Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) - v1.7.13

[Stereodude]

i just did a clean install of 1.7.2, and I believe I'm having the issue that stereodude is having. Which is that internal lav splitter is selecting the subtitle track with the lowest track ID rather than nothing when there is no default track in an mkv.It also affects blu-ray disc playback, not just mkv. Again, the external filter works correctly there as well where the internal one does not.

[Stereodude]

I believe this issue is related to the "auto-load subtitles" option, as the problem goes away with external subtitle renderers.You're correct. Unchecking that box causes the internal filter to behave identical to the external one.

[kasper93]

@mindbomb, Stereodude: I know where is the problem and will fix that tomorrow.

> I believe this issue is related to the "auto-load subtitles" option, as the problem goes away with external subtitle renderers.
This way you disable ISR... which is not good idea. And it's not directly connected with this...

[Stereodude]

@mindbomb, Stereodude: I know where is the problem and will fix that tomorrow.Okay, I look forward to the fix.

[Thingol]

I can't find a keyboard shortcut for adjusting subtitle position. Is there any?

[hello_hello]

Could someone please explain how to save and load pixel shader presets using MPC-HC 1.7.2. I don't seem to be able to get it to do anything (XP SP3) and having to go into MPC-HC's options to add or remove a pixel shader from the list in order to use one, or not, is a huge step backwards from simply being able to right click and enable/disable them that way.... so I assume I'm just not able to get the pixel shader preset function to work as it should.

Next to the area where pixel shaders are added to lists (the "pre" or "post" pixel shader lists) there's three small "boxes" which can be clicked on. I discovered through a little trial and error they're actually up and down arrows (for re-ordering the pixels shaders) while the third one is for removing a pixel shader from the list, however for me there's nothing to indicate their function (no arrows or an "X" etc) they're just three blank "boxes" you can click on.

For the record... I'd like to be able to convert BT.709 to BT.601 using a pixel shader nice and easily for a couple of reasons....

The Windows renderers (or wherever the colorimetry choice is made in the playback chain) make the choice based on resolution, and due to the "odd" formula used, they don't always get it right. I sometimes wonder why it's not considered to be a major problem, instead of something which seems to have gone mostly unnoticed, but a "720p" encode with a resolution such as 120x544 will display using BT.601 every time. The BT.601 to BT.709 pixel shader will correct that.

Most SD encodes taken from HD sources weren't color converted while encoding, so they need to be color corrected on playback. I've worked out how to modify the BT.601 to BT.709 pixel shader so it actually works when I'm likely to need it.... when viewing SD video. By default it only works for HD video, due to it's original function being the correcting of colors caused by video card driver problems which haven't existed for years. Why it's limited to correcting a problem which no longer exists, I don't know. The latest version of MPC-HC, which uses hlsl files for pixel shaders, finally makes it nice and easy to change the name of the pixel shader to indicate it's actual function. "BT.709 to BT.601".

Somewhere, sometime, someone noticed certain video card drivers were, under particular circumstances, causing the wrong colorimetry to be used, and a pixel shader was created to correct it, but when the resolution results in the wrong colorimetry all the time......

[Snowknight26]

Could someone please explain how to save and load pixel shader presets using MPC-HC 1.7.2.

http://stfcc.org/pics/i/20096420bbe6120bcd3e87d717771905_th.png (http://stfcc.org/pics/i/20096420bbe6120bcd3e87d717771905.png)
(Your list will actually show shaders, disregard the empty box.)

It should be pretty self-explanatory. Just add the shaders you want to the appropriate list (pre- or post-resize) and save it as a preset. Then, for convenience, assign a key to 'Next Shader Preset' or 'Prev Shader Preset' to cycle between your presets.

[hello_hello]

It should be pretty self-explanatory. Just add the shaders you want to the appropriate list (pre- or post-resize) and save it as a preset. Then, for convenience, assign a key to 'Next Shader Preset' or 'Prev Shader Preset' to cycle between your presets.

Thanks for the reply.
I guess it was me being dumb. As the shader preset dropdown box is a dropdown box, I didn't expect to be typing anything in it so the load, save a delete buttons remained greyed out. Once I typed something in the drop down box......
Now I get it, it's much better than the old system.

