New release of Media Player 6.4

[S_O]

(Not that I would want to urge, but the question might have been missed: What about registering MPC as default DVD player application?)Optionen -> Formate (in the tree-list left side) -> AutoPlay (frame about some checkboxes)-> DVD (checkbox).
When you activate it WinXP lists MPC in list of available application for DVD playing when you insert one. If you select it with the options "never ask again" activated, DVDs are autoplayed with MPC.

[Zarxrax]

Bug that I've noticed in the last few versions:
If you start playing an MPEG file, then hit stop, you can't make the file start playing again unless you click on the seek bar.

[LigH]

There is no "Auto play" option in my german version 6.4.8.x:

http://www.ligh.de/tmp/MPC_Opt_Fmt.gif

And I only have Win2000. There is no "Open with..." entry for video DVDs in the content menu of the DVD drive - that would be nice! ;)

[S_O]

I also have the german version. The Box is named "AutoPlay (nur WinXP)", you have Win2k, that´s most likely the problem, but if you´ve found a solution how it works in Win2k, too, I think Gabest will implement it.

[LigH]

I already wrote the solution two pages ago (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29798&perpage=20&pagenumber=86) - please look here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=468462#post468462)!

[gizmotech]

Gabest, given you've mentioned that subtitlte track support is available in cvs (or you've atleast implemented it since the previous mpc and vsfilter releases) could we see an update to those 2 components to enable these features?

Gizmo.

[wata]

gabest can you take a look at the vsfilter bug here

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72660

thanks :)

[ArconX]

gabest: Is it possible to build in a auto select function for ogm/mkv file's to automaticly sellect the user predefined audio language. Becouse ogm's etc still switch to English audio all the time you run a new episode ( tried the build in dvd setting but the system doesent respond to this ). It's kinde nerve wreking sinds most Jap audio is about 60% of the audio level of English Dub's, and it's no fun every time you start a new episode, to have your speakers blast out the english audio at almost double the soundlevel as you where watching it in Japanese.

[CruNcher]

Gabest also a nice idea would be a automatic VMR Renderless switcher if subtitles are detected :) or Vobsub itself changes the video output to the VMR 9 renderer if it gets loaded :)

[raistlin2k]

Just a question:
MPC has an integrated DTS-Decoder.

Would it be possible to add a way that MPC detects an DTS-Audio-CD correctly? Actually, it plays them as normal Audio-CD resulting in only noise.

Would be really nice.
Raist

[h9903209]

any chance to have internal shortcut key brightness/ contrast/ saturation direct control like crystal player in future version? ^^ this feature is so awesome and convenient!

[dvdmonger]

Hey Gabest,

Kudos for the awesome player. With that aside, I was wondering why your player seems to try to enumerate logical drives the second you click on the file menu. On my computer, when I click on the file menu, it takes about 5 seconds each time for the menu to drop down. I traced to my cd burner which had an empty cd in it. When I removed the cd, the problem almost disappeared. There was still a lag apparent, though. Maybe about 200msec. Not the end of the world, but I was just curious if maybe you could take a look at this? Since mplayer2 does not seem to have the same behaviour.

edit - Yep, that hide cdrom menu seems to do the trick. Ty dzy. Interestingly enough, I was over a friends house this last weekend and his menus were as fast as mplayer2's even with the cdrom menu.

[dzy]

@dvdmonger

preferences -> hide cdroms menu

[LigH]

I always wondered what that option would be good for... :rolleyes: - Now I know!

[h9903209]

I want full screen without res. change, so I follow the shortcut key, but why no difference in ctrl+enter and enter in MPC? both change the resolution in full screen...

[LigH]

Fullscreen switch was always Alt+Enter.

[aydc]

Hi Gabest,

Congratulations on the most convenient player on earth!
It has just one bug that's keeping me from using it as my only player.

I always watch movies on fullscreen. The problem is, when I minimize the player on fullscreen and then return back to it, it loses the fullscreen mode and returns to windowed mode.

If you can fix this and make the player keep its fullscreen mode no matter what, you'll do me a great favor.

Thanks.

[Lobuz]

@h9903209

You can set different key shortcuts for changing to fullscreen with or without res change => Options->Player->Keys. And set wanted resolution => Options->Playback->Changefullscreenresolution

Regards
Lobuz

[Sirber]

Is there a way to have a custom AR in MPC whitout tweaking decoders?

[sterlina]

Originally posted by Sirber
Is there a way to have a custom AR in MPC whitout tweaking decoders? AR? :confused:

[^AnThraX^]

Originally posted by sterlina
AR? :confused:

Aspect Ratio (i guess *g*)

[RedDwarf69]

Yes, I think he talks about the problem gabest says must be corrected in decoders and not in players. Although I can't remember the issue very well and gabest sayed this for first time a lot of months ago, isn't corrected yet?

