[xtrips]



Hello All,


I suppose that now it is officially available for download on Arcsoft's site it diserves its own thread, right?

So let's start discussing the new player that will probably take PDVD's place amongst us.

I installed it on Vista Ultimate and it already downloaded a patch.

Nothing to worry about.

Up until now I have tested HDDVDs from HDD (Shrek 3rd) and it runs smoothly. Mouse integration works really well I gotta say.

Tried to read a BluRay from HDD (Rescue Dawn), no luck this time. It gives access to the BDMV folder (I mean the OK button is not grayed out) so you can select it. Then the CPU starts to stumble but nothing happens. No crash no lock up of the app, just nothing.

Tried MKV, hmmmm, not supported.

TS are supported but, surprise!, only stereo it seems. Same TS file under KMplayer played DD5.1 without a problem.


That's all for the moment.

Waiting for more.

 

[Sxrd55]

I am running the demo now and it works great for me. No problems on any movie or HDD file yet. I am going to remove the demo tonight and buy the software. I hope it works just as well if not better.

 

[8:13]

So, I saw some sample picturesin the arcsoft thread, and they said that you could just snap pictures.

I had to use Slysoft, and it wouldn't work on powerdvd.


So here in these pictures, I took one frame from each movie. This means it's legal as far as I know.


I manually set these registry string settings:

"TrDenoise"="0"

"UseBT601CSC"="1"

"VForceMaxResSize"="2800000"

"SORTOverrideVidSizeCaps"="2800000"

"detail_def" = "100"


I used Vista 32 bit, and a ATI 2600XT with 7.7 drivers and catalyst.

It's easier to see the difference or quality if your monitor can do 1080 resolution, and it's 32" or larger.

On my notebook it's not the same quality seen on my 32" lcd tv.


I used three Blu Ray Movies.

Blade Runner, the Final Cut.

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

Reservoir dogs.


To my eyes. In the Reservoid dogs shot. It looks like makeup on his face. Under the eyes.

Anyway. Here's the three shots. I hope you like em.







http://rapidshare.com/files/85408060/H_Def.zip.html


This is a dl to the pictures folder in case these pictures go away after a few days.


I used the Arcsoft Trial, Link


it carshed with a bsod when i tried it with xp.

 

[arfster]



Quote:
Originally Posted by 8:13 /forum/post/12887628


I manually set these registry string settings:

"TrDenoise"="0"

Won't make any difference for films, it only affects interlaced material. Probably worth doing for 7.7 though, it was kinda ugly back then.

Quote:
"SORTOverrideVidSizeCaps"="2800000"

"VForceMaxResSize"="2800000"

These do the same thing, but for different versions. For 7.7 you only need SORTxxx, for later Vforcexxx

Quote:
"detail_def" = "100"

By itself, detail_def does nothing - it's only when things get reset to default will the current detail setting revert to that. Check detail in the reg, is it 30 00 00 00? If so it's off (if it's 31 30 30 it's on and at max).

 

[arfster]



Quote:
Originally Posted by 8:13 /forum/post/12889005


I tested this on the sd dvd hqv disk, and turning trdenoise off definitely had a effect.

I also tested this on the matrix, sddvd. And I saw a lot of denoise3d time type artifacts not there anymore.

if the matrix sd dvd is film. the arguement that trdenoise doesn't work for film is false.

Hrrrrm. What fps are you seeing when you play these? Also, are you doing ffdshow postprocessing before handing off to the card? It's certainly possible to confuse the card is some situations, so it thinks progressive is actually interlaced.


I did tests with these a while back, and you can see immediately whether trdenoise is working or not (both visually, and via GPU usage figures). Without actively trying to fool it with ffdshow, it was clearly never on for progressive stuff. Of course, these drivers are extremely buggy.....



For the detail stuff, basically each of the various settings (fleshtone, denoise, detail, etc) have four values in the registry: current setting, min, max and a default. The current setting returns to the default when things are reset, usually via CCC - although of course 7.7 doesn't have detail sliders, so possibly won't be affected by that.


By setting default alone, you possibly aren't affecting the actual setting in use - although if you have reset since then it may have changed it. Only way to tell is to look in the registry: start/run, type regedit, search for "Detail_DEF", look at "Detail" above it. This is held in reg_binary, so each value is preceded by 3, thus a 100 value equates to "31 30 30", 52 is "35 32" etc.

 

[videolover]

Does anyone know if Arcsoft totalmedia theater can peacefully coexist with Powerdvd in the same partition?

