New release of Media Player 6.4 [Archive] - Page 32

CiTay

14th February 2004, 03:27

Originally posted by Ryokurin
that did it. Now I feel extra dumb as i've been looking forever and never saw that. thanks...

;)

I have a feature suggestion: Ability to enter custom aspect ratios, or change aspect ratio in 0.01 steps. Right now the steps are too far apart to get a 100% correct aspect ratio on some movies with wrong aspect ratio. For example, i can't set it exactly to 2.35 for one movie: The closest i can get is 2.32 and 2.36. :p

Shernand

14th February 2004, 05:32

Gabest,
Could it be possible to add a "totally disable mouse at fullscreen" due that sometimes (even when i don't move the mouse) i see the mouse pointer while i'm watching a video at fullscreen (and nobody likes that for sure ;))

Thanks in advance for your great player ;)

-- Shernand

14th February 2004, 10:52

Originally posted by sillKotscha
@mf
- an option as it is in zoomplayer... I think it's called "player thread priority" or something. You can set ZP above normal usage and it will load within a reasonable time.

this was my question to gabest a long time ago... I can't remeber/ find his answer but he'll surely help out a second time ;)
Well this is a different story. The playback thread runs at normal priority, so I never have any stutters or glitches. It's just when opening a file it takes ages to load with a CPU-hogging background process.

Zarxrax

15th February 2004, 08:09

Originally posted by mf
Well this is a different story. The playback thread runs at normal priority, so I never have any stutters or glitches. It's just when opening a file it takes ages to load with a CPU-hogging background process.

I think a process priority setting for playback would be a wonderful addition. Sometimes I browse the net while watching videos, and the video will stutter due to the browser.

Liisachan

15th February 2004, 09:25

Originally posted by Zarxrax
I think a process priority setting for playback would be a wonderful addition. Sometimes I browse the net while watching videos, and the video will stutter due to the browser. I second it :) Actually, I usually use Task Manager after launching MPC to set its priority higher by 1 than normal. On my old computer (850Mhz CPU) I need to do so to play a vid smoothly with MPC. Altho, I know there s nothing wrong with MPC about this and I just sould buy a new computer...^^;

Kast

15th February 2004, 23:13

First time in this thread. Just wanna say a huge thanks to Gabest for the best media player ever.

Liisachan

15th February 2004, 23:48

libdts! so soon! :D
Thank you for 6478 & good-bye windvd (?)

Well, I still need InterVideo's and/or CybeLink's DTS Decoders for other DS Players and other purposes. But this, too, works thanks to your AVI <-> AC3/DTS Filter & DTS/AC3 Source filter... so let me thank you again _ _

Umm, but I must say CyberLink Audio decoder is more excellent atm (maybe naturally since libdts is still v0.0.1), tho GPL'ed free DTS decoder is truely promising and exciting...

theoneyouknowleast

16th February 2004, 06:31

I have been expermenting with keyframe insertion in xvid using zones, so seeking in chapters is quick.

When I playback an .ogm in WMP6.4 or MPC using OggDS it works fine. When I use the built-in OGG filter in MPC the seeking is slow, like when you seek inbetween keyframes.

Is there an advantage to using the MPC filter, or should I just stick to using OggDS 0.9.5.5 from Tobias ?

This happens in 6.4.7.5 and 6.4.7.7

16th February 2004, 10:08

kilg0r3

16th February 2004, 11:16

Isn't there a possibility to assign a default priority to applications via the registry. I remember that 'Another Taskmanager' could do this for win9x.

Wedgedkc

17th February 2004, 00:29

Do I have to do anything specific to be able to play dts files? I downloaded a test file from here: http://www.sr.se/laddahem/MultiKanal/Dts/SURROUNDTEST_011212.zip but all I get is static and under filters when playing only the wave parser is visible. Any ideas?