No up/down arrows next to the area for adding pixel shaders though (as per your screenshot). Just little boxes (XP SP3).
I can't believe it's 2014 and this forum still forces you to upload images to a third party site.

http://i62.tinypic.com/2r7pw76.gif

PS Thanks for the continued work on MPC-HC. I couldn't imagine life without it!

[hello_hello]

It's no big deal, but out of curiosity, why does version 1.7.2 go in and out of fullscreen mode the way it does? It's hard to explain, but....
It's kind of like it "bounces" out of fullscreen mode, like the picture downscales, followed by the MPC-HC window which seems like it's playing "catchup". Previous versions seemed to go in an out of fullscreen mode much more smoothly.
As I said, it's no big deal.... I'm just curious as to why the new version is different.

[Dstruct]

It's no big deal, but out of curiosity, why does version 1.7.2 go in and out of fullscreen mode the way it does? It's hard to explain, but....
It's kind of like it "bounces" out of fullscreen mode, like the picture downscales, followed by the MPC-HC window which seems like it's playing "catchup". Previous versions seemed to go in an out of fullscreen mode much more smoothly.
As I said, it's no big deal.... I'm just curious as to why the new version is different.

Yeah I notice the same thing.

Going from window to fullscreen (and back) seems (looks like) to be slower than in 1.7.1.

Windows XP SP3, VMR 9 renderless, Nvidia Geforce GTS450

Bugtracker: https://trac.mpc-hc.org/ticket/4004

[AndreaMG]

Hi, I'm using latest MPCHC with LAV filters built inside. While watching my BD of "Fringe" if in MPCHC I click "navigate/jump to" it shows the chapters (TV episodes in my case) ordered by descending length, some episodes though are missing... I'm only able to play those by going under "BDMW/PLAYLIST" and manually selecting the "mpls" files. Why is that? Thanks

[kasper93]

Which season? It will be hard to tell without files to test :)

[AndreaMG]

It's Season 2 Disc 3 Thanks :)

[hello_hello]

Yeah I notice the same thing.
Bugtracker: https://trac.mpc-hc.org/ticket/4004

I added a comment to your bug report with some more (related, I assume) info.

[kasper93]

@AndreaMG: For some reason MPC-HC have filter which doesn't include playlist shorter than 3 minutes. I think this limit is little too high

[nevcairiel]

No actual episode would be less then 3 minutes.

[kasper93]

> No actual episode would be less then 3 minutes.

Right, but I see that we filter out some bonus content.

And I was wrong obviously ;0 One full episode is indeed missing.

[AndreaMG]

Thanks for looking into this. Actually it misses two whole episodes (the n. "00072" and "00075"). Now I have to go back to all previous discs to look at potential unwatched episodes!!!!!!!! :D:eek:. A suggestion if I may: most of the times TV episodes in BD are labelled with progressive numbers (in this case "00071" is the first episode of the disc, "00072" is the second one and so on), can you please add a function to organize the playlist also alphabetically? I'm asking this because otherwise I have to manually select them in the right order and in the past I accidentally watched an episode which wasn't the right one :D. Thanks again

[kasper93]

I don't have much time right now, but I will improve playlist parsing in a week or two. And hopefully all problems will be gone.

most of the times TV episodes in BD are labelled with progressive numbers

This is not entirely true. I have Dexter BDs and it is random . Though it has one playlist with all episodes in one piece, which helps :)

[vBm]

This release is a bugfix release, fixing 2 annoying regressions in 1.7.2.

Highlights of this release:


Fix some issues with the subtitle renderer that could lead to incorrectly displayed subtitles
Fix DVD Favorites
New Galician and Vietnamese translations


See here (http://mpc-hc.org/2014/01/26/1.7.2-released/) for v1.7.2 release notes. You can download the new version here (http://mpc-hc.org/downloads/). For the complete changes see the changelog (http://mpc-hc.org/changelog/).

[LigH]

@ AndreaMG:

1.918 x 1.079 pixels. Respect. But next time, instead of "blowing my monitor apart", please read about the "dir" command of cmd.exe and the ">" redirection into a text file, which could have been posted in a "CODE" bbCode block. Saves precious bandwidth. :rolleyes:
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@ vBm:

See here (http://www.mpc-hc.org/2014/02/02/1.7.3-released/) for v1.7.3 release notes. ;)

[AndreaMG]

I don't have much time right now, but I will improve playlist parsing in a week or two. And hopefully all problems will be gone.
Thanks :)

[Stereodude]

This release is a bugfix release, fixing 2 annoying regressions in 1.7.2.

