software, and the only options are to Buy Now or Upgrade.

What gives?
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post #3187 of 4419
1/5/09 at 4:56am
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Originally Posted by slydog75 View Post

Are there certain features disabled on the Demo? I've been testing it out and am generally pretty happy, except that I can't get it to resume movies where it left off. I have that setting enabled but they always start from the begining.

I have the retail version .126 and it does not seem work in it either for Blu Ray's, but at least I can jump ahead to the chapter I left off using the right click menu where in PDVD 8 the chapters are grayed out if I try to do the same.
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post #3188 of 4419
1/5/09 at 5:24am
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Originally Posted by Socio View Post

If I had to guess, I would probably have to say it has something to do with the Power Manager in the TMT settings panel and would only affect Laptop or Notebook users if it is removed.

Maybe it is the item which causes the power settings to change everytime the standalone player is used?

Can someone who renamed this file see if TMT still changes the power settings? Easy to check, simply launch the standalone player and then see if "password required" is set to "yes" in the power settings.
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post #3189 of 4419
1/5/09 at 6:59am
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Originally Posted by SomethingMore View Post

I'm confused...
I can't seem to find the trial version download-link...

Search this thread for "rapidshare"
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post #3190 of 4419
1/5/09 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by SomethingMore View Post

What gives?

The trial link has been missing from their website/forums for probably half a year now with no explanation given. Various links on the website get uploaded & pulled within minutes, don't sweat it.
If you want the trial rapidshare is the only way to go as said above.
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post #3191 of 4419
1/5/09 at 8:44am
I've been away for a couple weeks... just downloaded .128, and I get lots-o-stuttering. Went back to 125 (didn't have 126 archived locally).

Is this just me? Is there a fix? Should I just wait?

(I looked back a couple of pages, but only found fleeting references to some potential issues, and I'd think this would be a bigger deal.)
Thanks,
Mark
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post #3192 of 4419
1/5/09 at 12:59pm
I have an asus Rampage Extreme II x58 based i7 920 system with a clean install of vista ultimate 64 bit with 6 gb of ram. I m running 2 visiontek 4870's in crossfire running catalyst 8.12 I purchased and installed TME. After launching the first time it asked to install an update, which I allowed it to do. After the update I attempted to play several dvds after this and they stuttered horribly. After removing Symantec antivirus 11, and restarting I attempted to play dvd's again and still experienced horrible stuttering. Just for shrimps and giggles, I decided to attempt to play the only blue ray disc I own (Resident Evil: Degeneration) and to my surprise it played fine. After watching the entire movie I decided to try playing a normal DVD again, and to my dismay it still stuttered horribly. I'm going to pick up another blueray disc on the way home from work (the hulk) to see if that will play. Has anyone else had this issue where Bluerays will play but nothing else will?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!
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post #3193 of 4419
1/5/09 at 1:22pm
how can i stop TMT searching for updates?
after rolling back because of the stutter problem its a pain getting the constant reminder
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post #3194 of 4419
1/5/09 at 1:29pm
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Originally Posted by pacemaker View Post

how can i stop TMT searching for updates?
after rolling back because of the stutter problem its a pain getting the constant reminder

Are you using the retail or the trial with the updated patch? With .128 i get stuttering but I am using the trail with the.128 patch (no stuttering with out the patch).

Also.. do you have PowerDVD installed on the same machine? I do and noticed that PowerDVD and TMT are very unstable when on the same machine (even though they should never interact)
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post #3195 of 4419
1/5/09 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by pacemaker View Post

how can i stop TMT searching for updates?
after rolling back because of the stutter problem its a pain getting the constant reminder

There is an .exe file in the main TMT program files folder called "updatecheck" or something like that (I'm not at my computer right now, so I forget the exact name). Rename the file to something else and it will stop nagging you with updates. You can rename it back to the original if you ever want to check on updates.

Mike
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post #3196 of 4419
1/5/09 at 2:32pm
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Originally Posted by pacemaker View Post

how can i stop TMT searching for updates?
after rolling back because of the stutter problem its a pain getting the constant reminder

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1100326
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post #3197 of 4419
1/5/09 at 2:48pm
thanks
and i did a clean install with the .128 to get the stutter
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post #3198 of 4419
1/5/09 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by pacemaker View Post

how can i stop TMT searching for updates?
after rolling back because of the stutter problem its a pain getting the constant reminder

I put in a help desk ticket about this and they basically gave me some dumbass canned response about how the "engineers" were working on this issue.

I would be more than happy to deal with the upgrade popups if they would fix the crappy sound issues. If you look at Windows Sound Mixer while playing a Blu-Ray disc in TMT, it looks like the software is not pumping out any sound at all
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post #3199 of 4419
1/5/09 at 6:44pm
Any of you guys using the trial version and updated to a later version? For some reason.. it wont play my ISOs which are remuxed ISOs (stripped out all tracks except main video and HD audio track) .. I dont have this issue in PowerDVD.. they play fine. Did it expire?
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post #3200 of 4419
1/5/09 at 7:19pm
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Originally Posted by stanglx View Post

Are you using the retail or the trial with the updated patch? With .128 i get stuttering but I am using the trail with the.128 patch (no stuttering with out the patch).

