CoreCodec/H.264 Codec "CoreAVC" - Page 103

oddball · 16th November 2006, 19:28

Help! I just purchased 1.2 pro version and when it forwards me to portal.coreforge.org I get this error.

"A serious error has occurred.Duplicate entry '1825' for key 1"

Inventive Software · 16th November 2006, 19:34

Congratulations CoreCodec on the launch. You've managed to piss some people off (those who haven't read the whole thread no doubt), but others (JohnnyFu for example) have had no problems, so it's a little hit and miss. I'll wait a few months before purchasing for you lot to iron out the bugs in your systems.

oddball · 16th November 2006, 19:51

OK the page loaded and asked for me to register. I entered my details and now it wants a 16 digit registration number. I have not even got the software yet!

Nothing in my email inbox either!

Jay Bee · 16th November 2006, 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyFu

Can't confirm that. I recorded the cpu usage using perfmon on two different video files. Each test has passed three times and i then calculated an avarage value.

I can see one or two peaks in your graphs where the new version stays a few percent under the old one.

But yeah, I guess I was just trying to look for something positive in this release. As it stands the release highlight really is the online activation. And after seeing a lot of the negativity here and at the CoreAVC forums I think Core have to seriously rethink their plans. I mean if they can't convince the doom9 people that their decoder is worth the hassle then how are they ever going to be successful anywhere else?

AmbKosh · 16th November 2006, 19:54

Great. I'm also receiving the "A serious error has occurred.Duplicate entry '1828' for key 1" Message after I payed via PayPal.
OK. Now after I reloaded the page I'm at the same point as oddball. What is my 16-digit number? Where can I get it?

BetaBoy: What can I do now?

JohnnyFu · 16th November 2006, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay Bee

I can see one or two peaks in your graphs where the new version stays a few percent under the old one.

This is due to imprecise measurement of perfmon unfortunately i don't know a more precise way to do such records.

BetaBoy · 16th November 2006, 20:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmbKosh

Great. I'm also receiving the "A serious error has occurred.Duplicate entry '1828' for key 1" Message after I payed via PayPal.
OK. Now after I reloaded the page I'm at the same point as oddball. What is my 16-digit number? Where can I get it?

BetaBoy: What can I do now?

Copy and paste it to me and tell me how you got the error... betaboy@corecodec.com

Disabled · 16th November 2006, 20:19

@BetaBoy
I'll stop ranting about activation for a moment and just ask you to tell us how activation works, what it is sending, how can we activate it with offline computers, what we are allowed to do and what we are not and everything else we should know.
I don't wanna find out the hard way I can only activate it once or such.
*edit*
Why do I have a calculator and a clock in the CoreAccount "My Webpage"?

BetaBoy · 16th November 2006, 20:19

Jay Bee... or testing shows at the very least a 1% increase but as high as 5% on some files (stick with the low-end on average)

AmbKosh · 16th November 2006, 20:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetaBoy

Copy and paste it to me and tell me how you got the error... betaboy@corecodec.com

I just sent you an email with the description and the activation link which failed for me.

Thanks for you help.

Hans Ohlo · 16th November 2006, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disabled

I read somewhere that you can just download the file again and activate the new download. That would still stop illegal distribution and thus might be possible but would give you the option to reinstall it as often as you want.

nope not working.

i understand the illegal use thing, but why should i buy 2 copies if i just want to use it on two machines but only on one at a time...

oddball · 16th November 2006, 20:29

I've also just emailed you the activation link that failed. This is very frustrating.

JohnnyFu · 16th November 2006, 20:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetaBoy

or testing shows at the very least a 1% increase but as high as 5% on some files (stick with the low-end on average)

Yes there is a little (about 0.5% to 1%) improvement on the Planet Earth movie i have tested.
I will test more video files tomorrow.

For those who are interessted i attached the excel sheet from the screens i posted before in this thread.

Edit: can someone translate or write "(stick with the low-end on average)" with other words for me ?

Disabled · 16th November 2006, 20:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans Ohlo

nope not working.

Ok, so this thing has a more strict activation than every other software I know of... Great!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans Ohlo

i understand the illegal use thing, but why should i buy 2 copies if i just want to use it on two machines but only on one at a time...

I agree with you somehow. But the MPEG LA is forcing you to buy two licences for two installed decoders too. So I can somehow understand if core would not allow this use. Usually you can install it anyway, as you can activate normal software more than once, but that does not imply that its legal to use it on two machines.

