I've tried it, but if your someone who uses vista media center, etc just grab
k-lite.
Well, that and anydvdhd, eac3to to archive, and:
Mytv (mytv.senseitweb.net)
Mymovies (the mytv guys are quickly working on a true mcml app that is flat out
awesome)
MyNetflix - just so you can play netflix watch it now through your tv.
:)
And a few other choice apps. :)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:12:05
To:<hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers
in hardware, woot
I suggest Media Player Classic - Home Cinema edition. It is a project that
supports hardware DXVA internally with no external filters/codecs required at
all. A new build is released every few days because it is constantly tweaked.
You can switch outputs from overley, VMR7/9 (and renderless) plus a hack to use
Vista's EVR in XP. http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123537
For the rare HD media you encounter out in the wild that wont play nice with
MPC-HC, I fall back on WMP 11 and use the codecs in "The Codec"
http://www.m5studio.pl/
"The Codec" 8.2 build 8 is simply the best and ONLY codec pack you need for HD
playback because it bundles the best software decoder ever, CoreAVC v1.7 (which
is commercial software somehow bundled free).
CoreAVC w/ special new halaai splitter
CoreAAC
DivX
Xvid
AC3 filter
I still have issues now and then, but I'm in a LOT better shape these days with
MPC-HC and the alternative WMP11 w/ The Codec Pack, a year ago I was pulling my
hair out with the musical chairs these bastard codec gremlins had me play.
VLC is utter crap.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:32:07 -0700
> Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers in
> hardware, woot
>
> I myself use Simple Media Player or Media Player Classic. I also use FFDSHOW
> Codex as well.
>
> Simple Media Player and Codex at http://smplayer.sf.net
>
> Media Player Classic can be found at
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
>
> FFDShow can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/
>
> Good luck,
>
> Tim "The Beave" Lider
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:25 AM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers in
> hardware, woot
>
> I decided to give this a try with the same video. VLC does choke,
> although I am only using less then 20 percent CPU when it chokes.
>
> How did you get PowerDVD 8 to play the mkv file? It won't play if for
> me. I have the same codecs installed, and I have plenty of hardware
> muscle to do this. PowerDVD ignores the file.
>
>
>
>
> At 06:49 AM 5/24/2008, you wrote:
>>Just a little success story here, I sourced a cheap Dell for a client
>>(seriously good deal IMO, £291 for a Vostro 400 w/ 2.4Ghz Allendale,
>>3GB of ram, Terabyte of disk, wireless, Vista Home Premium, set of
>>speakers with a sub, a wireless router, a surge protected plugboard.)
>>and dropped a 3870 into it, as it's going to be used in a sort of
>>media center'ish sort of way plugged into a 32" high def TV
>>
>>Installed the CCCP codec pack (unchecking use ffmpeg for x264),
>>installed PowerDVD 8, turned on hardware acceleration within
>>PowerDVD... fired up a 7GB/hr h264 video (It's the Top Gear Polar
>>Special in 1080P), which historically completely slaughters machines,
>>VLC on the 4Ghz Wolfdale sits at 67% cpu utilisation with it (which
>>means a 2.4Ghz chip with 1/3rd the cache has no chance in hell of
>>playing it smoothly)
>>
>>on the 2.4Ghz Allendale...
>>
>>13% cpu utilization
>>
>>THIRTEEN PERCENT, good grief, that's probably just the storm of
>>interrupts from shuffling the data over the network and to the GPU, wow.
>>
>>the ease at which this was accomplished is making a Sempron or low end
>>A64 X2 on a 780G (which has the same video decoder core of course)
>>really really tempting for a media center box.... to replace the
>>makeshift E6600/i680/7800GT box I've got performing those duties now
>>(with CoreAVC on decoding duty, which is much faster for h264 decode
>>than VLC just for the record.)
>>
>>
>>I'm mainly amazed at how easy it was to get it to work :)
>>
>>So, yeah, groooooooovy :)
>>
>>-JB
>>
>
>
>
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