Liisachan

17th February 2004, 04:41

Originally posted by Wedgedkc
Do I have to do anything specific to be able to play dts files? I downloaded a test file from here: http://www.sr.se/laddahem/MultiKanal/Dts/SURROUNDTEST_011212.zip but all I get is static and under filters when playing only the wave parser is visible. Any ideas? That file is not a normal DTS but a DTS-WAV, but you can convert it into a normal DTS this way:
(1) Change your file's original extension, .wav, into .dts (like SURROUNDTEST_011212.dts )
(2) Get DTSParser10.exe here: http://hypercubemx.free.fr/html/download1.html
(3) Run (2) , check "Rebuild Stream" checkbox and open (1) by clicking [DTS File...]
(4) You'll get a new file named *.fixed.dts (like SURROUNDTEST_011212.dts.fixed.dts). It will be a normal DTS, which MPC should play too :)

As a side note, VLC (using the same lib) can open a DTS-WAV file with the extension .wav directly. So maybe there is a way to do the same with MPC, but I'm not sure.

Rash

17th February 2004, 05:06

Gabest, maybe you should know that. MPC and MatroskaSplitter is not using Matroska default track flag information (so that they never set the default track when the video starts playing).

It really isn't that much important. Just a note. ;)

Longinus

17th February 2004, 06:06

Oh now Gabest, what have you done??
With 6.4.7.8, you crossed the 1mb barrier!! =D
I have been speculating when would this happen... And with all the stuff MPC have, I'm surprised that this didn't happen before. Even UPX-compressed, this is a VERY small, almost stand-alone, media player.

Again, nice work.

chros

17th February 2004, 10:29

In 6.4.7.8 with the built-in AC3 filter one time the playback didn't started ... With the opensource AC3filter 0.70 it works fine ...

I can't upload the whole avi ...

Edited: (I must erase the name of the file ...)

Wedgedkc

17th February 2004, 12:46

Originally posted by Liisachan
That file is not a normal DTS but a DTS-WAV, but you can convert it into a normal DTS this way: ...
Thanks for the tip! Does this work for you with the file I posted? When I try with the .fixed.dts file mplayerc crashes... (S/PDIF output)

gabest

17th February 2004, 19:06

Wedgedkc: This file has an unusually big frame size (would be impossible on a dvd), it simply overruns the buffer I use for the spdif output. But decoding it doesn't crash :)

chros: I'm going try dling it, but it would be faster if you could upload the beginning of the file at least.

Longinus: Well, libdts has a few large lookup tables... :) Next barrier to break: size of a floppy!

Rash: Until there's no standard way of doing it, I'm not going to create little shortcuts here and there. The splitter should be able to transfer these properties of the streams to the filter needing it.

theoneyouknowleast: Unless you seek right on keyframes, you are really seeking inbetween them. Could you tell me more about this "keyframe insertion in xvid using zones"?

Liisachan: I haven't listened to too many dts files yet, do you mean there is a hearable quality difference between libdts and other decoders? In the TODO file I read that a few extensions aren't handled yet, maybe that is the reason.

Shernand: Sorry, but I'd not like to add more options which aren't really needed. I also have such an optical mouse which cannot stay at one place and have to push it sometimes to cure its parkinson's syndrome. The best solution is to get used to leaving the pointer at the right side of the screen :)

iradic: Does vmr9 show up at menu/play/filters after loading a video? If not that usually means the video card was missing some features to support it and mpc loaded the default renderer.

CiTay

17th February 2004, 19:32

What about the possibility to add custom aspect ratios by hand, or define a few and put it into the right-click menu? Like 1.33:1, 1.66:1, 1.78:1, 1.85:1, 2.35:1. Just by using the number keys on the right, you can't always get the correct aspect ratio.

iradic

17th February 2004, 22:42

gabest: Does vmr9 show up at menu/play/filters after loading a video? If not that usually means the video card was missing some features to support it and mpc loaded the default renderer.

Yes it shows "Video Mixing Renderer 9" - but only when I, in options menu, override vmr9 as prefered - ... (video card is tnt2 m64 - is this a problem maybe?)

gabest

17th February 2004, 23:16

Renderers shouldn't be forced into the graph like that :) You inserted it in the standard "windowed" mode that way, but without letting other autoloading transform filters to load before it (not that it was important now). Loading subtitles gets enabled only when the vmr is operating in the "renderless" mode, and for that the player has to configure it first. This process can fail somewhere, maybe a surface or texture of a kind cannot be allocated at some place with a tnt.

iradic

18th February 2004, 01:28

Well it seems my system ...