 

[8:13]



__________________________ Other Audio Complaints __________________________


8 - Arcsoft has problems identifying HD audio tracks when trying to playback .EVO files and incorrectly uses Arcsoft Audio Decoder for playback, when it should be using the


Arcsoft Audio Decoder HD (causes fast playback of video on .EVOs with DD+ or playback with sound only on .EVOs with DTS)


__________________________ HW Acceleration, Cpu used, Complaints __________________________


10 - Arcsoft didn't support ATI HWA with XP.


11 - noticed from the info tab that apart from vc-1 not accelerating is that all hd-dvds are reported at 60.00 fps whilst all bluray are reported correctly at 23.98 fps


12 - CPU load for HD-DVD playback both with and without GPU acceleration is significantly higher than with PowerDVD. With GPU acceleration enabled (Nvidia 8600GTS), CPU load was almost double that of PowerDVD. Playback of audio was a major contributer to this extra CPU load. Playback of HD-DVD EVO video only (via modified XPL) was much lower, but still 25% higher than for PowerDVD with the same material.


Update - In relation to the above I subsequently conducted a more detailed analysis of the CPU use from individual processes associated with HD-DVD playback and compared TMT to PowerDVD.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post12871606

The above results were with GPU acceleration enabled (which works) and showrd that while there was an increase in CPU load compared to PowerDVD, the increase in playing the DD+ audio was much greater.


13 - With hardware acceleration enabled in TMT, the box is greyed out and the tick removed during DVD playback.


Update - I'm also finding the deinterlacing of interlaced DVD's on TMT to be poor with fast moving objects splitting into a double image.
Link to Post 134


__________________________ Rip Complaints __________________________


14 - Has anyone been able to play regular (non-HD) rips from a disk. DVD's play fine from disk but not from folders. Thanks.


Update - Get black screen (audio ok) when playing any ripped HD-DVD using "Open movie folder from hard disk". However, playing any .EVO file from within the same folder


using "Open media file", the video plays normally. The Japanese version worked fine. I'm using a 945GM chipset.


16 - Has anyone gotten an IMGBurn ISO to load up in DaemonTools and play with TMT? So far, I have gotten discs to load fine from the 360 addon, but I can't get the player


to play a loaded iso file. the disc thrashes for a few seconds, but the player stays black. I am copying the files back out of the ISO to see how it plays from the hdd. I


sure hope I don't have to go back and extract all of the iso's I created to play in pdvd.

Edit: The same movie (Planet Earth) plays perfectly from the HDD, but nothing will load up from an ISO file. I'll wait to see if anyone has success in this before I start


to re-rip every dang disc I have.


18 - Finding that opening from hdd with .dat or .xpl won't work but works no problem from drop down folder on gui.


__________________________ Other Complaints __________________________


23 - Has anyone with an Intel G35 motherboard been able to get anything other than sound and black picture ?


24 - None of the listed color controls (Hue, Saturation, Brightness and Contrast) worked in TMT on either disk.


Update:

BTW with the new Nvidia drivers (beta 174.74), you can do color sat/bright/contrast/hue adjustments now via the nvidia control panel that has an effect with both PDVD and


TMT with hardware accell on with 7, 8, 9 series cards, which it couldnt do before.


25 - does not work on extended display.


29 - It wouldn't play the HD version of Digital video essentials though. All the test patterns aren't there.


30 - Does not play MKVs.

I'm running XPSP2 with a CD 6600, Nvidia 8800GTS.


__________________________ Other than Complaints __________________________


35 - 805 Onkyo recievers to see if it did process the TrueHD and DTS MA properly?


36 - PROACTIVE in it's approach to the HDCP and encryption/BD+ issues, rather than purchasing a movie and having to wait until the next update.


37 - are there going to release this for Vista 64-bit

Update, there should be one since they carry they "Certified for Windows Vista".
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305


38 - the possibility to auto change the refreshrate to what u are wathing. if it's to 24hz and so on.


39 - I did not find any controls to change the aspect ratio of the picture.


Update - will there be a 2.35:1 mode with this player? or custom aspect ratio control?

Update, they say there is this capability with the latest release.

40 - Arcsoft decode DTS-MA?

41 - Is it capable of decoding DTS-HD Master Audio, or it decodes only the DTS-Core ?

Update: with version 113 it can.


42 - The following is not a complaint but more of an observation.

With playback of modified XPL's I have found that TMT is more picky than PowerDVD. Perhaps TMT is less tolerant to errors and omissions in HD-DVD's XPL's than PowerDVD.


This is the sum of the bugs in the current Arcsoft TotalMedia SW.

If there's anymore. Please add your complaint.

Link to Arcsoft Forum with these complaints. See if and how they respond.

 

[8:13]



Quote:
Originally Posted by videolover /forum/post/12891544


Does anyone know if Arcsoft totalmedia theater can peacefully coexist with Powerdvd in the same partition?

