RESOLVED Possible negative impact from 31.02 install?

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs (and all others)

To the best of my knowledge, I've neither installed or modified anything other than BD-RB v.31.02 in the last two days (I did NOT install the newer FFDShow - I have continued to use the first version I installed on April 1 with v.20.04).

That said, I've observed that since installing v.31.02 (and not before that), playback with Windows Media Player v.11.xxx of H.264/ac3 and H.264/(core) DTS MKV and M2TS files is now problematic. The video runs in slow motion and the audio sporadically breaks up.

All other formats tested (.MP4, .AVI, .WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2) playback properly. Additionally, the M2TS files play properly under PowerDVD.

This is on a system with Vista Home premium 64 bit.

Any ideas and/or suggestions, before I consider performing a system restore?

[Capsbackup]

I'm not sure how you install BD-RB, I just unzip and run from the folder, no installation needed. Only the supported programs install.
That said, how does MPC or MPC Home Theatre play back these files? I find these two options work quite well with .m2ts/.ts files.
I'm not a big Media Player fan, but I will give it a try and let you know how Microsoft's version works for me.

[setarip_old]

@Capsbackuphow does MPC or MPC Home Theatre play back these files?I've never had either installed, as Windows Media Player has previously always played these files without problems.

Thanks for the offer to play on WMP. Keep in mind that if you try either MKV or .M2TS with VC-1 video, you'll have to temporarily change the ffdshow setting to WMV9...

BTW - By "install" I meant the same procedure you've described ;>}

[Capsbackup]

Just tried VC1 and MPEG-4 AVC, both .m2ts files with Media Player 11, and both played back just fine. I don't really use .MKV, except for when I see this intermediate file from BD-RB, and I think it does not have any audio. I can try to play a .MKV on my next full backup of BD-RB, but I think you have what you were looking for. :(
It might just be a codec problem, either ffdshow trying to sneak in on Microsofts own. Maybe just try to reinstall Media Player 11 before you get drastic. :)

[setarip_old]

@Capsbackup

Thanks for testing those two ;>}

Perhaps someone else will notice the same problem and share info with me.

[jdobbs]

@jdobbs (and all others)

To the best of my knowledge, I've neither installed or modified anything other than BD-RB v.31.02 in the last two days (I did NOT install the newer FFDShow - I have continued to use the first version I installed on April 1 with v.20.04).

That said, I've observed that since installing v.31.02 (and not before that), playback with Windows Media Player v.11.xxx of H.264/ac3 and H.264/(core) DTS MKV and M2TS files is now problematic. The video runs in slow motion and the audio sporadically breaks up.

All other formats tested (.MP4, .AVI, .WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2) playback properly. Additionally, the M2TS files play properly under PowerDVD.

This is on a system with Vista Home premium 64 bit.

Any ideas and/or suggestions, before I consider performing a system restore? BD-RB doesn't change anything in your configuration when running on Vista -- it's definitely something else.

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs

Thank you for the prompt and definitive response - and now the game is afoot ;>}

[setarip_old]

After reading the following news at the Doom9 homepage, I just have to ask:DVD Rebuilder 0.31.02 no longer uses ffms2.dll as backup for ffdshow, has some checks for required software prior to encoding, configures ffdshow as the preferred codec for DirectShow and uses the latest release of x264.Could the red highlighted info in any way affect the behavior or codec selections of Windows Media Player 11?

[jdobbs]

After reading the following news at the Doom9 homepage, I just have to ask:Could the red highlighted info in any way affect the behavior or codec selections of Windows Media Player 11? No. All that means is that now when BD-RB starts up, it looks to see if FFDSHOW, AVISYNTH, and HAALI are installed. If not, you will get an error message and BD-RB exits. If you are using Windows 7, it configures them (because the FFDSHOW install doesn't set itself as "preferred"). If you aren't using Windows 7 it is assumed FFDSHOW is already configured the way you want it (I probably should have stated it more clearly).

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs

Thanks for clarifying ;>}

[setarip_old]

The anomalous behavior was resolved by changing the FFDShow VC-1 setting to "Disabled".

I guess it affects more than just VC-1 playback under Windows Media Player 11...