Question: How to remove all registry entries of mpc, so when I unzip new version I get default values in mpc?
Thanks

Backwoods

18th February 2004, 06:15

Is it possible to have Save As JPEG also? I know the BMP feature is new (and a great timesaver) but a JPG option would be nice also.

One thing I have noticed with the BMP saving, if you rename the file in the window, the extension doesn't save. You have to manually type in .BMP. Small thing really, just letting you know.

Laffer

18th February 2004, 11:24

Gabest: Is there any possibility you can add a video/audio crossfade option? I am desperate for this type of functionality! As I play a lot of music promo videos.

I also take it that MPC handles multi monitor setups ok (I can tell MPC to output on monitor 3, full screen for example)?

See http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70903 for more info.

thx,

Laffer.

CruNcher

19th February 2004, 04:43

Gabest looks like in 6.4.7.8 the Save Image feature has a Bug its only saving one picture if MPC is closed and reopened the Save Image doesn't work anymore can you look into it ?

Backwoods

19th February 2004, 04:44

Originally posted by CruNcher
Gabest looks like in 6.4.7.8 the Save Image feature has a Bug its only saving one picture if MPC is closed and reopened the Save Image doesn't work anymore can you look into it ?

I haven't experienced that. What exactly are you doing?

Liisachan

19th February 2004, 07:35

Originally posted by Wedgedkc
Thanks for the tip! Does this work for you with the file I posted? When I try with the .fixed.dts file mplayerc crashes... (S/PDIF output) Yep, it worked, but not S/PDIF. I simply used "decode to speakers: stereo"...

Originally posted by gabest
Liisachan: I haven't listened to too many dts files yet, do you mean there is a hearable quality difference between libdts and other decoders? In the TODO file I read that a few extensions aren't handled yet, maybe that is the reason. Well, altho DSPGuru said (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70657) "i read and tested the code. very nice! (but incomplete..)" the decoder is probably near-complete if you say so.
What I meant was not decoders, but postprocessing, especially in downmixig, such as *Dolby Headphone and TruSurroundXT in CyberLink. I don't see many downmixing options in libdts, but probably libdts will be ok for 6-ch output.

MarkCoolio

19th February 2004, 11:35

@Gabest:

There seems to be a RealVideo bug with MPC since version 6.4.7.6 (6.4.7.5) is the latest one working.

Please look into this forum:

http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=93400

In the "Codec Pack Development/Real Alternative" thread you will see what people reported.

Thanks a lot

Stux

19th February 2004, 16:19

Is there anyway to configure MPC so that it *doesn't* start playing automatically when you open a file?

Thanks

Stux

19th February 2004, 16:48

Originally posted by Stux
Is there anyway to configure MPC so that it *doesn't* start playing automatically when you open a file?

I found I could do it by specifying the file as an argument with /open

ie

'"path" /open'

I'd still like to know of a quick GUI alternative though :)

iradic

19th February 2004, 19:11

Somehow now it works with wmr9 without forcing it... but there is no picture now (but subs are there :) )... is there a solution to this or I need to reinstall windows :) ...

Thanks...

AgeOfPanic

19th February 2004, 23:56

@ Gabest:
I read about the libdts project on their site. They stated there that it being an experiment, the sound quality could be less than with other (professional) codecs. I always use my receiver to decode the DTS stream. Can the quality also be worse when you select S/PDIF in MPC with the build-in decoder?

gabest

20th February 2004, 01:03

iradic: Isn't your desktop in 16bpp mode? To reset mpc's settings, delete hkcu\software\gabest\media player classic from the registry.

Backwoods: Saving jpeg will be available in the next version, it's not fully ready yet, but almost :) Going to fix the file extension prob too.

Laffer: With dshow it is next to impossible. Fullscreen to a single monitor works if they are separate desktops.

CruNcher: Could you describe which steps you do exactly? Which way you save the images, through the menu or with f5?

MarkCoolio: Hm, which bug do you mean?

AgeOfPanic: No, S/PDIF cannot be affected. But as you can read about one page earlier, some "not ripped from a dvd" dts files can crash mpc currently.

Loopback

20th February 2004, 02:27

@ Gabest:
@ MarkCoolio:

Not sure that it is a bug of MPC, seems this is a bug of latest Real Alternative 1.20 (final). With this version don't work even MPC included into package :confused:. But RA 1.20 RC7 work good.

