Media Center (Vista) and DXVA plus subtitles

[edigee]

For many people with an (not so powerful) HTPC and using a LCD TV (Full HD-or HD Ready)as a display, it would be very useful to play all kinds of videos with less CPU usage and , what is very important, the player used shoud be easy remoteable.
Media Center is such a player. Of course you can get DXVA in MC with various set-ups , but try this one too:
Download latest FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder (2010-01-28 Rev3233) from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout
During instalation chose to enable DXVA (optional "no compatibility check" option). If you want to use the internal subtitle filter(for BD Rips +subs- H264-mkv or m2ts) of that decoder you have to enable postprocessing. For DXVA to work ,external subtitle filters should not load(ex. VS filter).
Choose font size (40-50).
Now load the file with Media Center .
For me ( Intel E1600 ,an HD3650 ,2Gb Ram,Vista 32bit, ATI 10.1 drivers) this set up works very well.
Any feedback would be highly apreciated.

[namaiki]

Just how do you get subtitles here using DXVA without MPC-HC's auto-load subtitles?

[edigee]

Just how do you get subtitles here using DXVA without MPC-HC's auto-load subtitles?

ffdshow h264 decoder has it's own subtitle renderer.
I was refering to Media Center. In MPC-HC do not tick "auto-load subtitles" in Playback section if you really want to use that option(ffdshow subtitles). Better stick with MPC-HC 's own subtitle renderer ,though.

[namaiki]

ffdshow h264 decoder has it's own subtitle renderer.

I'm not seeing this. Could you please post up a link to a screenshot of this setting?

I know ffdshow Video Decoder has internal subtitle support, but ffdshow DXVA Video Decoder only seems to have a setting for Hardware acceleration and nothing else.

[edigee]

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7260/ffdshowdxvacapture.th.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/ffdshowdxvacapture.jpg/)

You have to enable postprocessing to use that feature...I guess that means it would use overlay output(?).

[namaiki]

What version are you using again? :p

I've got ffdshow tryouts 3233 and there is no post-processing nor any subtitles tab.

[edigee]

Rev3233
from here:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/FFDShow-MPEG-Video-Decoder.shtml
I guess is the latest one..

[namaiki]

read above. direct link please, if possible.

edit: I am quite sure that you are using build 3255

[clsid]

You guessed wrong. Here is the official ffdshow site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout

[edigee]

Very Sorry! Links were messed up! Yes I'm using that one! It seems that first builds with DXVA(from 3190 ,I guess) ,haven't indeed the subtitles options. I will edit the link above.

[namaiki]

Ignore number of reference frames + surface overlay + Subtitles is a very bad combination for Intel graphics card.

There is corruption in subtitles where there is video corruption without subtitles (same corruption experienced by MPC-HC's internal DXVA filter in compatibility mode. Of course without compatibility mode, there is no DXVA. MS DTV-DVD filter can accelerate those files that require compatibility mode with [MPC-HC's internal DXVA filter/ffdshow DXVA] but without any corruption, but no internal subtitles -> have to use MPC-HC's auto-load subtitles).

[edigee]

Ignore number of reference frames + surface overlay + Subtitles is a very bad combination for Intel graphics card.

There is corruption in subtitles where there is video corruption without subtitles (same corruption experienced by MPC-HC's internal DXVA filter in compatibility mode. Of course without compatibility mode, there is no DXVA. MS DTV-DVD filter can accelerate those files that require compatibility mode with [MPC-HC's internal DXVA filter/ffdshow DXVA] but without any corruption, but no internal subtitles -> have to use MPC-HC's auto-load subtitles).
I guess you're on W7 OS( because you have MS DTV-DVD filter and a Intel card) ,try to see what happens in Media Center ,but I assume you have to find a way for MS decoder not to load there...but ffdshow decoder instead.
And try to use files(H264) with a lower number of reframes(<10-12). Videos with more than 12-14 ref. give me coruption too, no matter which DXVA decoder I 'm using

[namaiki]

I'm only using Media Player Classic Home Cinema. Media Center is deleted. :X

And try to use files(H264) with a lower number of reframes(<10-12).
I can't, as that is how my files are encoded. In particular, I have one file that is 12 ref frames that I always check for arifacts because I know where a couple are from watching it a lot. The MS decoder will eat it all up (with no artifacts - partial acceleration?).

[onomatopellan]

Here you can download the latest DXVA ffdshow.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3f33c77c2cf9ce25ab1eab3e9fa335ca95e79d7d0540e1e1