It coexists fine.

 

[bgoody]

I am also getting a BSOD whenever I try to open the arcsoft player. XP + ATI 3850 + xbox360 hddvd drive. I've been waiting for this download for a very long time.

 

[hdtv00]

Yep audigy 2 zs here and i get same audio screw up in analog as the x-fi's. No play bd+ from HD or iso deal breaker. One thing I am very impressed with is the audio, the hi res lossless tracks play fine, it's the plain DD tracks that get mix out of whack. Anyway I'd swear by my system the audio is hands down better than power dvd on lossless. But if the countless other issues go unfixed all pointless. Time will tell, let's hope.

 

[hamish b]

good list 8:13

hope arcsoft venture and look in these threads

mind im still very happy with it for hd playback. Alot less headaches than powerdvd and hopefully after a few updates all these kinks will be ironed out

 

[chillspace]

Well, I loaded it up and put in an older BD disc...Totalmedia totally crapped out on it. Locked up. Same disc loaded up in a matter of seconds using PDVD Ultra. Unfortunately, '3:10 to Yuma' is still unwatchable.


Eric

 

[talon95]

There are a few people, like myself, that cannot get it to play DVD's or HDM in Vista. In my case, it works fine in XP though. I've tried uninstalling all of the other codecs like AC3Filter, etc..., but still no luck. Also, after trying to play a disk in Vista, about 1 times out of 10 Vista BSOD's when exiting TMT.

 

[arfster]



Quote:
Originally Posted by 8:13 /forum/post/12892721


Basically, this shows that setting detail_def to 100 is maximizing the detail at 100.

If I understood Arfster correctly.

Yeah, it looks like either your drivers or CCC are resetting current "Detail" to your default, so it's working OK. However, it's probably best just to set Detail directly, as not all drivers will do that (mine doesn't, and any with sliders won't either).

Quote:
The Polar bear shot is from Polar Arctic (Hd dvd).

I had to use slsoft and totalmedia.


Neither the matrix or polar arctic showed any difference regardless if trdenoise was in the registry or not.

For each registry change, I rebooted twice before getting test results.


The Odd thing is, in the matrix. In the first part before the root menu shows.

I can see a difference if I don't put trdenoise = 0.

Yet, in these screen shots the difference isn't there.

I couldn't get at your rapidshare pics atm (wonky internet), but at a guess it could be that the pre-menu sections you see are interlaced, and the main film itself isn't.

 

[PeZzy]



Quote:
Originally Posted by bgoody /forum/post/12892011


I am also getting a BSOD whenever I try to open the arcsoft player. XP + ATI 3850 + xbox360 hddvd drive. I've been waiting for this download for a very long time.

It appears that 32-bit Vista is the only reliable OS for this program.

 

[talon95]



Quote:
Originally Posted by PeZzy /forum/post/12894261


It appears that 32-bit Vista is the only reliable OS for this program.

No, that's wrong. XP is the only place it's reliable for me. So far it has never crashed in XP, but it won't even play in Vista and sometimes BSOD's on exit.

 

[sarah99]

This programme is useless for Blu-Ray as it cannot play BD+

This programme is useless for HD-DVD as it reverses the analogue centre and right audio channels in 5:1 or 7:1 mode for DD+


that's as well as not working at all on 50% (ish) of XP systems

and not having VC1 hardware acceleration on ATI cards


Look like Mickey Mouse wears an Arcsoft watch!

(Just my opinion)

 

[bpeck]

vidabox,

In the other thread you said:

Quote:
2. I noticed that many of you are saying that SPDIF only outputs stereo instead of DD or DTS. This was a bug that we discovered a while ago has been fixed with our version and should be fixed with the retail version soon.

Can you elaborate on this? If I took a Blu-ray title like Pan's Labyrinth that only has DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 what audio format is going to come out of the spdif connection? Will it convert it to a Dolby 5.1 version?


bpeck

 

[Shade00]



Quote:
Originally Posted by 8:13 /forum/post/12889005


I tested this on the sd dvd hqv disk, and turning trdenoise off definitely had a effect.

I also tested this on the matrix, sddvd. And I saw a lot of denoise3d time type artifacts not there anymore.

if the matrix sd dvd is film. the arguement that trdenoise doesn't work for film is false.

Getting this in there a little late, but arfster mentioned that TRdenoise only affects interlaced material - although The Matrix SD DVD may be a film, you have to remember that ALL SD DVDs are interlaced. Your software is doing the deinterlacing (or what has become known as progressive scanning).

 

[bgoody]

It seems to me that there is an issue with ATI compatibility in general or perhaps ATI + XP.