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18th August 2007, 17:57 | #1 | Link |
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Media Player Classic for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray
have been playing around with MPC to play HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
I think I have finally got it sorted, and the filter list took some playing around with to get all the different combinations working. You will need some way to decrypt your files first (I used AnyDVD HD) HD-DVD .evo files DTS, DD+ Blu-Ray .m2ts files, mpeg2, VC1, mpeg4 AVC You need (I'm not telling you how to register filters on your PC) Windows Media Player 11 cl264dec.ax (Video)(cyberlink H264/AVC Decoder from PowerDVD Ultra)* splitter.ax (Haali media splitter (AR) from Haali Matroska splitter) cinemaster audio.dll (Audio)(Sonic Cinemaster Audio Decoder v 4.3 from Cineplayer Codec Pack) ** ffdshow.ax (Audio)(ffdshow audio decoder from FFDshow) Media Player Classic settings select view/options/External filters/ Add filter ....... Haali Media Splitter (AR), set merit 00900000, set prefer Add Filter ........ ffdshow audio decoder, set merit 00700000 Add filter ....... cyberlink H.264/AVC Decoder, set merit 00900400 Add Filter ........ Sonic Cinemaster Audio Decoder 4.3.0, set merit 00805000 Add Filter ........ ffdshow video decoder, set merit 00800000 (added to stop ffdshow taking over MPEG-4) Add Filter ....... Sonic Cinemaster Video Decoder, set merit 00700000 (late fix to stop Cinemaster Video taking over from ffdshow video) ** Add Filter ........ Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder (pdvd7), set merit "prefer" (try this for some hardware acceleration in XP) ** Add Filter ........ Nvidia Video Decoder, set merit "prefer" (block cyberlink) (try this for h/w accel in XP or Vista if you have Nvidia Purevideo) select view/options/Internal filters deselect anything mpeg , matroska from the source list deselect anything AC3, mpeg from the transport filter list select view/options/output Select the options you like the look of (I used VMR9 renderless) Here are some screen shots showing each combination of filters in action, just drag and drop the big files into MPC. HD-DVD .evo (most common VC1 with DD+) 2 Fast 2 Furious ** HD-DVD .evo (VC1 with DTS-HD) Rambo First Blood Blu-Ray .m2ts (most common MPEG-2) Planet of the Apes Blu-Ray .m2ts (VC1) Starship Troopers Blu-Ray .m2ts (MPEG-4 AVC) Pirates of the Caribbean * "Print Screen" will give a desktop screen grab then paste into "Paint" to save at your set screen resolution. "File / Save Image" in MPC will give a full 1080 grab If any of your files don't work, take a look to see what filter you have different to mine. Ordering filters is dead easy really, you have to put them on the External list before you can move them up or down in priority. Tested on Vista 32 and Windows XP and works perfectly but takes plenty of processor power. This solves all the Nvidia/PowerDVD green screen problems too. PS I am assuming you have Windows Media Player installed (v11), it won't work at all on PCs without this installed. Cinemaster codecs v4.2 won't work either! Advantages of using MPC You don't have to waste time with menus, trailers and adverts You can zoom the movie to get rid of the black bars (numpad key 9) You don't need an approved graphics card Disadvantages of using MPC Minimum processor Core2 Duo (any one will do) No Dolby TrueHD tracks available using Haali splitter I have been experimenting with Vista and XP, Xp will play "2 fast 2 furious" on a C2D with 60% CPU perfectly Vista will play "2 fast 2 furious" on a C2D wit 100% CPU and stutter My conclusion is stick to XP! Last edited by sarah99; 2nd November 2007 at 09:32. |
2nd September 2007, 21:25 | #4 | Link |
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How do you change the combination of filters?
I'm trying to play the Bluray movie, Blood Diamond, after decrypting it, but it does not work with Medai Player Classic. I tried playing the other director's clips and they work just fine. Thus, how do you change the combination of filters? Or do you think there is a problem with the main movie clip since the director's clips work? Thanks!
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3rd September 2007, 05:20 | #6 | Link |
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External Filters
Here's a snapshot of my external filters:
http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...nalFilters.jpg Thanks! |
3rd September 2007, 23:23 | #11 | Link |
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It's probably MPEG2 whereas the other is VC-1 or H.264. Ah, according to blu-ray.com it is VC-1. You probably need an updated Sonic decoder pack, or installing WMP11 should also include the needed codecs.
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The "WMVideo Decoder DMO" codec (plays VC-1) in WMP11 is substantially different to that same codec (doesn't play VC-1) in WMP10 I have just highlighted that part of my post so others don't miss it. Last edited by sarah99; 4th September 2007 at 09:56. |
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5th September 2007, 20:27 | #14 | Link |
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Okay I used this, and it worked (on Swordfish (MPEG2) m2ts)
But now .mkv files (x264) do not play anymore. Any suggestions how to solve this? I can see the movie when I pause it, but it does not play at all! Haali media splitter icon appears, in the right lower corner. It appears that "Cyberlink H264/AVC" wants to play the video but it does not work. /edit Okay blocking "Cyberlink H264/AVC" works, now it does play. But is there a way around this problem? And Swordfish still plays, but that is probably because it is MPEG2, I assume.
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11th September 2007, 04:50 | #19 | Link |
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Didn't notice the playlist feature in MPC
Anyways - I have PowerDVD 7.3 - which plays both BluRay and HD DVD... and it seems to have registered a filter called CyberLink HD DVD Navigator Is it possible to get MPC to navigate HD DVD and BluRays like it does for DVDs using this filter? I tried adding the filter with a merit of prefer, but no go. I'm not sure which file to open (which HD DVD file is the navigation file? On DVDs, it was VIDEO_TS.IFO) |
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