Also.. do you have PowerDVD installed on the same machine? I do and noticed that PowerDVD and TMT are very unstable when on the same machine (even though they should never interact)

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Originally Posted by pacemaker View Post

thanks
and i did a clean install with the .128 to get the stutter

I have .125 (ASUS version) of TMT installed and get terrible stuttering of audio and video, and I also have PowerDVD installed. Could that be the reason and should I only have TMT installed??

Thanks for any info anyone can provide
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post #3201 of 4419
1/6/09 at 6:47am
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Originally Posted by jsc1205 View Post

I have .125 (ASUS version) of TMT installed and get terrible stuttering of audio and video, and I also have PowerDVD installed. Could that be the reason and should I only have TMT installed??

Thanks for any info anyone can provide

Try killing any PDVD running apps like brs.exe, PDVD8Serv.exe etc.... to see if it improves TMT performance. If there is any interference between the two programs then background apps like those would be the first place to look.
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post #3202 of 4419
1/6/09 at 7:48am
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Originally Posted by stanglx View Post

Any of you guys using the trial version and updated to a later version? For some reason.. it wont play my ISOs which are remuxed ISOs (stripped out all tracks except main video and HD audio track) .. I dont have this issue in PowerDVD.. they play fine. Did it expire?

I had that problem in the past. It was due to the trial expiring.
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post #3203 of 4419
1/6/09 at 8:25am
OK.. thanks.. I had a feeling. It did work a couple of months ago and figured it must be it expired..

Why I am looking to use (or try) TMT is that I dont want to have mount an ISO to play my blurays. I rip and remux my blurays to strip out all of the unwanted tracks but keeping the HD video/audio intact. I want to be able to just either play the directory structure OR play the m2ts file that is created. I do not want to have to convert the file to MKV (it is an option but it is an additional step).

PowerDVD does not play blurays from folders nor will it play the high def audio from a plain M2TS file...

I heard that TMT will play blurays from folders and will play all the hi def audio from a m2ts file..

Can anyone give thier input? Will TMT work the way I need it?

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Originally Posted by taz291819 View Post

I had that problem in the past. It was due to the trial expiring.
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post #3204 of 4419
1/6/09 at 8:34am
Ok, I've had this problem since early Nov, maybe even Oct and I opened a ticket with Arcsoft on Dec 1st and still have no solution. Perhaps someone here is in the same situation.

I have 2 PCs (Intel and AMD). I had been able to play DVDs and BD from the physical disc and ISO images with no problems. Starting in Oct 2008, after TMT and/or Vista updates TMT cannot play either.

Configurations:

Intel PC
Q9450 on ASUS p5K
4Gb RAM
EVGA GTX 260
Pioneer BD Player
Vista 32 bit
ffdshow beta 6
haali splitter
TMT .128


AMD PC (HTPC)
4850e on Gigabyte 780G
4GB RAM
ASUS 4550
Pioneer DVD Player
Vista 32 bit
ffdshow beta 6
haali splitter
TMT.128
Nero Showtime
AnyDVD (only loaded when required)
Virtual Clone Drive


I have tried DVDs on both and BD on the Intel PC and TMT just sits there for about 2 minutes, starts up a black screen and nothing. Initially Arcsoft told me to wait for the .128 update but that didn't work. I've tried removing showtime, ffdshow, and halli with no luck. Activating AnyDVD has no effect. I installed nero showtime on the intel PC to make sure the BD player was working and it played all the BDs I threw at it fine. I tried going back to version .120 and .125 and neither of them work (I can confirm it worked with .125 several months ago). Nero showtime and media player work on both PCs, but TMT is toast right now.

Anyone have any ideas???
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post #3205 of 4419
1/6/09 at 8:39am
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Originally Posted by stanglx View Post

OK.. thanks.. I had a feeling. It did work a couple of months ago and figured it must be it expired..

Why I am looking to use (or try) TMT is that I dont want to have mount an ISO to play my blurays. I rip and remux my blurays to strip out all of the unwanted tracks but keeping the HD video/audio intact. I want to be able to just either play the directory structure OR play the m2ts file that is created. I do not want to have to convert the file to MKV (it is an option but it is an additional step).

PowerDVD does not play blurays from folders nor will it play the high def audio from a plain M2TS file...

I heard that TMT will play blurays from folders and will play all the hi def audio from a m2ts file..

Can anyone give thier input? Will TMT work the way I need it?