[Lobuz]

@Gabest
I have a small problem with that Divx5 encoded clip (www.republika.pl/lobuzsign/initiald4s.avi)
It plays ok with divx decoder but not with xvid or ffdshow with internal avisplitter. And turning on double buffering in divx decoder is cousing troubles too. So maybe internal buffering is faulty while playing avi with dropped frames.

Regards
Lobuz

[Jaques]

Originally posted by Sirber
Is there a way to have a custom AR in MPC whitout tweaking decoders?
Right Click->Pan & Scan->Edit? It would be nice if you could set keyboard shortcuts for these too.

You can also hit 8 or 2 on you numpad on the keyboard to increase or decrease AR.

Are there any plans to support matroska's "Set resolution/AR" feature? I like to encode my movies Anamorphically and set the resolution in mmg.exe (no wasted bits), but I've had to either hit 8 a bunch of times, use my preset, or just play it in bsplayer and I really like MPC better.

[dzy]

mpc supported mkv's ar long ago, just set the ar when muxing with mkvmerge.

[kilg0r3]

Originally posted by dzy
mpc supported mkv's ar long ago, just set the ar when muxing with mkvmerge. And be sure to let mpc, or the decoder filter respectively, use the overlay mixer on playback.

[Jaques]

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5030/titled.JPG
When I do this it opens at 640x320 in MPC even with the overlay mixer on, but 776x320 in bsplayer.

[HarryM]

MPC returns:
"Failed to query the needed interfaces for DVD playback"

What is't? :(

I think, that MPC is capable of playing DVD discs, directly and standalone.
What I need for additional? Any filters more?

[Chiru]

Maybe MPC can use aspect ratio only follow conditions...
Output setting: System Default
Codec: XviD or ffdshow(Overlay)
DivX and WMV9VCM,cannot use.

but bsplayer,zoomplayer is no probrem everything.

[RedDwarf69]

Originally posted by HarryM
MPC returns:
"Failed to query the needed interfaces for DVD playback"

What is't? :(

I think, that MPC is capable of playing DVD discs, directly and standalone.
What I need for additional? Any filters more?

Windows XP? I'm not sure if Win98 has "DVD Navigator" filter.
In this case, perhaps installing Windows Media Player 9...

[techz]

pc: 1.5 centrino/512ram/ati 9200 with64m
for some reason mpc 6.4.8.2 uses 100% cpu utilization and when i right click for the menu the video becomes all framey, even on low quality vids?

[CiTay]

Originally posted by techz
pc: 1.5 centrino/512ram/ati 9200 with64m
for some reason mpc 6.4.8.2 uses 100% cpu utilization and when i right click for the menu the video becomes all framey, even on low quality vids?

Same here, i guess it's normal. It seems to depend on the decoder. If MPC uses DivX decoder, it's all fluid. With XviD, ffdshow etc. it stutters.

[RathO]

Have the "Save image" been removed for some reason?
Nothing happens when i "Save image"... using 6.4.8.2

Regards

[Loopback]

Originally posted by RathO
Have the "Save image" been removed for some reason?
Nothing happens when i "Save image"... using 6.4.8.2


It's here, but this function have a bug from version 6.4.7.8, that not allow shoose save location after first using. Maybe Gabest just can's figure where this bug come.

But until it will be fixed you can use hotkey "Save image (auto)" (F5 by default), it should work.

[sbp]

Hi CiTay - thanks for the information - but please help a novice - how do I force MPC to use DIVX-decoder instead of XVID.
Please step by step, as I haven't found a way to freely choose which decoder I want to use in MPC....

Thanks
Steen

[CiTay]

Options -> Overrides -> Add Filter... -> select "DivX Decoder Filter" -> set to "Prefer" and make sure it's checked.

[LigH]

@ RathO:

Saving images won't work with specific output devices (e.g. not with Overlay). "System default" might use overlay, too...

[techz]

Originally posted by CiTay
Options -> Overrides -> Add Filter... -> select "DivX Decoder Filter" -> set to "Prefer" and make sure it's checked.

thanks, i needed it too

[sbp]

Thanks CiTay, it is so simple when you know how......

Thank you
Steen

[blahh]

I have a small problem with the system wide volume control. Not sure whether it's really MPC-related (I fear it's a general Real issue), but i'll try it anyway. Perhaps someone has an idea...

Whenever I open a Real stream (e.g. from Amazon) the system volume for wave/mp3 gets lowered to the half. Don't know whether it's the same with other Real files.

Latest versions of MPC and Real alternative are installed.

[vio_man]

I'm using MPC for quite sometime and I find it very good and very useful. I use it mainly to watch movies, but there are 2 features that could be improved:

- By default MPC doesn't enables the subtitles for DVD-Video. I always test my DVD backups before burning them. I mount the ISO image created by DVDShrink into the virtual drive and then play it using MPC. But if I want to see the Portuguese subtitles I have to enable them every time, because they're disabled by default and it won't save my selection for the future.