Backwoods

20th February 2004, 02:35

Originally posted by gabest
Backwoods: Saving jpeg will be available in the next version, it's not fully ready yet, but almost :) Going to fix the file extension prob too.

Great news. Just one other thing my friend has brought up, how about saving the aspect ratio of the file being played instead of snapping the actual frame from the source file? If possible that'd be great. As is, my friends and I thank you and eagerly await each update.

iradic

20th February 2004, 04:14

Yes.. changed to 32bpp... now it's ok (sorry)...

Now I have playback problems... duron 700 ... avi 320x240 ~50% cpu, 512xnnn above 85% cpu time... is this normal... can I improve this?

Thanks, excellent player...

Coroner

20th February 2004, 04:41

Duron 700 isn't fast enough. Not much you can do about it, maybe if you overclock the hell out of it. The only real way you are going to fix it is to upgrade. You probably didn't want to hear that, but unfortunately that's all you can do to improve speed.

gabest

20th February 2004, 08:56

Backwoods: You mean saving the image resized to 4:3 or whatever AR the picture has? Yes, that would be hard, without having a good image resizer for all possible rgb formats I can get from the renderer (including <=8bit with a palette).

iradic: What kind of video card do you have? 700MHz isn't much, but a lot depends on the video card too. Maybe it can't do the yuy2 to rgb conversion in hardware and the decoder has to do it.

iradic

20th February 2004, 09:16

Well I have tnt2 m64 - drivers aren't newest also...
Why color conversion? Is this vmr9 thing or mpc or that's the way things are supossed to be...

gabest

20th February 2004, 16:58

Codecs usually decompress the video to some kind of yuv format, but on the desktop only rgb can be displayed (and manipulated) without using overlay, so at some place the images have to be converted to rgb. This can happen inside the codec or if you card supports it by the hardware when blting one surface to another.

AgeOfPanic

20th February 2004, 20:09

Thanks for your help Gabest. Another great option in your great program. Now I only have one feature request left and that is reading the correct AR from a file (option in Xvid 1.0) or a simple way th change the AR like in Zoomplayer.

Backwoods

20th February 2004, 20:16

Originally posted by gabest
Backwoods: You mean saving the image resized to 4:3 or whatever AR the picture has? Yes, that would be hard, without having a good image resizer for all possible rgb formats I can get from the renderer (including <=8bit with a palette).

Ok, I figured you did your method for a good reason. Thanks again.

Tuning

21st February 2004, 16:39

Thanks Gabest now I can play DTS muxed video files!(Avi/mkv) Thanks a lot ^_^.
Btw, with same setup the DTS contained vobs are not sounding at all. The vob contains only DTS track and video is played but without any audio.

Thanks for the update.:)

iradic

21st February 2004, 16:49

OK... Thanks for help...
Also I noticed when playing movie at 100% playrate is ok... after switching to fullscreen it slows down and it's jerky...

gabest

21st February 2004, 17:05

Tuning: mpeg splitters do not demux dts tracks, only the dvd navigator does currently.

Tuning

21st February 2004, 17:19

Thanks for clarifying, Gabest. I feel :stupid: Thanks for all of your efforts.
:)

kea

22nd February 2004, 23:14

Seems it doesn't work. I use \n but it dispays as a space.

Kea

dzy

22nd February 2004, 23:27

Originally posted by kea
Seems it doesn't work. I use \n but it dispays as a space.

Kea

use \N

kea

22nd February 2004, 23:37

works well. Thanks.

chros

23rd February 2004, 13:18

I'm alwasy using the dedynamic filter (U can download it from doom9), I think it is the best audio filter ! (Do you know any alternatives ?)

The problem is: if an avi has more than 2 channels (eg. 5.1 sound), the dedynamic also connect to it, and the playback is stopped at the beginning ... At Overrides: I set Multimedia_Audio -> Any_Type , and Prefer ...

There was a problem with AC3filter 0.69 too (U can see in the changelog :) ), but then I told this to the author, and he has fixed in 0.70 this ... :)

Or Gabest: can U implement this filter in MPC, so we can check it at the Audio properties page, and it connects just the 2 channels sounds ...

Or is there any workaround for this ?