MPC-HC and FLV

[deadset]

MPC doesn't play my FLV files.
All I get is a still picture and no sound.
How do I fix this.

[deadset]

Installed FLVPlayer.
All good

[RNiK]

MPC-HC plays FLV files just fine. ;)

You have to provide some more information to get help here:
System specs (hardware and software)
MPC-HC version
FLV file details (via MediaInfo)
ecc...

[Toxteth O'Grady]

For what it's worth (I don't know anything about video players), here are a few .flv it won't play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6xSTSMlPs
high quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hOA2C_XMA&feature=related
normal quality


With default settings nothing happens. After messing with the internal filters, all I got was sound, no image.


Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L2.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@2.1
Duration : 10mn 0s
Bit rate : 732 Kbps
Width : 450 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 5:4
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 52.4 MiB (87%)

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Duration : 10mn 0s
Bit rate : 97.7 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 6.99 MiB (12%)

[XhmikosR]

There's something else wrong, because I can play those videos just fine with the internal decoders using the latest MPC-HC r1635.

[clsid]

Perhaps DXVA does not work properly on his system. So try disabling the internal DXVA decoder.

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I just went back to default settings. In that case, the program window opens the right size, it says "Playing" and it shows the correct file length. So, everything seems to be normal, but playback just doesn't start.

Which (combination of) filters could I try for these files?

[XhmikosR]

Did you disable DXVA for H.264 files like clsid suggested? Did you use the latest version available? Like I said, with the internal H.264 software decoder I have no problem.

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Disabling DXVA for H.264 doesn't help. Only sound, no video.

Enabling H264/AVC (FFmpeg) causes the behaviour I described before (no audio or video, player "stuck" at 00:00).

[XhmikosR]

Which MPC-HC version are you using? Do you have the latest drivers for your video card?

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I just downloaded the latest beta. That doesn't work either.

No idea what could be wrong. I think I'll just go back to kmplayer.

[Keiyakusha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6xSTSMlPs
high quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hOA2C_XMA&feature=related
normal quality

Not sure what this high and normal quality means, YouTube has FLV,3GP,MP4 variants for 1st video and FLV,3GP,MP4, mp4 720p, mp4 1080p for 2nd video. FLV is always normal quality. So I just downloaded both flv files and they has NOT the same parameters as you listed. One (http://pastie.org/818160), two (http://pastie.org/818157). Both works fine in mpc-hc r1635

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Latest beta, default settings, this video won't play either.

[remove link to objectionable content]

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 28.3 MiB
Duration : 8mn 15s
Overall bit rate : 479 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.20.0

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Codec ID : DIV3
Codec ID/Hint : DivX 3 Low
Duration : 8mn 14s
Bit rate : 402 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 238 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.176
Stream size : 23.7 MiB (84%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Format_Settings_Mode : Joint stereo
Format_Settings_ModeExtension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 8mn 15s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 3.78 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 26 ms (0.78 video frame)

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I just added this old divxdec.ax as a preferred filter, and now the avi file mentioned above (deleted link) plays perfectly.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/divx_media_format_filters.htm


I also added divxdech264.ax as a preferred filter, and now the problematic flashfiles can be played normally.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DivX_H264_decoder.htm


mpc-hc requires external decoders, even one from 2005? How can that be?
Just to confirm, it won't play these file "out-of-the-box".

[clsid]

That is an AVI file, not an FLV file.

Disable the internal decoders in MPC-HC and use ffdshow instead.