Highlights of this release:


Fix some issues with the subtitle renderer that could lead to incorrectly displayed subtitles
Fix DVD Favorites
New Galician and Vietnamese translations
I see the subtitle fix kasper93 mentioned here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1664768#post1664768) is not in this release since it has the same bad behavior regarding unnecessarily selecting subtitles that the previous versions did. :(

[vBm]

@ vBm:

See here (http://www.mpc-hc.org/2014/02/02/1.7.3-released/) for v1.7.3 release notes. ;)

I've posted correct link because we released .3 very soon after .2 ;)

I see the subtitle fix kasper93 mentioned here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1664768#post1664768) is not in this release since it has the same bad behavior regarding unnecessarily selecting subtitles that the previous versions did. :(
It's not yet in master branch.
But I guess it'll be pushed very soon and it'll end up in nightlies untill next release.

[filler56789]

http://nightly.mpc-hc.org/log.1.7.3.10.log

Signing "mpcresources.zh_TW.dll"...
Done Adding Additional Store
SignTool Error: An error occurred while attempting to sign: mpcresources.zh_TW.dll

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[ERROR] Problem signing mpcresources.zh_TW.dll
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Moving the old files...
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> Moved MPC-HC.1.7.3.7.x64.pdb.7z to /old/1.7.3.7/
> Moved MPC-HC_standalone_filters.1.7.3.7.x64.7z to /old/1.7.3.7/
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> Moved MPC-HC.1.7.3.7.x86.pdb.7z to /old/1.7.3.7/
> Moved MPC-HC_standalone_filters.1.7.3.7.x86.7z to /old/1.7.3.7/

Uploading the new build...
> Couldn't upload MPC-HC.1.7.3.10.x64.7z...
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[Stereodude]

Feature request:

How about an optional feature to insert black frames with silence as a pre-roll for video clip? Something to get a the render going so the dropped frames at the begining happen in the black pre-roll instead of at the start of the video clip? The frame rate and resolution used would come from the source stream.

[JanWillem32]

That's indeed a useful function. I already implemented it in the experimental renderer set. You actually only need a pre-roll of one frame and a flush (which usually lasts for several screen refreshes) before starting the playback timers.
Note that the inserted frame doesn't have to be black. (I programmed it to use the user-defined background color.)
Because seamless playback is important as well, the function detects if compatible streams are switching. In such a case, the renderer just switches, with no reset nor a pre-roll and flush. (If the new stream is incompatible, e.g. different resolutions, the renderer does have to reset quite a lot of its internal components.) Though I must say, none of the external mixers (EVR, VMR-9, RealMedia, QuickTime) are very cooperative in terms of seamless playback. They are all slow when re-initializing.

[wanezhiling]

http://url.cn/QnATWz
Load the subtitle, MPC-HC.1.7.3.13 crashes..

[vBm]

http://url.cn/QnATWz
Load the subtitle, MPC-HC.1.7.3.13 crashes..

#4025 (https://trac.mpc-hc.org/ticket/4025) will be fixed tonight.

[Stereodude]

How about WASAPI support in MPC-HC?

[wanezhiling]

http://i.imgur.com/0n2DJre.png

[Stereodude]

Your point? WASAPI would be a useful feature, which is why I requested it. The fact that the renderer is currently broken doesn't change the usefulness of WASAPI.

[wanezhiling]

You could try MPC-BE whose WASAPI is implemented well.:)

[nuhkka]

did they get rid of left click to pause video option?

i can't pause videos by clicking on the video anymore..

[jkauff]

did they get rid of left click to pause video option?

i can't pause videos by clicking on the video anymore..
Still works for me in the latest nightly. What version are you using?

[vood007]

Mouse Play/Pause only works if titlebar is enabled. When off, mouse moves window.

[JarrettH]

How about WASAPI support in MPC-HC?

That would be great, but easier said than done I guess. I'm not sure if this has to do with DirectSound, but my USB DAC does not detect the input sample as it does with WASAPI and JRiver (still lit up for 44.1khz for a 48khz audio track)

[mindbomb]

yea, that's from directsound. sample rate, bit depth, and number of channels is standardized.

