Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) - DXVA!

[clsid]

Hi,

MPC can play Canon 5D Mark II Movies (H264 MOV), but without audio.

here is a sample:
http://rapidshare.com/files/250770170/MVI_0823.MOV.html
It contains TWOS audio.

ffdshow can decode that if you enable "uncompressed audio".

[73ChargerFan]

If I remember correctly MS DVD navigator is hard coded to be used in mpc. I have tested some time ago and found that Nero and Cyberlink Navigator can be used in MPC.

Cool, can this be made into a registry hack for testing by others?

[73ChargerFan]

Can someone tell me the registry key to activate D3D Fullscreen GUI support ???

I can't find a way to activate it, because the popup menu item is disabled unless you are playing a video in D3D fullscreen, but then you can't see the popup menu! :sly:

[Leak]

Can someone tell me the registry key to activate D3D Fullscreen GUI support ???

I can't find a way to activate it, because the popup menu item is disabled unless you are playing a video in D3D fullscreen, but then you can't see the popup menu! :sly:
Errr... at least for VMR9 it's selectable as long as a video is opened. No need for the player to be in Direct3D fullscreen...

np: Broker/Dealer - Midnight (100)

[her34]

I've downloaded the OGV file that's linked to on that page, and it plays just fine with MPC-HC's built-in Theora and Vorbis decoders...

np: Sascha Funke - Double-Checked (Mango)

that's odd.

i get an error "cannot render the file"

all boxes are checked on internal filters page. mpc-hc 1164

[73ChargerFan]

Errr... at least for VMR9 it's selectable as long as a video is opened. No need for the player to be in Direct3D fullscreen...

Not with 1160 - tried vmr9 windowed, renderless, other options in output options page. It is always greyed out in the popup menu. In short, I've no way to enable it.

[Keiyakusha]

I can't find a way to activate it, because the popup menu item is disabled unless you are playing a video in D3D fullscreen, but then you can't see the popup menu! :sly:

It is possible to turn it on/off without playing a video if you set EVR custom renderer.
Edit: well, yes, its selectable with VMR renderless too... but not windowed. so change your renderer...

[kumi]

that's odd.

i get an error "cannot render the file"

all boxes are checked on internal filters page. mpc-hc 1164Same here w/ MPC-HC 1161.

[Leak]

Well, this HTML page (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/firefox-3.5.html) of course fails to render in MPC-HC, but this download link found on that page (http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/overview/overview.ogv) when pasted into MPC-HC's "Open file" dialog streams just fine...

np: Jackie Leven & The Celtic Soulmen - Golf On The Moon (The Haunted Year: Spring - Man Bleeds In Glasgow)

[neoufo51]

Well, this HTML page (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/firefox-3.5.html) of course fails to render in MPC-HC, but this download link found on that page (http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/overview/overview.ogv) when pasted into MPC-HC's "Open file" dialog streams just fine...

np: Jackie Leven & The Celtic Soulmen - Golf On The Moon (The Haunted Year: Spring - Man Bleeds In Glasgow)
Yeah I tried to open those new HTML5 videos with MPC-HC as well but it "Cannot render the file"

VLC plays them fine, sadly enough.

[Leak]

Yeah I tried to open those new HTML5 videos with MPC-HC as well but it "Cannot render the file"

VLC plays them fine, sadly enough.
It's probably MPC-HC's built-in Ogg splitter; seems I was using Haali's splitter at home when I tested it. clsid wrote somewhere else that it doesn't yet support Theora correctly.

[carnage_pl]

I ask again, How can I translate MPC-HC?

[clsid]

Send a PM to Casimir666 and he will send you translation instructions.

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Duker View Post
Hi,

MPC can play Canon 5D Mark II Movies (H264 MOV), but without audio.

here is a sample:
http://rapidshare.com/files/250770170/MVI_0823.MOV.html

It contains TWOS audio.

ffdshow can decode that if you enable "uncompressed audio".

o.k. i use MPC HC only and i can't hear audio? Why can't MPC support this codec?

[clsid]

Because MPC-HC does not and will not include support for every audio and video format in existence. Period.

