Media Player Classic supports Matroska v2, *.mp4, *.mov, and MPEG-4 Timed Text

[FredThompson]

How about playing 422 MPEG2? Is that possible? I've tried the 2 codecs of ffdshow with no success.

[DonGato]

Install ffdshow and make sure that FLV1 decoding is enabled in its settings.
It didn't work for me with some files. :/

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Is there a way to get MPC to play FLV a la YouTube? I seem to remember this being discussed and there is an FLV splitter but no codec support, correct?

Use MEncoder to get the FLV files converted to some more usefull format. That's how I do it.

[Liisachan]

If the right checkboxes are ticked,
MPC + ffdshow = plays FLV1
MPC = plays FLV4

[DonGato]

This is the FLV I had problems with...
http://www.eien-movie.jp/yokoku/index.html

Is there a tool to know the codecs used?

[Liisachan]

Try /yokoku/yokoku500.flv

http://ffdshow.faireal.net/tmp/yokoku.jpg

EDIT:
It's just a normal FLV file, and this is not a problem of MPC at all, but a problem of "how to find the true (hidden) URL". This is not a right thread to discuss such issues.

[shermanramni]

A little question:

Are there any x64 builds of MPC? If not, I'd like to try to build the source myself... where can I get it?

[chros]

If the right checkboxes are ticked,
MPC + ffdshow = plays FLV1
MPC = plays FLV4

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know that ...
And with this ?
http://www.pathfinderthemovie.com/Pathfinder_TrailerA.flv

[Liisachan]

@shermanramni afaik celtic_druid hasn't done that yet
@chros: It's FLV4 too. Doesn't it play for you?

[celtic_druid]

An x64 build would require quite a lot of modifications. Not as simple as just building. I did build some of the standalone filters though. You are of course welcome to try.

[chros]

@chros: It's FLV4 too. Doesn't it play for you?
Aha: it plays fine in 6.4.9.0 rev.611, but not in the official release (which I was using) ...
Thanks

[laserfan]

MPC does support Closed Captioning, does it not? It's smart enough to know a DVD has CC (shows in Information window), but I cannot for the life of me figure-out how to display CCs when using MPC to play DVDs.

Can someone tell me how to turn-on CC display?

[Trahald]

The source is on sourceforge.net...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli

[shermanramni]

No, only binaries.
Or I'm pretty blind now.

[videomixer9]

learn to use svn ...

[shermanramni]

All right. I hereby declare myself a damn-blind-n00b. :P

[cc979]

No, only binaries.
Or I'm pretty blind now.

get http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ then use it for svn

https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/guliverkli
some docs here: http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=82303

and then build it good look...

[nickolasemp]

I'm trying to mux mp4 files (video x264, audio aac, subtitles srt) with yamb 2. When I try to play the files though I don't get my subtitle stream...

Does anyone know what i have to do in order to play those files in mpc -showing my subs of course-?

[thuongshoo]

@nickolasemp
i'm too. I choose menu play / filter / e:\film.mp4 , choose gpac streaming text

mpc don't seem to display subtitle automaticly

[netshark]

Media Player Classic is a very reliable application, but in the past
I've set it as my default player for .avi files, but today; when I double click any .avi file the Windows Media Player 10 appears and says an error happened(the last thing is normal, as the media player classic deactivates the other player)
few days It happens that I can't set it as my default player to watch videos, in the "Open With" window I click de browse button and select the media player classic in it's original place; then I select the accept button, then IT DOESN'T APPEARS IN THE PROGRAM LIST, NOT EVEN IN THE RECOMMENDED ONES.
Why It's like that?

[foxyshadis]

That's just the way XP works; browsing to a program won't make it show up on the open with/browse list, but it should at least show up on the short menu under open with (the list of the recently used programs for that type).

To reset them as default, since WMP seems to have taken them over, try going into options/formats in MPC and reset the associations.

[molitar]

Actually that doesn't always work either. I found the one method that always works is to go to your file types.. Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File types.. Than if possible to delete the file type completely. Now when you click on that file and tell it to open with that program it will recreate the file type and work every time.

I notice some file types will not let me delete them so I will make sure to examine each and every setting than go into registry and delete it from there. Than I will recreate the filetype and back in business again. These are the only fool proof methods I have found to fix issues with associated file types.

[FredThompson]

Note, also, that some viewers will redefine the filetypes. PowerDVD does that to MPEG types. That's really rude programming...