[Stereodude]

That would be great, but easier said than done I guess. I'm not sure if this has to do with DirectSound, but my USB DAC does not detect the input sample as it does with WASAPI and JRiver (still lit up for 44.1khz for a 48khz audio track)Well, I didn't look at the specific open source licenses used on each, but it seem like the MPC-HC devs could see how MPC-BE does it and perhaps re-use their code (if the open source licenses between the two are compatible).

[kasper93]

I recommend using Reclock as audio renderer it support WASAPI and works very well. Of course you can lock reclock on original speed so that it's ordinary audio renderer :)

[Stereodude]

I recommend using Reclock as audio renderer it support WASAPI and works very well. Of course you can lock reclock on original speed so that it's ordinary audio renderer :)Can I bitstream the various compressed audio formats over HDMI while using Reclock as the audio renderer for PCM or do I have to change settibgs depending on what I'm playing?

[vood007]

I notice some random 100% GPU usage with latest nightly 1.7.3.20.x86.
1.7.3.16 is fine.

edit:
1.7.3.21 looks like its fixed

[nuhkka]

Still works for me in the latest nightly. What version are you using?

the latest stable 32bit

Mouse Play/Pause only works if titlebar is enabled. When off, mouse moves window.

is this something new? i don't really like having the title bar or other menus on my mpc-hc.

i did press ctrl+0 to re-enable those menus and the press to pause did start working again, but i don't want those frames around my videos :( . i like my mpc-hc to look like this:

http://i.imgur.com/3DWvdji.jpg

though i do wish they would move the 'Playing [H/W] and time status to the controls bar above.

[MokrySedeS]

Go to Options --> Player --> Keys
Find "Play/Pause" in "Command" column and set the "Mouse Windowed" column to "Left Up"

[nuhkka]

that worked thnx

[Anime Viewer]

I'm trying to configure MPC-HC to play my blu-ray discs since I have a blu-ray drive built into my notebook. When I try to launch a blu-ray disc from MPC (file -> Open disc, or Open DVD/BD all I get is the progress bar (with it at the end) and a paused state. Are there any filters that I should have installed in order to play said blu-ray discs? I have MPC-HC stripped down to the following:

Playback - Output - DirectShow Video:
madVR

Internal Filters - Source Filters:
CDDA (Audio CD)
CDXA (VCD/SVCD/XCD)
DirectShow Media
DVD Video Title Set
RAR

(no transform filters)

External Filters:
LAV Audio Decoder
LAV Video Decoder
LAV Splitter

I appreciate any help.

[nevcairiel]

Only decrypted discs are supported, so you need to run a software like AnyDVD HD to decrypt the discs.

[Vincent Vega]

i have disabled "hide on fullscreen" option still i cant get playlist to stay open more than 2 sec in fullscreen.

MPC-HC
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Build information:
Version: 1.7.3 (cb22afa)
Compiler: MSVC 2013 (SSE)
Build date: Feb 2 2014 17:50:05

LAV Filters:
LAV Splitter: 0.60.1.5
LAV Video: 0.60.1.5
LAV Audio: 0.60.1.5
FFmpeg compiler: MinGW-w64 GCC 4.8.2

Operating system:
Name: Windows NT 5.1 (build 2600, Service Pack 3)
Version: 5.1

P.S. and there's more, i have to hit keyboard shortcut key twice to make playlist appear in fullscreen

[andybaby]

It's the very first time I have Audio Problems with MPC HC. Audio is a rare 3-Channel DTS-Ma Track (Blu-Ray Nebraska). I only hear l/r, no Center. I listen on the Computer with an Headphone or Stereo Speakers. I never had a missing Center with 5.1 Audio Files. A Film with no Dialog at al is strange to follow. :)

[nevcairiel]

It's the very first time I have Audio Problems with MPC HC. Audio is a rare 3-Channel DTS-Ma Track (Blu-Ray Nebraska). I only hear l/r, no Center. I listen on the Computer with an Headphone or Stereo Speakers. I never had a missing Center with 5.1 Audio Files. A Film with no Dialog at al is strange to follow. :)

You may need to configure MPC-HC to downmix to stereo, the Windows mixer which usually does the downmix if MPC-HC doesn't is a bit funky with unusual channel configurations.