dslibdvdnav - directshow wrapper of libdvdnav, a DVD navigator

[cb2000]

tbh it did no joke read this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146228&page=557

once again with this solution i get artifacting but with ffdshow video for dvd instead of it ...none

Do u means if it works with ffdshow, it will get artifacting. And if MS' with ffdshow none ?

[sexus]

yeah i guess you could put it that way aka this hack introduces artifacting no matter if you activate ffdshow video or not to handle dvd decoding since the hack overrides or messes with functions of decoders or something

simply put this hack is buggy at best it only introduces artifacting and why? just use ffdshow video to handle the dvd decoding without any artifacting ,stay away from this hack as its very unstable at best

once again select mpeg2 and libavcodec as decoder and checkmark the option that says dvd decoding in ffdshow video , then simply set it as prefer in mpchc and youre good to go ...till nevcairiel comes out with the official integration into lav filters so we can remove ffdshow video from the equation, peace

[dukey]

I don't think ffdshow does a flawless job with DVDs. Text overlay works fine, but not sure sub picture works. I couldn't get some of my menus to draw correctly when using it.

[cb2000]

yeah i guess you could put it that way aka this hack introduces artifacting no matter if you activate ffdshow video or not to handle dvd decoding since the hack overrides or messes with functions of decoders or something

simply put this hack is buggy at best it only introduces artifacting and why? just use ffdshow video to handle the dvd decoding without any artifacting ,stay away from this hack as its very unstable at best

once again select mpeg2 and libavcodec as decoder and checkmark the option that says dvd decoding in ffdshow video , then simply set it as prefer in mpchc and youre good to go ...till nevcairiel comes out with the official integration into lav filters so we can remove ffdshow video from the equation, peace

Would you please tell me the detail of the artifacting? So I can try to fix it.

[sexus]

well but million times better than this hack and im not exactly happy to have to admit this im not exactly an ffdshow video fan myself -.-' but it does the job till we get native dvd integration into lav as ive explained dukey -.-'

and about the artifacting theres not much to explain you get blocky artifacts on either the top or the middle of the screen using this hack perhaps trying it yourself to see what im talking about would be the best solution,peace

[commander1979]

Hi cb2000,

have you a testbuild for dslibbluray?

Greets
commander

[cb2000]

Hi cb2000,

have you a testbuild for dslibbluray?

Greets
commander

Not yet, bdj impletement is far from finished, the filter just begin to display video, no audio and subtitle yet.

[commander1979]

Not yet, bdj impletement is far from finished, the filter just begin to display video, no audio and subtitle yet.

Hi cb2000,

some new news for us? :)

Greets
commander

[JoeH]

Thanks for this program. Works great - hope it can be integrated natively somehow in MPC-HC / MadVR (or something comparable).

[cb2000]

Maybe someone would like to have a try on dslibbluray test build on sourceforge, although it is far from alpha state.

[Mercury_22]

Maybe someone would like to have a try on dslibbluray test build on sourceforge, although it is far from alpha state.

I can't register EVRMixer.dll on a clean Win 7 x64 (VM)
any other dll needed ? (but I can register dslibbluray.ax)

[mark0077]

Using version 0.2.4, I still have many dvd menus that don't behave very well, ie I hear no audio with any type of audio decoder. Playing back the pure vobs work fine so it doesn't look like any decoders fault. Is there still alot of work to do on the dvd navigator?

[Mercury_22]

Hurayyy!! We have an Open Source BD Navigator !:thanks:

I'm using LAVFilters instead of FFD and I didn't use "Win7DSFilterTweaker_4_8" cause I can register EVRMixer.dll only on a system with VS2010 and I don't want to mess up my main system and I was to lazy to find out what other dll or... I need to register EVRMixer.dll on a clean install so I can do the test in a VM
but I don't have any problem with codecs

So.... bugs:
1 Some BD are crashing: MVC++ runtime library
Assertion failed!
Line 57
Expresion: bLeak==FALSE
2. Some don't even start
3. I can navigate only with the Keyboard
Navigating with the mouse it's not working
4. In some menus I can't see where is the selection: e.g when changing from PLAY to Languages I can't see when Language is selected although pressing enter it's showing the available languages

But this is a great start :D :thanks:

P.S. I think you should open a new thread for dslibbluray

[Man4life]

Hi
thank you for your efforts, but i have a dvd that have the fbi warning can't be skipped or forwarded. can you fix that?

i have a wonderful idea , why don't you create a hack tool to use vlc plugins?
like (DVDnav & DVDread)

i really hope you consider this idea.