[pdanpdan]

Hi, I have a problem with MPC 6.4.9.0 (unicode) on Win XP SP2, all latest ffdshow-tryout versions.
I open the first movie and everything is OK, then I start the second, third... one, and I have two movies in MPC window, flickering between each other - the latest one is the active one, so it can be paused and controller by MPC.
On the filters submenu I only see the filters for the second movie.
MPC options used:
Playback - Open settings - Report pins that fail / Auto load audio + subtitle (Use worker thread disabled)
Output - DirectShow :: VMR9 renderless / VMR7/9 :: 3D + VMR9 Mixer Mode + YUV Mixing / Resizer (any resizer) (Lock back buffer - disabled)
Internal filters - all enabled

The problem shows no matter what kind of video and/or container is used.
If I close+restart MPC, the first movie is OK again :)
Any suggestion, please?

[Egh]

The problem shows no matter what kind of video and/or container is used.
If I close+restart MPC, the first movie is OK again :)
Any suggestion, please?

I had this problem once. ffdshow is not a problem here, I think MPC build was. Try to see if problem occurs with different build.

[darkavatar1470]

I saw "VP62" in the internal filters page, so I went on looking for my old vp6 encoded AVIs, only to find two having 4cc "VP61" that can't be rendered by mpc. Thows a "some pins can not connect warning" and plays the mp3 audio steam with a black frame.
Tried fourCCchanger to change it to VP62 but gets stuck at the start without anything coming out.

Or is it only meant for FLV files ?

[Liisachan]

No, VP6.2, not only in .flv but in .avi etc plays with MPC, but not VP6.1... 6.1 and 6.2 are not compatible. So I assume your problem is not FLV vs AVI , but 6.1 vs 6.2

[DonGato]

Try /yokoku/yokoku500.flv

http://ffdshow.faireal.net/tmp/yokoku.jpg

EDIT:
It's just a normal FLV file, and this is not a problem of MPC at all, but a problem of "how to find the true (hidden) URL". This is not a right thread to discuss such issues.
Do you think I'm stupid? :angry:
I have that file on my computer. Both ZoomPlayer (via Gabest directshow filter) and MPC 6.4.9.0 (with its internal splitter) don't work. I have ffdshow with flv decoding enabled and all other FLV files play well. Is this one I have problems with.

[Liisachan]

read a little before getting mad

Aha: it plays fine in 6.4.9.0 rev.611, but not in the official release (which I was using) ...
Thanks

[DonGato]

I can read what was posted, not what wasn't. ;)
That post was after your response.

Ok, it worked. There is no way to make it work in ZoomPlayer? It needs a new splitter version?

EDIT: found in another site a newer release of 1.0.0.1 splitter from Gabest.

[bond]

@nickolasemp
i'm too. I choose menu play / filter / e:\film.mp4 , choose gpac streaming text

mpc don't seem to display subtitle automaticly
you need to enable the internal mpc subtitle decoder or install vsfilter

[Liisachan]

I can read what was posted, not what wasn't. ;)
That post was after your response.

Well, actually it was always there:

24th April 2006 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=817779#post817779) "the decoder should decode VP62 and FLV4 (VP62 in .flv)"
1st May 2006 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=821980#post821980) "reconfirmed FLV4 works"

But I do admit this thread is a bit too long, which is not your fault. So, let me summarize the situation for those who start reading this thread from the middle.


The extension .flv is Flash Video, it is a container like .avi or .mp4
The video codecs used in .flv include FLV1, FLV4, FLV5.

FLV1 : An old codec, Sorenson Spark (Sorenson H263). Used in many .flv files, such as ones on YouTube. To play FLV1, use MPC (OR FLVSplitter)+ffdshow with FLV1 support enabled.
FLV4 : On2 VP6.2 codec. Gabest started to support it since Revision 592. In celitc_druid's MPC binary, it has been supported since Revision 604. They are newer than official 6.4.9.0 but you can use Celtic_Druid's files, mirrored in Japan, France and in the US. (The link to my mirror is in my footer.) Supported in newer FLVSplitter too, not only MPC, meaning you can play FLV4/VP6.2 with any normal DS players.
FLV5 : FLV4 with layers. Partially supported since Revision 608.

Detailed Changelog (http://ffdshow.faireal.net/#mpclog) for those who are interested.


