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

[Yoshi8765]

@tiny:
So if I get AnyDVD, the problem will go away? It's not free though... is there an alternative?
Why would it be that I'm the only one with this problem? There are tons of people who play DVDs with a MPC/LAV setup, AFAIK.

[tiny]

Default system DVD navigator + MPC + LAV + EVR works without AnyDVD as long as the region of the DVD matches the drive's region setting. AnyDVD removes the region setting and decrypts the disc, allowing dsdvdlivnav to be used. Which in turn allows MadVR to be used.

Alternative is ripping the disc to hard disk first.

[Yoshi8765]

I don't understand why I would have anything other than a region code of 1 (for USA, where I live).
Also, the DVDs I'm trying to play were burned by me, with DVDs I bought at staples....

[Aleksoid1978]

Hi. in MPC-HC's HDMV engine have a bug:
you parse object in m_compositionObjects[] and then take from here to the m_pPresentationSegments. But - you do not clear m_compositionObjects[] after NewSegment call(after seek) and sometimes after seeking we see incorrect/wrong subtitle image :)

[LigH]

The menus of a DVD are usually not encrypted, only the video of the movie titleset(s) (and even only partially). After the drive is successfully authentified, access to the logical structure (IFO files) and First Play / Video Manager domain (VIDEO_TS.VOB) should be granted without a need for any invoking decryption software.

If you burned the DVDs you are trying to play, they will be seen as unencrypted; "General Use" DVD media don't support encryption. So you hopefully decrypted the original disk before burning a copy of their content.

The most compatible way to check the behaviour is probably having an ISO image if the decrypted DVD (e.g. before burning the copy; if you only stored files of the DVD directories, use ImgBurn to build an image from the base directory) and mounting that in a virtual CD/DVD drive like DaemonTools, then play this virtual DVD Video disk.

[hdboy]

Is there a way to override style (font colors, specifically) of vobsub external subtitle files (.sub and .idx)? I have Default Style checked under the subtitle menu but MPC still uses the style set in the idx file instead of what I set in Options.

[Yoshi8765]

@LigH:
I'm assuming you're talking to me.
I don't think I'm following you-- This is what I think you are saying:
I can test if a source file (the movie I have in .mkv) is turned into an iso. By doing that, I can see if the problem is the physical disc I am using or the source.
That's what you're saying, right?
If it is, then here's my question: Either way, how can I fix the problem? is AnyDVD the only way?

btw, thanks for helping everyone. :)

[Aleksoid1978]

Is there a way to override style (font colors, specifically) of vobsub external subtitle files (.sub and .idx)? I have Default Style checked under the subtitle menu but MPC still uses the style set in the idx file instead of what I set in Options.

change style - it's only for text/animated subtitle. It's can't work with bitmap subtitle, like VOBSUB/DVB/PGS

[LigH]

@ Yoshi8765:

I never talked about MKV here. I always assumed that there is an issue with "DVD Video" media (*.IFO + *.VOB in \VIDEO_TS).

If you burn an MKV onto a (data) DVD, there is no reason to load the "DVD Navigator" filter. And there is no reason to use any decryptor like AnyDVD.

You may need AnyDVD only for "DVD Video" media with copy protections (like CSS encrypted VOBs, or IFO files being garbled on purpose to confuse Windows PCs reading the ISO-9660 file system instead of the UDF file system).

If you rip a DVD Video (removing any copy protection) and create a DVD Video Image from the ripped content, and mount it into a virtual drive, and play that: Is there still an issue with the DVD Navigator filter?

[Reino]

Feature request: MPC-HC being able to handle (embedded) cue-files.
SourceForge Ticket #1673 (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/ticket/1673) resurrected.

Well, call me crazy, but all I see is a white screen with h5ai 0.22-dev-9 (http://larsjung.de/h5ai) at the bottom.Sounds like he updated to some broken version of that directory index script. I let him know.Today I noticed on a much newer computer that the website is actually working. I know I desperately have to buy a new computer, but because my cpu doesn't support SSE2, I can't use any newer version than Firefox 3 (3.6.32 atm), which can't render XhmikosR's website it seems. It's only the 2nd website I come across which my FF can't render, so is it possible to use a more universal directory index script for folks like me? :rolleyes:

[vBm]

He won't change index script cause of you. Maybe try to disable JS.

[betaking]

S.Chinese update
http://www.mediafire.com/?4hsu2dm189rcuh5

[Reino]

Disabling JavaScript entirely seems to do the trick for now. Thanks though.

