CoreCodec/H.264 Codec "CoreAVC" [Archive] - Page 8

blubberbirne

30th January 2006, 13:48

There will be a Linux version of the decoder.... the link is dead atm... but we will probally release another test build soon.

that sounds good :D

pike

31st January 2006, 05:44

@BetaBoy

I see you :p

bob0r

31st January 2006, 18:26

Where can i download version 0.0.0.4?

Always have a short look at http://files.x264.nl :sly:

lexor

31st January 2006, 20:07

Always have a short look at http://files.x264.nl :sly:
is that legal though? I mean if corecodec intended for it to be available they wouldn't have removed links, after all it's still their product that was a demo, never an actual freely available product.

bond

31st January 2006, 20:09

is that legal though? I mean if corecodec intended for it to be available they wouldn't have removed links, after all it's still their product that was a demo, never an actual freely available product.its as long legal as corecodec doesnt have anything against coreavc being mirrored there :)

bob0r

31st January 2006, 22:48

And even if it isn't legal, i don't have delete rights :cool:

wata

1st February 2006, 10:32

will there be a ape plugin for 0.71i
remember it is mention before somewhere, i saw only wavepack and flac plugin

amango

1st February 2006, 11:38

I'd like to see the CoreAVC-decoder in XBMC. :-)

Sirber

1st February 2006, 14:06

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at files.x264.nl.

Will this host get back online for Canadian users one day?

foxyshadis

1st February 2006, 14:29

Traceroute it. Does it stop in the rogers network, or does it make it out to interoute.net? If the former, only Rogers can fix its routing.

vendol21

2nd February 2006, 11:55

I'd like to see the CoreAVC-decoder in XBMC. :-)

Me too :D

Sirber

2nd February 2006, 13:23

http://w1.hidemyass.com/index.php?q=ZmlsZXMueDI2NC5ubA--&hl=1111101001

:D

fogbav

2nd February 2006, 14:23

I'd like to see the CoreAVC-decoder in XBMC. :-)

Vote ! Vote ! Vote !

I'm also willing to pay some bugs 4 that ! 8)

2nd February 2006, 14:43

I'm also willing to pay some bugs 4 that ! 8)
I doubt the developers are willing to receive payment in bugs ;)

BetaBoy

2nd February 2006, 16:26

as long as those bugs are coverd with PIMS... we will gladly accept it... (it might get Toff to add the suggested filter properties box too)

tomos

3rd February 2006, 01:41

cent believe how much decoding x.264 has changed since dec (when i first really started messing around with this).

on my 4400+, i 1st used ffdshow to play back some clips i made - which it couldnt handle on 1 core. then moved to nero showtime since it used both cores.

now this codec plays back on 1 core what showtime needed 2 for. have only now found its limits on my sys. playing back hidef underworld, coreAVC cant handle it on 1 core (maxxed @ 50%) - but then again, it plays it better than showtime does using both cores (maxxed @ 100%)

in short, credit to the writers of coreAVC - cant wait for what the next 2 months development bring :D

BetaBoy

3rd February 2006, 03:23

Then get ready for Interlacing and SMP ;-)

tomos

3rd February 2006, 11:19

sweet :D

not sure why someone would want to encode interlaced content, but the SMP would definetely be most welcome :)

krackato

4th February 2006, 07:41

[Toff]

4th February 2006, 10:05

I'm having a really hard time testing this codec. I have CoreAVC20060113.7z, CoreAVC_DSDec.zip, and tcpmp.win32.0.71j. After installing CoreAVCdecoder.ax, I've tried playing an h.264 file but tcpmp says "Error: Player: Video codec (AVC aka H.264) not supported by the player!" I've tried playing 2 files with the same error. Is there a way to fix this?

You're mixing up things, CoreAVCdecoder.ax is a DirectShow filter meant to be used with player like WMP, MPC, ZoomPlayer ...
tcpmp.win32.0.71 is currently not using you're installed DirectShow filter but his own kind of plugin.

So if you install CoreAVCdecoder.ax you need to try with a DirectShow player.

If you install TCPMP you need to add the CoreAVC plugin for TCPMP, currently called avc.plg (and maybe also to disable ffmpeg.plg by deleting/moving it)

hellfred

4th February 2006, 10:10

I'm having a really hard time testing this codec. I have CoreAVC20060113.7z, CoreAVC_DSDec.zip, and tcpmp.win32.0.71j. After installing CoreAVCdecoder.ax, I've tried playing an h.264 file but tcpmp says "Error: Player: Video codec (AVC aka H.264) not supported by the player!" I've tried playing 2 files with the same error. Is there a way to fix this?
The win32 port of Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) does not (yet) support DShow filters. So with CoreAVCDecoder.ax installed on your system, and a splitter like Haali's, you should be able to watch h264 clips in mp4 or mov contianer (file) with any DShow Media Player like MediaPlayerClassic, mplayer2, BSPlayer, Zoomplayer etc.
TCPMP had an h264 plugin (avc.plg) that needed to be placed in the TCPMP folder of to decode h264 clips. The plugin was distributed in an archive called avc.win32.0.71h.zip.

Hellfred

EDIT: Toff was faster

krackato

4th February 2006, 11:19

Thanks guys for the info. Two questions.

1. Where can I get avc.plg and/or avc.win32.0.71h.zip?

2. Since I have CoreAVCdecoder.ax installed and Halli's Media Splitter, how do I get Media Player Classic to use CoreAVC to decode my h.264 clip? As far as I can tell, it's still using the ffdshow mpeg-4 video decoder and I can't figure out how to switch it.

bond

4th February 2006, 11:23

videomixer9

4th February 2006, 22:59

just noticed something cool, played an h264 video with coreavc on my old athlon 1ghz and it needed less decoding cpu than divx 6.1 needs for decoding without postprocessing on it for a similar video ... rofl

Schrade

5th February 2006, 05:29

Heh that's pretty damn funny. I love CoreAVC. It actually makes it quite a pleasure to play MPEG4 AVC videos.