@DonGato: "I can read what was posted, not what wasn't." is what I could have said to you too. You hadn't said that you already downlaoded the .flv file from the page, and the difficult part in this case is to find the hidden URL, so I assumed you were asking about that. I did't mean to insult you at all, but just didn't know what you were asking, as playing FLV4.flv itself is very easy, actually easier than playing FLV1, for the current MPC. (Recently ffmpeg has supported FLV4/VP6.2 too)

[chros]

@Liisachan: thanks for the summerizing !

[nickolasemp]

you need to enable the internal mpc subtitle decoder or install vsfilter

Thank you bond for your answer. I have installed Vsfilter and all the other subtitles (external files srt) play normally with any kind of media type; either mp4 or avi (that's what I'm using). But when I put them inside my mp4 they do not appear. I tried to use Haali's splitter and it parially worked... my subs were somehow garbled. So I guess the real problem must be mpc's splitter... I'll check on it through its internal mpc subtitle decoder to see if it works.

[nickolasemp]

@nickolasemp
i'm too. I choose menu play / filter / e:\film.mp4 , choose gpac streaming text

mpc don't seem to display subtitle automaticly

To enable ttxt subtitles inside an mp4 file:

First of all be sure to have chosen VMR9 (renderless) or something else than system default in view->options->playback->output. Now close your mpc and reopen it for changes to take effect.

Then go to play->subtitles and chose the one which says plain text. Of course in the same option you must choose Enable... From there you can reload, and choose the style of your subs...

My problem is that I can't playback greek subs. Only english are supported. In addition it doesn't support such "é" characters in French...

[bond]

My problem is that I can't playback greek subs. Only english are supported. In addition it doesn't support such "é" characters in French...might be that you need to install the windows fonts for greek as vsfilter propably uses the windows fonts

about the é problem: ttxt needs to be in utf-8. to make sure that you get the subs to be in utf-8 you can try to save your .txt subtitle file as utf-8 and try to mux this into .mp4

[nickolasemp]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- GPAC 3GPP Text Stream -->
<TextStream version="1.0">
<TextStreamHeader width="400" height="60" layer="0" translation_x="0" translation_y="0">
<TextSampleDescription horizontalJustification="center" verticalJustification="bottom" backColor="0 0 0 0" verticalText="no" fillTextRegion="no" continuousKaraoke="no" scroll="None">
<FontTable>
<FontTableEntry fontName="Serif" fontID="1"/>
</FontTable>
<TextBox top="0" left="0" bottom="60" right="400"/>
<Style styles="Normal" fontID="1" fontSize="18" color="ff ff ff ff"/>
</TextSampleDescription>
</TextStreamHeader>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:00.000" text="">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:01.100" text="'Chanson'">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:03.950" text="">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:04.099" text="'chante par: Anggun, Benabar, Amel Bent, Corneille''Emma Daumas, Jenifer, Leslie, Emmanuel Moire, Tete''M. Pokora, Roch Voisine, Patrick Bruel''Kyo et Stephanie de Monaco'">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:10.949" text="">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:14.099" text="'C'est nous contre leurs peines'">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:16.550" text="">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:16.949" text="'Et le message est clair'">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:18.949" text="">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:19.100" text="'Les mots passent'">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:19.949" text="">
</TextSample>
<TextSample sampleTime="00:00:20.100" text="'Et l&apos;indifférence règne'">

Thanks for the info, I had to open the ttxt file created from yamb and change one by one all the stuff that I had to change.

I just have one last question though:
The &apos; thing can't be read by my mpc. For example, it just stops in "Et l " or in the beginning it just says "C "...
How do I get past this one? What is the format of ttxt? Is there somewhere I can find it? Would you recommend me a program that can transcode srt files to ttxt in UTF-8 (YAMB just crashes in è characters)? Thanks a lot in advance...

Edit #1: I think I should post these problems from now and on st "GPAC's MP4Box Information, Requests and Discussions"... Thanks for your previous help.

Edit #2: It would be nice though to suggest an application...

[vlada]

Is there any chance to see a letterboxing feature for DVD playback as I discussed in this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=110830)? Thanks.

[c0de_v0id]

Hi,
It's been a long time since i've last visit this forum. Currently I'm having trouble with Windows file context menu. It's probably a noob problem. I tried searching for an answer all over the place but I cant find a way to solve this.

When i just double-click on the video file, windows would use mpc to play but whenever I tried to use "Queue-it-up" or "Add to Play-list" from the file context menu with multiple video files selected, windows Media player would pop up instead of mpc. Even when I tried using Open with-> Media player classic with the files selected/high-lighted, It would just play a single file that my cursor is currently on instead of the whole list(selected/high-lighted files). Is there any Registry fix for this?