[Yoshi8765]

@ Yoshi8765:

I never talked about MKV here. I always assumed that there is an issue with "DVD Video" media (*.IFO + *.VOB in \VIDEO_TS).

If you burn an MKV onto a (data) DVD, there is no reason to load the "DVD Navigator" filter. And there is no reason to use any decryptor like AnyDVD.

You may need AnyDVD only for "DVD Video" media with copy protections (like CSS encrypted VOBs, or IFO files being garbled on purpose to confuse Windows PCs reading the ISO-9660 file system instead of the UDF file system).

If you rip a DVD Video (removing any copy protection) and create a DVD Video Image from the ripped content, and mount it into a virtual drive, and play that: Is there still an issue with the DVD Navigator filter?

Ok, that clarified things for me.
To clarify my situation, here it is: I have an .mkv of a movie that has been ripped from a HDTV source. I want to burn it onto a DVD and watch it on my laptop. The DVD works with my DVD player but not my laptop.
I will make an .iso and see what happens. Thanks.
Edit: Just tried with an .iso of one of the movies that doesn't work. So I guess the source has not been decrypted and I have to use AnyDVD. So again, is there a free alternative to AnyDVD, or a way to decrypt the source file so that the DVD will play on my laptop?

Another edit: After I search up more on this, I found a partial solution. I uninstalled then reinstalled the LAVFilters Megamix I had. Now, .iso files of DVDs work perfectly (the menu navigation and everything) but DVDs still refuse to work. When I try to start a DVD with 'Open disc'->E:\ , it opens it but only gives me a black screen. It says 'Playing' at the bottom. I have no idea why reinstalling the Megamix solved the problem with .iso files.

[Pulstar]

Is the MPC-HC nightly subs renderer now good to replace xy-vsfilter?

[ryrynz]

Nothing beats xy-vsfilter, likely they will port some code across but it won't be any time soon.

[Mercury_22]

What's the equivalent command for "Open Directory" with "Include subdirectories" ?

[LigH]

@ Yoshi8765:

Do you know the difference between "the DVD Video standard" and "an MKV file burned onto a data DVD±R"?

If the DVD contains an MKV file which you burned in your own PC using a DVD±RW drive, AnyDVD is not used at all. In this case it doesn't matter if AnyDVD is installed or not.

AnyDVD is only used if you have an industrially produced DVD (commercial disk manufacturing, mastered and replicated, not burned) containing a "VIDEO_TS" directory with VOB and IFO files. Commercial "DVD Video" media may be encrypted in a way that AnyDVD may circumvent this encryption.

Burned MKV files are not encrypted, and they are no "DVD Video" media. If you did not convert the MKV file to DVD compliant MPEG2 video and did not use a DVD Authoring tool to author a "DVD Video" structure, you don't have a "DVD Video" media. And AnyDVD will not solve any problem related to your content.

[DragonQ]

Does anyone know why MPC-HC doesn't link properly with the Windows 8 Volume Mixer? Here's a comparison between what happens for me on Windows 7 and Windows 8:

Windows 7
- MPC-HC volume = 100%, main device volume = 50%, MPC-HC volume in Volume Mixer = 50%.
- Give MPC-HC focus, then press volume down key twice on my keyboard.
- MPC-HC volume is now 90%, main device volume is still 50%, MPC-HC volume in Volume Mixer is now 45% (i.e. 90% of 50%).

Windows 8
- MPC-HC volume = 100%, main device volume = 50%, MPC-HC volume in Volume Mixer = 50%.
- Give MPC-HC focus, then press volume down key twice on my keyboard.
- MPC-HC volume is now 90%, main device volume is now 46% (i.e. down 2 steps), MPC-HC volume in Volume Mixer is now 46%.

Essentially MPC-HC doesn't seem to be linked to the Volume Mixer at all, and it also isn't blocking the media keys from changing the global device volume when MPC-HC is focused, unlike in Windows 7. :(

[Mangix]

Needs to be implemented. Keep in mind that most Windows applications are also like this.

[cyberbeing]

Does anyone know why MPC-HC doesn't link properly with the Windows 8 Volume Mixer? Here's a comparison between what happens for me on Windows 7 and Windows 8

AFAIK, what is shown in the Windows Volume Mixer (Peak Meter) can also be determined by audio hardware and/or driver, some of which either misreport or post-process the audio.