[Snowknight26]

There is noticable corruption when playing a video with DXVA over RDC (from a Win 7 machine to another Win 7 machine).

http://i44.tinypic.com/2e5vaft.png

[tetsuo55]

IBM claims to have made a new version of GCC that is intelligent and results in up to 18% faster code:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27874.wss

this could help speed up the non-Visual C parts of MPC and FFdshow

[_xxl]

ffmpeg is fast because it uses hand written asm code, I don't know how much faster this version is going to be.

[lych_necross]

A "faster" compiler is no substitute for well written code. Especially for well hand-written assembly code :)

[cheetah111]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if there is a command prompt switch for playing an mkv file using the secondary audio stream that is included in the mkv? (I convert my blu-rays to mkvs and include as default audio stream the lossless flac conversion of true-hd or dts-hd and as secondary audio stream the untouched true-hd or dts-hd stream)

Also, I have installed the 64 bit version of mpc-hc on win7 x64. Do I need to install the 64 bit versions of the various filters (ffdshow, haali media splitter, etch.), or any 32 bit version will work?

A great thanks to all the developers and contributors.

[clsid]

The 64-bit player needs 64-bit filters.

I recommend using the 32-bit version of MPC on 64-bit version of Windows. More stable and better availability of the various filters.

[cheetah111]

Thanks clsid.
I will follow your advice.

[tetsuox]

Does anyone know if there is a command prompt switch for playing an mkv file using the secondary audio stream that is included in the mkv? (I convert my blu-rays to mkvs and include as default audio stream the lossless flac conversion of true-hd or dts-hd and as secondary audio stream the untouched true-hd or dts-hd stream)

I don't think there is such an option. If the two audio tracks are of different languages and properly muxed into mkv with corresponding three-letter country codes, then Haali Media Splitter can be configured which language will be prioritized upon playback.

You could use this feature of Haali Splitter & Mkv by muxing one audio track as eng for example and the 2nd track as jpn, or whatever country code you want to arbitrarily use, and set your priorities for audio track priority in Haali.

[cheetah111]

You could use this feature of Haali Splitter & Mkv by muxing one audio track as eng for example and the 2nd track as jpn, or whatever country code you want to arbitrarily use, and set your priorities for audio track priority in Haali.
Unfortunately both audio tracks have been muxed with eng tags because they are both english tracks! (the only difference is that the default track is flac and the secondary is true-hd or dts-hd or eac3).
I can change audio track by pressing the "a" key but I do not know if this works as my amplifier cannot play true-hd or dts-hd, so if anyone has done this before please provide feedback.
Thanks.

[Snowknight26]

MPC-HC seems to disregard the default track flag when muxing MKVs with mkvmerge. Instead, it plays the track with the lowest ID by default. Should be an easy fix.

[St Devious]

MPC-HC Caused ATI driver to fail and a BSOD. Using HD 4870 with Cat 9.6 and Win 7 RC.

I downloaded few mp4 trailers from apple site and few MKV ones from Divx. Muxed them to one file using mkvtoolnix.

Tried playing the file with Haali Splitter. It worked fine. Changed MPC-HC to use its own splitter, and the driver crashed and them a BSOD afterwards

Here's the info on the file

General
Complete name : E:\Muxed.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 2.83 GiB
Duration : 10mn 58s
Overall bit rate : 36.9 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-07-08 04:06:57
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.9.7 ('Tenderness') built on Jul 1 2009 18:43:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.400
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #2
ID : 3
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Main title
Language : English

Video #3
ID : 6
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Main title
Language : English

Video #4
ID : 16
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #5
ID : 18
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.400
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #6
ID : 20
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Main title
Language : English

Video #7
ID : 22
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.400
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #8
ID : 24
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #9
ID : 26
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #10
ID : 28
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 57s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Video #11
ID : 30
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.400
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Main title
Language : English

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

Audio #2
ID : 4
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : English 5.1 Surround
Language : English

Audio #3
ID : 5
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : English Stereo
Language : English

Audio #4
ID : 7
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : English 5.1 Surround
Language : English

Audio #5
ID : 8
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : English Stereo
Language : English

Audio #6
ID : 17
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

[St Devious]

info continued

Audio #7
ID : 19
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

Audio #8
ID : 21
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : English Stereo
Language : English

Audio #9
ID : 23
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

Audio #10
ID : 25
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Language : English