[Shinobu]

Hello.
I realy want to test your open dvd nav but the file DVDNavigatorPathHack.exe doesn't seems to do it's job.
I own 2 computer under win7 32bit and win7 64 bits and when i launch DVDNavigatorPathHack, i click "hack" then select the file "dslibdvdnav.ax" and i doesn't do anything, MPC steel use the classic qdvd.dll from microsoft.
Could you tell me witch registry key do i need to edit to use your dvd navigator instead of microsot one ?

Thanks a lot.

[JarrettH]

Has there been an development with dslibdvdnav this year?

[JarrettH]

For anyone still experiencing problems like artifacting, I'd recommend to keep using AnyDVD to fix those problems

[gloor13]

I seerm to have the same problem as Shinobu (post of 3rd July 2012). Replacing the qdvd.dll works fine with me. However, the "Hack" method doesn't work at all unless I am doing something wrong. This is what I am doing: I click "Hack", Explorer window opens, I point to dslibdvdnav.ax and then to "Open", the window closes - and that's it?

[dansrfe]

I seerm to have the same problem as Shinobu (post of 3rd July 2012). Replacing the qdvd.dll works fine with me. However, the "Hack" method doesn't work at all unless I am doing something wrong. This is what I am doing: I click "Hack", Explorer window opens, I point to dslibdvdnav.ax and then to "Open", the window closes - and that's it?

That should be it. To test if it worked properly you can rename the qdvd.dll that is in system32 or syswow64 (if you're on 64 bit Windows) to something else like old_qdvd.dll and play a DVD. If the DVD plays and you see DVD Navigator in the filter chain than it should be working. Basically, the hack program just changes the location of qdvd.dll in the registry so that any program that wants to use qdvd.dll simply gets pointed to dslibdvdnav.

[mindbomb]

am i doing something wrong, or does this dvdnavigator not support subtitles?

[dansrfe]

am i doing something wrong, or does this dvdnavigator not support subtitles?

dslibdvdnav should support subtitles just fine. Are you sure you have the subtitle on and on the right subtitle track?

[mindbomb]

yes, does the choice of video decoder matter?
I've noticed it doesnt work well with mpc's mpeg2 decoder, so I'm using the microsoft one.

edit:
okay, subs work with the arcsoft video decoder.
Video doesn't even work right with the mpc mpeg 2 decoder.
subs dont work with the microsoft decoder.
and lav video doesnt get used with this dvd navigator for some reason.

[dansrfe]

I'm using dslibdvdnav with the latest LAV Filters, MPC-HC, and madVR builds. It works flawlessly for me.

Make sure nothing else is in your filter chain that might be screwing with it. Not sure what else to recommend.

[mindbomb]

I'm using 0.2.4, are you using that version too?

I'm using the latest lav filters, and I can't get lav video to connect. Lav audio is used fine for the ac3.

[Blight]

just a small note, ZP v8.5 final adds support for this navigation filter.

[ricardofac]

It's doesnt work here with LAV Filters + madVR, I tried dslibdvdnav, I open the DVDNavigatorPatchHack.exe and then choose the dslibdvdnav.ax, ok, but nothing happens, the window closes and still I have problems with Macrovision Fail with any DVD. Can anyone help me?

I'm using Windows 7 x64.

[THEAST]

At people who still get the macrovision error after using the hack, make sure you're registering the 32-bit version of the DVD navigator if you're using MPC-HC x86 (madVR doesn't work with MPC-HC x64 so you're most probably using the x86 version anyway).

[ricardofac]

At people who still get the macrovision error after using the hack, make sure you're registering the 32-bit version of the DVD navigator if you're using MPC-HC x86 (madVR doesn't work with MPC-HC x64 so you're most probably using the x86 version anyway).

Nevertheless, the hack it still doesn't work here :/

[VenomousNinja]

MPC-BE x32,LAV filters, latest madVR + dslibdvdnav (used hack patch) works great on Win 7 x64. The only annoyance I get it that I have to click "PLAY movie" twice on most of DVD menus.