For example, on Win7 the VIA2021 chip from the Gigabyte Z77 UD3H has an extremely messed up non-linear curve in Volume Mixer:
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.86+ = 100% Volume Mixer(clipped).
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.85 = ~100% Volume Mixer.
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.75 = ~75% Volume Mixer.
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.60 = ~45% Volume Mixer.
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.50 = ~25% Volume Mixer.
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.25 = ~10% Volume Mixer.
Volume Sliders @ 100% + Source Level @ 0.15 = ~5% Volume Mixer.

The Realtek chip on my secondary P55 system has 1:1:1 scaling of Volume Sliders to Source Level to Volume Mixer on Win7.
Same with the Creative card I used on my previous WinXP/Win7 AMD 939 system.

[DragonQ]

I had assumed that the Volume Mixer worked similarly to Windows 7's and that adding support for it in Windows 8 would be unnecessary. I could be totally wrong though.

It could also be to do with drivers as you say - I think right now I'm using Windows' built-in drivers since there are no Windows 8 drivers for my motherboard at all (yet).

One interesting change in the handling of audio, which could be down to either Windows 8 or the generic driver, is that my headphones (plugged into the front line out socket) are now treated as a separate audio device, with their own master volume setting.

[IceFiend]

Is there any way to force MPC to auto resize all videos to a particular %? Like %100 Width and %130 height?

Edit:
There is!
View->video frame->keep aspect ratio" and then go to Play->Filters->ffdshow video decoder->resize & aspect tick "resize", go down to the aspect ratio section at the bottom and select "manual", then change 1.33 to whatever you want. 1.6 would be wider, 1.0 would be taller.

[Pulstar]

http://i49.tinypic.com/20fev7t.png

Have you tried fiddling with the P&S presets?

[Carpo]

where can we get official nightly builds? because the Official nightly builds by: XhmikosR - is just a blank page for me

[vBm]

where can we get official nightly builds? because the Official nightly builds by: XhmikosR - is just a blank page for me

It's always the same page. HERE -> http://xhmikosr.1f0.de/mpc-hc/

[Carpo]

Must be a chrome issue, works in IE10, but not FF, i will have to check the settings on the browsers - thanks :)

[v0lt]

Must be a chrome issue, works in IE10, but not FF, i will have to check the settings on the browsers - thanks :)
confirm.
works in IE9, but not FF10.

My builds (http://www.mediafire.com/?xfgh33iws56bh)

[tdoll]

Since I am using the official windows 8 version i get wrong colors with evr (custom) and madvr. By now I have now clue what could be wrong. Does anyone have an Idea or at least the same problem. When I switch to evr the colors are fine.

Everyting seems to be redish. White actually is pink. Red seems to be purple and so on.

In between I tried all the different renderers. The only ones that produce correct colors are:

Overlay
VMR 7 and
EVR

All other renderers produce wrong colors. Does anyone have an idea?


Thomas

[Taurus]

confirm.
works in IE9, but not FF10.

My builds (http://www.mediafire.com/?xfgh33iws56bh)
hmmh,works here..
IE, FF, Chrome, etc..

[aufkrawall]

Shouldn't it be possible with the latest madVR version to create thumbnails with the player?
With build 6174 it still aborts because "it couldn't seek single frames".

[cyberbeing]

With build 6174 it still aborts because "it couldn't seek single frames".

I get the "Cannot Frame Step" error when I attempt to create thumbnails with madVR 0.84.7, but only with MKV files apparently. Changing the decoder or splitter makes no difference.

[v0lt]

hmmh,works here..
IE, FF, Chrome, etc..
works in http://xhmikosr.1f0.de/mpc-hc/ ? :confused:

[ryrynz]

Works for me, Chrome 22/23 Firefox 17, IE9

[v0lt]

Crash when mixing DTS and some other audio formats (https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/ticket/2707)
The problem appeared after (b4c70f207264bdf9f56e45d08c5a0c4c8dc00db9) commit.
FFmpeg bugs :mad:

[LigH]

Works even in Opera 12. Your reason might be blocked JavaScripts? This site is very dynamic.

[kasper93]

I would rather try to disable JS, it will fallback to legacy mode and should work for everyone. Anyway if you have any poblems you should report it to h5ai developers and if they say that it's configuration/server fault then report it to XhmikosR's :)

[kutjong]

Anybody else having troubles with Catalyst 12.11 beta drivers and MPC-HC? After updating to these drivers the MPC-HC window is just black and does not render any video. Only way to get a picture is to use windowed VMR-7/9 or madVR.

My graphics card is a Radeon 7950 and I'm using Win 7 x64.