IMHO it shoud be legal, to have the installer on both machines and deinstall it every time you shut down your computer and install it on every start... (assuming you have just one computer running at a time)

oddball · 16th November 2006, 20:40

P.S. raising a ticket on the portal site does not seem to work properly in Seamonkey but that's probably because I use Multizilla for tabbing in it and Adblock. The product type selection pops up in a new tab and the javascript fails when I click on any product. It does nothing and I am unable to select the product type in the previous tab. Better to have a drop down box for that anyhow.

Malow · 16th November 2006, 20:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay Bee

-Surprisingly x264 interlaced and Elecard/Mainconcept MBAFF still don't work. I hope there will be a quick fix for this.

ow, great.. so much waiting for nothing... trial download not ready yet... so i can't even test it also... "little" disappointing...

Jay Bee · 16th November 2006, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetaBoy

Jay Bee... or testing shows at the very least a 1% increase but as high as 5% on some files (stick with the low-end on average)

Hehe, exactly the numbers I mentioned further up after looking at a few perfmon graphs.

Another thing: I wanted to log-in again to the page linked in the email to have a look around the new site. When I click on "Sign In" a download window of the CoreAVC exe pops up and I can't get into the site. There's a trick for me to get in though: enter a wrong password!

oddball · 16th November 2006, 20:52

Ridiculous. You would have thought they would beta test their registration system and website before going live.

Dregelmyller · 16th November 2006, 20:59

I purchased it today but have not received any code or installer,
the whole process seems kind of complicated.

I registered a core account and it askes for a ID number.

What am i supposed to do ?

AmbKosh · 16th November 2006, 21:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dregelmyller

What am i supposed to do ?

Dregelmyller: put you name on the waiting list and take you place in the queue behine oddball and me...

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oddball Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,264	Help! I just purchased 1.2 pro version and when it forwards me to portal.coreforge.org I get this error. "A serious error has occurred.Duplicate entry '1825' for key 1" Last edited by oddball; 16th November 2006 at 19:35.

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Inventive Software Turkey Machine Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lowestoft, UK (but visit lots of places with bribes [beer]) Posts: 1,953	Congratulations CoreCodec on the launch. You've managed to piss some people off (those who haven't read the whole thread no doubt), but others (JohnnyFu for example) have had no problems, so it's a little hit and miss. I'll wait a few months before purchasing for you lot to iron out the bugs in your systems. __________________ On Discworld it is clearly recognized that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10. If the hero did not overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld

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AmbKosh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 10	Great. I'm also receiving the "A serious error has occurred.Duplicate entry '1828' for key 1" Message after I payed via PayPal. OK. Now after I reloaded the page I'm at the same point as oddball. What is my 16-digit number? Where can I get it? BetaBoy: What can I do now? Last edited by AmbKosh; 16th November 2006 at 20:02.

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Disabled Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 211	@BetaBoy I'll stop ranting about activation for a moment and just ask you to tell us how activation works, what it is sending, how can we activate it with offline computers, what we are allowed to do and what we are not and everything else we should know. I don't wanna find out the hard way I can only activate it once or such. edit Why do I have a calculator and a clock in the CoreAccount "My Webpage"? Last edited by Disabled; 16th November 2006 at 20:21.

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BetaBoy CoreCodec Founder Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,421	Jay Bee... or testing shows at the very least a 1% increase but as high as 5% on some files (stick with the low-end on average) __________________ Dan "BetaBoy" Marlin Ubiquitous Multimedia Technologies and Developer Tools http://corecodec.com

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oddball Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,264	OK the page loaded and asked for me to register. I entered my details and now it wants a 16 digit registration number. I have not even got the software yet! Nothing in my email inbox either!

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oddball Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,264	I've also just emailed you the activation link that failed. This is very frustrating.

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oddball Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,264	P.S. raising a ticket on the portal site does not seem to work properly in Seamonkey but that's probably because I use Multizilla for tabbing in it and Adblock. The product type selection pops up in a new tab and the javascript fails when I click on any product. It does nothing and I am unable to select the product type in the previous tab. Better to have a drop down box for that anyhow.

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oddball Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,264	Ridiculous. You would have thought they would beta test their registration system and website before going live.

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Dregelmyller Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6	I purchased it today but have not received any code or installer, the whole process seems kind of complicated. I registered a core account and it askes for a ID number. What am i supposed to do ?