[the_weirdo]

MPC-BE x32,LAV filters, latest madVR + dslibdvdnav (used hack patch) works great on Win 7 x64. The only annoyance I get it that I have to click "PLAY movie" twice on most of DVD menus.

AFAIK, MPC-BE uses EVR for DVD playback even you select madVR as video renderer. Also, madVR doesn't (officially) support DVD playback yet.

[VenomousNinja]

No. MPC-HC BE has an option to use EVR for DVD. But if you untick it - it will use madVR. I watch DVD's on madVR for sure. I have done image comparison by taking screenshots of EVR-CP and madVR. MadVR has superior resizing algorithm vs Nvidia built in PureVision if enabled through CP (edge enh/noise reduction).

[the_weirdo]

No. MPC-HC BE has an option to use EVR for DVD. But if you untick it - it will use madVR.

Look like you're using a dev build of MPC-BE, which is not publicly released yet.

[VenomousNinja]

Look like you're using a dev build of MPC-BE, which is not publicly released yet.
Yes, you are right. :)

[dansrfe]

Guys, my current setup is latest beta of: LAV Filters, MPC-HC, and madVR. The "path hack" has a very straightforward installation method. If anyone is having trouble then list your specs and respective versions of everything in your filter chain and the player you're using. I'm pretty sure that this should work flawlessly on all systems since I have it working on two systems with identical filter chains and one of them has an ATI card and the other has an nvidia card.

[Mangix]

the path hack does not work under windows 8.

[6233638]

Has anyone figured out how to get DVDs working with LAV and madVR using Windows 8 at all? Preferably in MPC-HC.

[Mangix]

Nope. I really do recommend upgrading to Windows 7 though.

[6233638]

Nope. I really do recommend upgrading to Windows 7 though.Other than this not working, Windows 8 has been a good upgrade for me in a number of areas. (after killing Metro with Start8 (http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/))

[6233638]

OK, I've figured out what the problem was. Windows 8 locks down that registry key by default so that only "TrustedInstaller" can modify it.

By changing the permissions on the key, it enables the PathHack tool to work again.

Open Regedit, and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9B8C4620-2C1A-11D0-8493-00A02438AD48}\InprocServer32
Right-click on InprocServer32, and go to Permissions
Click on Advanced
At the top, change the owner from SYSTEM to your username.
Hit OK, and then give Administrators full control.
Change the owner back to SYSTEM.
Now you should be able to run DVDNavigatorPathHack.exe at any time to change between the system DVD Navigator (still broken with madVR as of this post) dslibdvdnav.ax, and the Windows XP qdvd.dll

[Blight]

Has anyone tried playing DVDs in ZP v8.5 on Win8 using dslibdvdnav and MadVR?
ZP doesn't require any hacks for this to work.

[dansrfe]

Well, madVR flawlessly supports DVD playback with the regular qdvd.dll file in Windows 7. I guess dslibdvdnav would be used just a replacement if you want to play around with it or perhaps work on it.

[6233638]

Well, madVR flawlessly supports DVD playback with the regular qdvd.dll file in Windows 7. I guess dslibdvdnav would be used just a replacement if you want to play around with it or perhaps work on it.Please post your setup, because in most configurations, DVD playback absolutely does not work with madVR unless you are using an alternate DVD Navigator.

It's good if ZoomPlayer has managed to figure out a way around this, but it is a paid player (not necessarily a bad thing) and I don't like the UI at all.

EDIT: Or it may have been fixed now in 0.84.4! :D

[corporalgator]

This doesn't work for me. I'm using latest madvr, latest lav and latest mpc-hc. When I play any dvd, it either drops a ton of frames if it isn't 24 fps or if it is 24 fps content, it either doesn't display or is ridiculously slow at playback with tons of stuttering. 1080p content plays flawlessly on my system without frame drops.

[Blight]

6233638:
ZP has a free version.
Send me a PM about the GUI, what don't you like?

[geser111]

Why do you need a file libdvdcss.dll, and can I do without it?

[Grimsdyke]

Does anyone maybe know why DVD's region code is still such an issue for directshow ? I believe this patch does not work any longer, right ?