[kasper93]

Don't use beta drivers then. Noone will try to fix bug that may be just driver bug. Use WHQL drivers and tell us about any problems with them...

[Mercury_22]

Anybody else having troubles with Catalyst 12.11 beta drivers and MPC-HC? After updating to these drivers the MPC-HC window is just black and does not render any video. Only way to get a picture is to use windowed VMR-7/9 or madVR.

My graphics card is a Radeon 7950 and I'm using Win 7 x64.

Disable full/half "Floating point processing" and please report to AMD

[dansrfe]

This issue has existed for a while for me but I never raised an issue about this before. I actually don't know what it is attributed to. Either MPC-HC, madVR, or LAV Filters.

The issue is that when I have subtitles on (in windowed mode) and I drag the playing MPC-HC window across to my other monitor, the subtitles become horizontally stretched and I have to resize the window (just trigger a resize basically so even +- 1 pixel does it) to correct the subtitles width. This happens with SRT or SSA embedded in MKV files.

[Polcius]

Since I am using the official windows 8 version i get wrong colors with evr (custom) and madvr. By now I have now clue what could be wrong. Does anyone have an Idea or at least the same problem. When I switch to evr the colors are fine.

Everyting seems to be redish. White actually is pink. Red seems to be purple and so on.

In between I tried all the different renderers. The only ones that produce correct colors are:

Overlay
VMR 7 and
EVR

All other renderers produce wrong colors. Does anyone have an idea?


Thomas

Same here.

[Superb]

Same here.
Do you guys have the latest video card drivers available installed?

[Polcius]

Do you guys have the latest video card drivers available installed?

Yes... In my case I have an ATI HD4350; so I installed the 12.6 Legacy Driver.

[Skibicki]

It could also be to do with drivers as you say - I think right now I'm using Windows' built-in drivers since there are no Windows 8 drivers for my motherboard at all (yet).Have you tried updating the individual components? The motherboard support site will list the model of chip used. If it's a generic Realtek model then updating from the Realtek site is fine.

[betaking]

S.Chinese update
http://www.mediafire.com/?rw9vpwparktlcwa

[ikarad]

I have a problem with mpc-hc.

bugtrack: https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/ticket/2712

If I use vmr9-renderless or windowed, evr or evr custom, enterlaced (24fps entrerlaced to 30 fps) video play at 60fps.
If I use lav video, same problem.

If I use vmr7 or madvr, video play well at 30 fps as indacted by mpc-hc but 60 fps with fraps.

If I use mpc-hc + madvr ou without madvr + ffdshow video decoder same problem. If I use potplayer + ffdshow video decoder no problem

if I use madvr with plotplayer, there is no problem.

edit 2: there is no problem with internal decoder of potplayer and kmplayer. Video play at 30fps

My config:
nvidia 560gt with last driver
windows 7


evrcustom + mpc-hc (60 fps with fraps and 60 on mpc-hc statistic)
http://img15.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_780819evrcustom.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=780819evrcustom.jpg)

madvr+mpc-hc (60 fps with fraps and 30 on mpc-hc statistic)
http://img15.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_457226madvrinterlacedtelecinemovie.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=457226madvrinterlacedtelecinemovie.jpg)

kmplayer or plotplayer (30 fps with fraps and 30 on mpc-hc statistic)
http://img15.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_895976kmplayer.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=895976kmplayer.jpg)

vmr7 (30 fps with fraps and on mpc-hc statistic)
http://img15.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_193210vmr7wihtmpchc.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=193210vmr7wihtmpchc.jpg)

example:
http://www.mediafire.com/?75rcn9zo76oyoar

edit 3: I find how solve the problem with ffdshow used.
I must turn off set interlaced flag in output media type in output section of ffdshow.

If I turn off, video is at 24fps and not 48 fps

If I use mpc-only the problem still exist because there is no the same option.

[kasper93]

Yes... In my case I have an ATI HD4350; so I installed the 12.6 Legacy Driver.

Be sure that you are using this driver http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/catalystlegacywin8.aspx :) If so, you can report the problem to AMD...

FWIW You could try this driver http://forum.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=370452

[DragonQ]

Have you tried updating the individual components? The motherboard support site will list the model of chip used. If it's a generic Realtek model then updating from the Realtek site is fine.
Yeah when I first installed Windows 8 I looked for drivers but the only ones I could find were for Windows 7. Installing those broke audio completely so I reverted to generic Windows drivers. It's a SoundMAX 2000B.

[Snowknight26]

It's working as intended ikarad. It's supposed to play at 60fps if your GPU is doing IVTC.