Avish

5th February 2006, 08:58

The win32 port of Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) does not (yet) support DShow filters. So with CoreAVCDecoder.ax installed on your system, and a splitter like Haali's, you should be able to watch h264 clips in mp4 or mov contianer (file) with any DShow Media Player like MediaPlayerClassic, mplayer2, BSPlayer, Zoomplayer etc.
TCPMP had an h264 plugin (avc.plg) that needed to be placed in the TCPMP folder of to decode h264 clips. The plugin was distributed in an archive called avc.win32.0.71h.zip.

Hellfred

EDIT: Toff was faster
I downloaded the player, but the plugin "avc.win32.0.71h.zip" is not there at the TCPMP website. Anyone have it?

kurt

5th February 2006, 10:03

http://home.arcor.de/mutterstadt/

pankov

6th February 2006, 02:23

Then get ready for Interlacing and SMP ;-)
Will this allow playback of MPEG-4 AVC captures (or even live) from some satellite channels like TPS HD, which use H.264 for their 1080i content? Or the problem lies in the MainConcept MPEG Demultiplexer which doesn't like CoreAVC Decoder???

Avish

6th February 2006, 06:48

http://home.arcor.de/mutterstadt/
Thank u very much Kurt :)

kopavel

6th February 2006, 10:59

Player don't play AVC at all :( what's wrong?
After file opening and play button pressing position slider momentaly moving at end of clip and this is all :/
may be plugin don't support some of the features of AVC? all clips is from the same source.
Mplayer play without problem, coreavc DS filter play them too but much SLOWER then mplayer...

blubberbirne

6th February 2006, 14:15

Will this allow playback of MPEG-4 AVC captures (or even live) from some satellite channels like TPS HD, which use H.264 for their 1080i content? Or the problem lies in the MainConcept MPEG Demultiplexer which doesn't like CoreAVC Decoder???

Current CoreAVC does not support Interlaced ;)

pankov

6th February 2006, 14:33

Yes, I know but is this the reason why the MainConcept MPEG Demultiplexer doesn't allow the CoreAVC Decoder to connect to it?

sjchmura

6th February 2006, 15:17

Which splitter (elecard, nero etc) works best? Has anyone seen if the initial splitter canimpact CPU time?

Right now COREAVC just stopped decoding despite its high priority - I have no idea what happned. I have nero 6.6 and Purevideo installed and no matter WHAT I do thenero digital decoder is always picked (despite its low prioriry)

BetaBoy

6th February 2006, 23:58

Haali splitter hands down... imho

boombaard

8th February 2006, 17:27

never mind

HookedOnTV

8th February 2006, 17:35

Video: MPEG2 Video 1280x1088 (16:9) 29.97fps 65000Kbps [Video]

Are you trying to play a mpeg2 file?

HookedOnTV

8th February 2006, 22:03

Then get ready for Interlacing and SMP ;-)

I'm ready...

BetaBoy

10th February 2006, 01:04

I was informed that the requested filter properties and an about screen we added... http://cc.serveftp.org:8884/CoreAVCLogo.png

Interlacing work continues as well as profile support for High 10 and High 4:2:2 for our Enterprise version.

HookedOnTV

10th February 2006, 03:42

Just did a quick comparison between CoreAVC and Cyberlink's H264 decoder that utilizes hardware (x1300) acceleration...

CoreAVC ~ 18% utilization
Cyberlink ~ 28% utilization

Keep up the good work!

CruNcher

10th February 2006, 04:12

@HookedOnTV
please more info
Resolution: ???
Encoding Settings: ???
thx

bond

10th February 2006, 11:01

Just did a quick comparison between CoreAVC and Cyberlink's H264 decoder that utilizes hardware (x1300) acceleration...

CoreAVC ~ 18% utilization
Cyberlink ~ 28% utilization

Keep up the good work!how did you measure the average cpu useage? did you use windows' perfmon tool for that?

HookedOnTV

10th February 2006, 17:08

Sorry for the lack of detail. Used TaskManager first time. Went back and tested again using perfmon.

CoreAVC 16% average
Cyberlink 24% average

1280x720, 7000kbps, MeGui HQ-Slower, mkv (haali splitter)

bond

10th February 2006, 18:30

720p resolution with only 16%??? what cpu do you have?

HookedOnTV

10th February 2006, 20:38

Dual core Opteron running at 2.7GHz. Encodes like a banshee :)

tomos

10th February 2006, 20:44

Dual core Opteron running at 2.7GHz. Encodes like a banshee :)

hmm, my 3800+ x2 runs at 2.8 and a 720 ep of 24 encoded with x.264 takes about 25% CPU (with corecodec of course) and a 1080 source @ 35ish CPU

ahh, missed the x1300 bit.

acidsex

10th February 2006, 21:40

Anyone have any idea of when CoreAVC decoder will be available for purchase?

bob0r

10th February 2006, 23:10

acidsex

1: when its ready
2: when money is needed
3: when they figure out what features will be in what version
4: all of the above

BetaBoy

11th February 2006, 14:31

acidsex

1: when its ready
2: when money is needed
3: when they figure out what features will be in what version
4: all of the above

Very well said... it will likely be by the end of February for CoreAVC Standard and maybe the Professional Decoder... Enterprise Decoder will be a lil ways off. We have defined what each version will feature and be capable of and are getting all internally to sign off on it.

On the encoding side of things... more news on that as it developes further.