I have tried to do this with remux to just copy the movie and HD audio track to a folder structure. Every time I do it and play with TMT the picture is great but I have no audio. From what little I read you have to convert it to an ISO to get the audio to work. If you find a way to make it work I would be interested, to me it is just too much hassle right now to get rid of the extras from a disc. Using remux to get just the main track looked like it was going to be the answer and was easy, but no sound.....
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post #3206 of 4419
1/6/09 at 8:49am
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Originally Posted by qone View Post

Ok, I've had this problem since early Nov, maybe even Oct and I opened a ticket with Arcsoft on Dec 1st and still have no solution. Perhaps someone here is in the same situation.

I have 2 PCs (Intel and AMD). I had been able to play DVDs and BD from the physical disc and ISO images with no problems. Starting in Oct 2008, after TMT and/or Vista updates TMT cannot play either.

Configurations:

Intel PC
Q9450 on ASUS p5K
4Gb RAM
EVGA GTX 260
Pioneer BD Player
Vista 32 bit
ffdshow beta 6
haali splitter
TMT .128


AMD PC (HTPC)
4850e on Gigabyte 780G
4GB RAM
ASUS 4550
Pioneer DVD Player
Vista 32 bit
ffdshow beta 6
haali splitter
TMT.128
Nero Showtime
AnyDVD (only loaded when required)
Virtual Clone Drive


I have tried DVDs on both and BD on the Intel PC and TMT just sits there for about 2 minutes, starts up a black screen and nothing. Initially Arcsoft told me to wait for the .128 update but that didn't work. I've tried removing showtime, ffdshow, and halli with no luck. Activating AnyDVD has no effect. I installed nero showtime on the intel PC to make sure the BD player was working and it played all the BDs I threw at it fine. I tried going back to version .120 and .125 and neither of them work (I can confirm it worked with .125 several months ago). Nero showtime and media player work on both PCs, but TMT is toast right now.

Anyone have any ideas???

This is a longshot, but have you tried running as administrator and/or adding the TMT executables to the DEP list?
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post #3207 of 4419
1/6/09 at 9:19am
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Originally Posted by stanglx View Post

I heard that TMT will play blurays from folders and will play all the hi def audio from a m2ts file..

Can anyone give thier input? Will TMT work the way I need it?

TMT does indeed play blurays from folders. It will also play hi def audio from m2ts files if they are made with the proper tools. I would guess that the two most common tools for slimming down a movie to an m2ts are tsMuxer and TsRemux. Trouble is, they each have a problem with forms of HD audio: tsMuxer works fine with DTS-MA but has problems with TrueHD; TsRemux is the opposite, handling TrueHD but having a problem with DTS-MA. I think they are both OK for LPCM.

TMT also plays MKV files. My own preference is to convert blurays to MKV while converting their lossless audio tracks to flac. This gives the benefit of full lossless audio. TMT presently must downsample the commercial forms of lossless audio but not flac.

Don
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post #3208 of 4419
1/6/09 at 9:39am
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Originally Posted by dfordham View Post

TMT does indeed play blurays from folders. It will also play hi def audio from m2ts files if they are made with the proper tools. I would guess that the two most common tools for slimming down a movie to an m2ts are tsMuxer and TsRemux. Trouble is, they each have a problem with forms of HD audio: tsMuxer works fine with DTS-MA but has problems with TrueHD; TsRemux is the opposite, handling TrueHD but having a problem with DTS-MA. I think they are both OK for LPCM.

TMT also plays MKV files. My own preference is to convert blurays to MKV while converting their lossless audio tracks to flac. This gives the benefit of full lossless audio. TMT presently must downsample the commercial forms of lossless audio but not flac.

Don

Is there an "easy" way to create MKVs of BDs that doesn't take 12 hours per disc yet? Its just so darned convenient to right click the "fox" say "rip to harddisk" and, bingo, 40 minutes later my whole movie is in a nice folder structure. If it were anything close to that easy to make MKV files, I might try it just so I could get mediabrowser to work with my blurays...
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post #3209 of 4419
1/6/09 at 9:42am
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Originally Posted by dauger View Post

This is a longshot, but have you tried running as administrator and/or adding the TMT executables to the DEP list?

Yep tried both. TMT won't even start if I try to run as admin. I've added all the .exe's in the DEP list with the same results.
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post #3210 of 4419
1/6/09 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by ebr View Post

Is there an "easy" way to create MKVs of BDs that doesn't take 12 hours per disc yet?

The only reason it would take 12 hours is if you were reencoding. If all you want to do is strip the HD video track and transcode the HD audio track to flac, then remux, the whole process takes an hour to an hour and a half.

I use eac3to and its GUI front end along with MKVMerge. The programs and their guides can be found at Doom9.

Another thing I really like about the MKV's is they can be played right inside VMC using the Arcsoft decoder. This is a little more advanced and probably not for the non-technical, but it's really smooth. Using MyMovies or, in my case Open Media Library, you never leave VMC. The TMT VMC interface is OK but nothing like this. Total integration.

Don
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