Thanks in advance,
doom9 lurker

[KoD]

That is because those entries do belong to WMP.

To queue something in MPC you need to do like this: open MPC, then open its playlist (View-> Playlist or simply press Ctrl+7), then drag and drop what files you wish to queue in that playlist. Double click the first file to start playback. You can hide the playlist window now (View-> Playlist or simply press Ctrl+7 again) and you can bring it up later the same way (also View-> Playlist or simply press Ctrl+7).

[c0de_v0id]

Yeah I knew how to do that. But I thought it's kinda cubersome.( or lazy ) :(

[kurt]

try it like in the following pic

"C:\Programme\MediaPlayerClassic\mplayerc.exe" /ADD "%1"
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5936/image1sr3.jpg

[c0de_v0id]

Kurk, first of all, thanks for answering. With the help of webtranslators looking up the german words :D , I can now magically add the files to the playlist. New problem came up tho. MPC doesnt clean up the default playlist after closing. So everytime I queue up the files, the old list is still there and the new stuff are just appended to the list. Is there a way around it? Sorry, I'm just so hopeless and cant figure out stuff on my own T_T

thanks again, kurk,
c0de

[Peuj]

ok I take back what i mentioned earlier. This mplayerc.exe /add "%1" only seems to be adding 1 file at a time instead of all the high-lighted/selected list. Any other way to make mpc recognize the whole list instead of just one file?

I use the "Send to" command to add files in the playlist.
Just add a shortcut of MPC in the "Send to" folder (C:\Documents and Settings\"user name"\SendTo)

[c0de_v0id]

I use the "Send to" command to add files in the playlist.
Just add a shortcut of MPC in the "Send to" folder (C:\Documents and Settings\"user name"\SendTo)

Ah. I was deleting that last post cuz i figured out what i did wrong. I added /PLAY to the "action to perform" string (mplayerc /add "%1" /play) and mpc would only be taking 1 file instead of the list. So yeah the problem is back to that earlier post where i was saying how mpc doesnt delete the old entries from the default playlist when i close it. And also I'd love to be able to add /PLAY to that command string (so that mpc starts playing whenever I add files) and be able to add the whole list instead of just one file. But as of now, I dont think there's any way to do that. So I guess I'll be content with what I've got so far.
Thanks a lot for your help guys.

[c0de_v0id]

ok Problem solved. Why didnt I think of it earlier. Clearly, it was on Kurt's screenshots. What I did was I created 2 actions for the Videofile type.
1. Open with action string as "(mplayerpath)\mplayerc.exe" %1 /PLAY
2. Queue-to-mpc with action string as "(mplayerpath)\mplayerc.exe" /ADD %1

And I'd set Open as default action.

Whenever I have a list of file to play. I would double-click on the first file of the list and then select/high-light the rest of the list and Queue-to-mpc. For example if i have 10 episodes of Family Guy. I'd double-click on ep 1. while mpc starts playing ep 1, I'd Queue-to-mpc the other 9 episodes. 2 steps but much better than manually dragging the files to the playlist ^^

Thanks again, Kurt, to all those screenshots and the rest of you guys for your pointers. <3

c0de

Edit: It also solved my complaint about mpc not deleting the old entries when it's closed. Now all i have to do is: If I want to watch Simpsons episodes after watching Family Guy episodes, I'd just double-click on the first episode of simpsons and queue the rest. The default action "Open" "(mplayerpath)\mplayerc.exe" %1 /PLAY deletes the old entries from the playlist. thanks god :D

[kurt]

@code_v0id:

in case you didn't know: you can also drag a complete folder to mpc (wich is good for tv-shows) :)
[for example using the sent to option Peuj mentioned]

[Liisachan]

celtic_druid compiled something new, probably the one with ffdshow. "Queue output samples" support (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1577522&group_id=82303&atid=565651).

EDIT
The blackness problem is fixed by just updating MPC, if VMR9 mixer mode is enabled.
The problem is also fixed with VMR9 mixer mode disabled, after I updated ffdshow to ffdshow-20061015-rev389-Q.exe

[haruhiko_yamagata]

Thank you very much, celtic_druid. It works for me. Bug reports are wellcome.

[clsid]

The internal AAC decoder is updated as well. Thanks :)