Audio #11
ID : 27
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

Audio #12
ID : 29
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits

Audio #13
ID : 31
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 10mn 58s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Language : English

Text #1
ID : 9
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : English
Language : English

Text #2
ID : 10
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : French
Language : French

Text #3
ID : 11
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : German
Language : German

Text #4
ID : 12
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Italian
Language : Italian

Text #5
ID : 13
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Polish
Language : Polish

Text #6
ID : 14
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Russian
Language : Russian

Text #7
ID : 15
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Spanish
Language : Spanish

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Prologue - fr:Prologue - de:Prolog - it:Prologo - pl:Prolog - ru:Пролог - es:Prólogo
00:00:27.250 : en:Switchboard trap - fr:Le piège du standard - de:Gefangen in der Schaltzentrale - it:Trappola del centralino - pl:Centrala-pułapka - ru:Коммутатор-ловушка - es:Trampa en la centralita
00:01:09.708 : en:Telephone/Lecture - fr:Téléphone / Leçon - de:Telefon/Lektion - it:Telefono/Rimprovero - pl:Telefon/Głosy - ru:Телефон/Наставление - es:Teléfono / Conferencia
00:03:44.000 : en:Typewriter - fr:La machine à écrire - de:Schreibmaschine - it:Macchina da scrivere - pl:Maszyna do pisania - ru:Пишущая машинка - es:Máquina de escribir
00:04:52.458 : en:Proog shows Emo stuff - fr:Proog montre des trucs à Emo - de:Proog zeigt Emo etwas - it:Proog mostra qualcosa ad Emo - pl:Proog przedstawia - ru:Пруг показывет Имо разное - es:Proog muestra cosas a Emo
00:06:27.292 : en:Which way? - fr:Quel chemin ? - de:Wohin? - it:Quale strada - pl:Którędy - ru:какой путь - es:Por dónde
00:07:08.500 : en:Emo flips out - fr:Emo déraille - de:Emo rastet aus - it:Emo perde la ragione - pl:Emo odwraca się - ru:Имо сходит с ума - es:Emo se vuelve majara
00:07:41.500 : en:Emo creates - fr:Emo crée - de:Emo erfindet - it:Emo crea - pl:Emo tworzy - ru:Имо творит - es:Emo crea

[Aleksoid1978]

Make short sample and upload.

[Tima]

Hi all!

Is there any way to make MPC-HC use *.mks files?

E.g., I have an *.ASS subtitle and two custom fonts for it; I want to mux all 3 files into single *.mks, and be able to load it.

[hoborg]

Hi all!

Is there any way to make MPC-HC to use *.mks files?
E.g., I have an *.ASS subtitle and two custom fonts for it; I want to mux all 3 files into single *.mks, and be able to load it.

Any reason why not mux subtitles directly inside MKV?

[Tima]

Any reason why not mux subtitles directly inside MKV?

There could be many reasons: I could want to store them externally; I could get such subs after burning *.mkv to DVD/Bluray, and so on.

These reasons are valid, but nevertheless, I think possible motivation is irrelevant to my question.

[iron2000]

After trying and trying I've found that "System Default" gives me the best video.
The VMRs and EVR constantly had tearing and sometimes not smooth playback.

But I've been getting smooth video with no tearing on System Default.
No need to tweak or force some special refresh rate with an extra program anymore.

[lunkens]

I've just browsed the web for a answer. But I can't really find one. Today I use MediaPortal with their internal media player. For many reason's I want to use MPC-HC as an external player but I cant cope with the "goto" function. As it requires a keyboard at least.

Is there a way to get MPC-HC to handle smart input commands like MediaPortal's internal player. Setting it so I just have to press 122 for scanning to 01:22:00 into the movie? This would change the whole concept of MPC-HC. :)

[73ChargerFan]

These reasons are valid, but nevertheless, I think possible motivation is irrelevant to my question.
Please add this to the feature tracker on sourceforge, (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=170561&atid=854654) and create an account there please. (You can post as anonymous, but can't edit or be notified.)

We non-programmers try to be helpful, by suggesting alternative solutions. If you can program this, great, or perhaps find the specifications to mks, and add that to your feature request.

[Inspector.Gadget]

Can either the Cyberlink or Microsoft MPEG-2 decoder be used with the internal subtitle renderer when playing a DVD?