- Also the Favorites feature could be greatly improved. When I mark a movie with the position it creates a favorite with the name of the movie but it doesn't displays the saved time position. If I have many favorites for one movie it's hard to know which one I want to see.
And finally, when a movie (XviD, DivX...) is open it should only display the Favorites for that movie and not for all movies.

[techz]

it still doesnt make a difference even with the divx filter loaded, by default there is a null filter on

[chros]

I'm using extended desktop with my ATI Radeon 9600XT card (TV is the extended) with the current Omega driver...

So the avi playback is perfect, but the QuickTime isn't:
it only works well with the "system default" renderer on the TV, and not with the "directx 7" and the "directx 9" renderer . :( On the primary desktop (monitor) all renderer working fine ...

[Xenoproctologist]

Feature Request: Auto-fallback to DirectVobSub-style subtitling when not using VMR(renderless).

Those of us with broken VMR for one reason or another are forced to use VobSub, which is not integrated with the player and does not, to my knowledge, have any hotkeys for enabling/disabling/switching subtitles.

[Rash]

That would a really great feature! ;)

[Ewi]

Originally posted by CiTay
Same here, i guess it's normal. It seems to depend on the decoder. If MPC uses DivX decoder, it's all fluid. With XviD, ffdshow etc. it stutters.

I have this problem, too.

System: AthlonXP 1700+, WinXP, Geforce 2, Det. 53.03, DirectX 9.0b

I'm using XviD 1.0 Decoders and DivX 5.1.1 for decoding. I have stuttering only when:
(stuttering means frame freezes for about 1/4 to 1/2 of a second; this appears once every two seconds)

(*)
- MPC (current 6.4.8.2)
- XviD 1.0 with both deblocking activated
- VMR9 (renderless)
- watching NTSC 29,97 material on PAL TV

When using Zoomplayer everything is fine. When deblocking deactivated everything is fine. When using VMR7 or Overlay everything is fine. When watching 25 or 23,97 Material the effect is not that clear but from time to time it also appears there.

All this counter methods reduce the CPU load (esspecially zoomplayer and VMR7 uses much less CPU). But that can't be the only factor. If I watch 29,97 material on my monitor (with settings as in (*)) everything is fine; even the CPU load is here a bit higher as when watching on my PAL TV. Monitor uses 85Hz at 1280x960.

When I decode XviD with DivX 5.1.1 the load goes down a lot: -25%. Even if all deblocking is on, i.e. deblocking in DivX is much more efficient in term of CPU usuage than in XviD. But when using DivX for XviD material I get decoding errors from time to time.

In the worst case (*) the CPU load is between 85-95%. But as I said before, I don't know if this is the main factor. When using Overlay renderer, Zoomplayer, DivX without deblocking it goes down to 20%.

P.S.: in the new DivX and XviD decoders you can set the merit value of the decoders higher so that these decoders decode all MPEG4 stuff. In DivX this is the checkbox "Support Generic Mpeg-4" and in XviD this is "Four-CC Support" for "DX50" and "DIVX". So perhaps you should have a look at these if XviD is not decodec by XviD and similar...

[Xenoproctologist]

Separate 'boost' controls for the built in MPEG+AAC+LPCM and AC3+DTS audio decoders. Alternately, a special-case 'boost' slider for DVDs would work, though it would be considerably harder to detect if someone used obscure filters for DVD playback.

Commercial DVDs are always normalized to a good 10dB or more below normal CD levels, requiring one to crank the 'boost', Wave volume, Master volume, and speaker volume all the way up for acceptable volume -- which results in a *very* nasty suprise if one forgets to change it back and trys to play a non-dvd audio source later on.

[oddball]

Logical options requested (I still do not use MPC and use Zoom Player instead because of these lack of options).

1. Option to use/save last used aspect ratio upon launch of MPC (Been requesting this for months and months and has totally been ignored).

2. Option to playback secondary (Or other) audio stream in OGM or MKV as default audio stream (Some anime has English dub as first stream which means manually selecting secondary stream. Zoom Player lets you set the secondary audio stream as the default stream to playback).

3. Option to select other subtitle streams as preferred subtitles on playback (Like Zoom Player again).

4. Subtitles On/Off button on main player window. An easy to use tickbox would suffice. None of this right click nonsense (I note there appears to be no way to turn subtitles off even if you right click).

Really daft things really that should have been implemented ages ago ;)

[CiTay]

Originally posted by oddball
(I note there appears to be no way to turn subtitles off even if you right click).


Right click -> Subtitles -> Enable (it's a switch)

[RedDwarf69]

Seems that renderless modes (VMR 7 and 9) don't work when the decoder outputs in YV12 (tried ffdshow, DIVX and XVID decoders). Microsoft made them this way or can be solved? Being the only modes where subtitles work...

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