Helix Producer + Quicktime = Bug (fixed)

[Sirber]

,Diagnostic,File Reader,2003/11/18 22:30:53,8050,--------- Input File Properties from rn-avfile-qt
22:32:28,0,"D:\Projets\RealAnime\producer\producer.exe -j C:\job_tmp.rpjf -lc e,i,d" command line being run
,Diagnostic,File Reader,2003/11/18 22:32:28,8218,D:\Animes\Excel Saga\E06.avi contains compressed video. Ignoring stream 0.
,Diagnostic,File Reader,2003/11/18 22:32:28,8219,D:\Animes\Excel Saga\E06.avi contains an invalid audio format.
,Error,File Reader,2003/11/18 22:32:28,8406,Failed to load QuickTime libraries. QuickTime 5 or later is required.
,Error,File Reader,2003/11/18 22:32:28,8322,Unexpected file format, D:\Animes\Excel Saga\E06.avi may be a flat file.
,Error,SDK Configuration,2003/11/18 22:32:28,0,Failure to load reader for file D:\Animes\Excel Saga\E06.avi
,Error,SDK Configuration,2003/11/18 22:32:28,0,Unable to initialize input

After installing QuickTime codecs, Helix producer try to use it instead of the "always working perfectly" directshow decoder. Is there a way to tell producer to stop this quicktime non-sense and restore the universal Microsoft DirectShow domination? :D

[sillKotscha]

search is your friend... 'Filtermanager' is my hint

/sk

[Sirber]

MPC uses FFDShow, but producer Quicktime. I'm gonna search now :) Thx!

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Displaying Topics 1 to 1 of 1 and it's this very one :confused:

[Tuning]

Hi sirber,

I think this is what Sill pointed :Radlight filter Manager (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=64298)

[karl_lillevold]

try to remove (backup) qtreader.dll from producer's tools folder ;)
possibly also movreader.dll, but this appears to be for uncompressed MOV.

EDIT: strange problem though, are there new Quicktime libraries, that are somehow incompatible with Producer? Or is this some kind of unofficial QT 'codec pack'?

EDIT2: Something is not working right here. Producer is written to always try DirectShow first. Try graphedit, if it can not load your file, Producer can not either. Maybe check that you have the necessary DS filters for your input file, perhaps re-install DirectX.

[Sirber]

I unregistred quartz.dll by error, now DShow is screwed :(

[gabest]

re-register it again, I do it every day (ok, not every day :P)

[Sirber]

I did, but all dshow related stuff is gone :eek:

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I repaired windows. I removed quicktime (Quicktime Alternative) and now producer tell me:

,Error,File Reader,2003/11/19 18:51:47,8406,Failed to load QuickTime libraries. QuickTime 5 or later is required.

[Sirber]

Good

Matroska Pack (MMS, FFDShow) + Real Alternative + QuickTime Alternative screwed my system completly.

I did:

- Repaired Windows
- Registry clean
- Removed Quicktime + all registry files
- Removed VSFilter
- Removed Morgan Stream Switcher
- Removed FFDShow Overlay mixer

Now it's working like a charm. :D

I'm about to think: codec packs are evil :devil:

[karl_lillevold]

in this case, the auto-loading Morgan Stream Switcher, was probably causing DirectShow to fail loading for Producer. I am not sure why. Then Producer tries Quicktime, which resulted in the confusing error message. Auto-loading filters like MMS and VSFilter may cause problems for Producer, which uses DS for input file reading, not playback.

Then when that was fixed, Producer failing to get video, and an ActiveMovie window popping up while encoding, is caused by forcing the overlay mixer for ffdshow.

[Sirber]

The only left reproducible bug is:

ffdshow overlay mixer. vsfilter works and MMS also.