[lych_necross]

Can either the Cyberlink or Microsoft MPEG-2 decoder be used with the internal subtitle renderer when playing a DVD?
Why don't you try it and see? ;)

[Inspector.Gadget]

lych_necross, that's exactly what I've been trying to do and so far haven't been able to get it going. I was hoping for a workaround of some sort, because that combination with EVR Custom or VMR9 doesn't display subs.

[Jong]

Is there anything special you are trying to do with subs? because I use the Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder for DVD playback (VMR9 renderless) and have never had any problem with subs.

[Keiyakusha]

It seems with internal mp4 splitter and DivX h264 decoder MPC-HC have some Aspect Ratio problems. If Pixel Aspect Ratio option in DivX decoder settings is set to "Trust Container" (I believe this is default), then MPC-HC doesn't do any aspect ratio correction (http://i30.tinypic.com/24e7y37.jpg). If I set "Trust Bitstream" in Divx Decoder, MPC-HC shows right aspect ratio (http://i28.tinypic.com/nxqasl.jpg), but always starts with black borders.
I'm using MPC-HC SVN 1164, Divx Decoder 1.1.0 and EVR-CP renderer.
Here is sample (http://www.mediafire.com/?twk2y0nnkyz) but so far this happens with any of my anamorphic encodes. (Actually this file I made for compressibility test, so be aware of タイヨウのうた spoilers, if there any)

Is this some known thing?

[Inspector.Gadget]

Is there anything special you are trying to do with subs? because I use the Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder for DVD playback (VMR9 renderless) and have never had any problem with subs.

OK, I just got it to work. Apparently one has to explicitly disable DXVA in the Cyberlink codec config, as it won't automatically do this. Thank you both.

Sidebar: Is there some reason DXVA breaks subs when using DXVA with the Cyberlink decoder but not the internal H.264 DXVA decoder?

[Jong]

I'm using DXVA with the Cyberlink decoder :confused:

[Inspector.Gadget]

Jong - can you post the filters that MPC-HC is using to decode the DVD? Thus far, subs and menu highlighting only work for me with the Cyberlink decoder if I explicitly disable DXVA. With DXVA enabled, I can use the menus but there is no highlighting and subs don't show up. I'm beginning to think this might be some sort of version incompatibility, because so far no combination of external MPEG-2 filter and renderer works to get both DXVA and subs. Are you using the decoder from PowerDVD 9?

[Jong]

I have used both 7 & 8 in my time (don't have 9). Currently using 7. I definitely have no issue with menus & VMR9 (on XP SP3). EVR however does not show menu highlighting. I thought that had nothing to do with MPEG2 decoder, but now you have me thinking!

I will try to publish the filter list by tomorrow.

[Inspector.Gadget]

Thank you for your help. I'd love to get this all working now that I'm renting a lot of foreign-language DVDs where I need the subs.

[Jong]

Are you using XP or Vista? If XP you are using VMR9 renderless, aren't you?

[Inspector.Gadget]

I'm on Vista SP2 x64. I use EVR Custom by default, but I've tried various combinations of decoders and renderers including VMR9 Renderless and I still can't get both DXVA and subtitles working at the same time.

[Jong]

Ah well my info may not be much use then.

As you probably know from the DXVA Support page, on Vista you have to use EVR CP. With EVR CP I get no menu highlighting, which may or may not be related to Cyberlink (I will test tomorrow). I do have a Vista 32 system, not a Vista 64 system, but I have not got Cyberlink on that system. I wil try to install the Cyberlink codec on Vista over the weekend and see how it goes!

[Jong]

Here are my fillters, but as I say this is XP SP3.

http://jong.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/filters.jpg

http://jong.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/cb_filter.jpg

[Inspector.Gadget]

Thank you, Jong. I'll see if any online retailers are still selling PDVD7 and see if I can use that decoder within Directshow. Since I have the same problem with Microsoft's MPEG-2 decoder and the Arcsoft one, I doubt that will help. Thank you for the info though.

[ar-jar]

Is it possible to build the latest svn revision of MPC with the latest DirectX SDK? I get a lot of errors indicating missing include files (and perhaps missing libraries as well when I come that far). Any hints anybody? Thanks! -A