billqs
6th March 2008, 15:20
Hi!
I put this in software players because it's only on MPC and MPC-HC that I have this problem.
I backed up my copy of Aeon Flux and re-encoded it from VC-1 (which it was on the disc) to h.264 to save space on my HTPC. I used Level 4.1 with 4 reference frames, 3 B frames and no B pyramids so that it would be compliant with the UVD engine on my ATI HD3650. I set the average bitrate at 8000 and was able to compress it to 5.2Gig with no noticable loss of quality using MeGUI, HD-DVD profile.
When playing the resultant file back in MPC or MPC HC the file would freeze at 1:09 in the movie. This happened whether I used the new MPC-HC Video Decoder that can make use of UVD, or the software decoding version of that program. I also got the same results using Core AVC and Cyberlink's Decoder.
I tried the same file in Windows Media Player and in KM Player using each of the above codecs (except the MPC Decoder) and the video did not freeze at all.
I did another re-encode using the PS3 profile in MeGui with the same parameters as above. This time the movie stuck at 1:10 in MPC and MPC-HC. I looked at statistics and the buffer had gone down to zero. This file, also played fine on WMP and KM Player.
Is there a buffer setting that this file is tripping? Or is there a way I can adjust a setting to end the freezing? I've had success playing other HD encodes on MPC-HC and I absolutely love it and don't want to abandon it.
Thanks!
I put this in software players because it's only on MPC and MPC-HC that I have this problem.
I backed up my copy of Aeon Flux and re-encoded it from VC-1 (which it was on the disc) to h.264 to save space on my HTPC. I used Level 4.1 with 4 reference frames, 3 B frames and no B pyramids so that it would be compliant with the UVD engine on my ATI HD3650. I set the average bitrate at 8000 and was able to compress it to 5.2Gig with no noticable loss of quality using MeGUI, HD-DVD profile.
When playing the resultant file back in MPC or MPC HC the file would freeze at 1:09 in the movie. This happened whether I used the new MPC-HC Video Decoder that can make use of UVD, or the software decoding version of that program. I also got the same results using Core AVC and Cyberlink's Decoder.
I tried the same file in Windows Media Player and in KM Player using each of the above codecs (except the MPC Decoder) and the video did not freeze at all.
I did another re-encode using the PS3 profile in MeGui with the same parameters as above. This time the movie stuck at 1:10 in MPC and MPC-HC. I looked at statistics and the buffer had gone down to zero. This file, also played fine on WMP and KM Player.
Is there a buffer setting that this file is tripping? Or is there a way I can adjust a setting to end the freezing? I've had success playing other HD encodes on MPC-HC and I absolutely love it and don't want to abandon it.
Thanks!