Topic: How I got .wtv files working in MC (Read 2994 times)

JustinChase · « **on:** August 11, 2011, 11:44:54 pm »

They haven't worked for a while, I just get an error. I think Yaobing found the source of the problem, but a fix didn't seem to make it into the latest public.

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=65661.msg440338#msg440338

I like tinkering, so I thought I'd see if i could get them working. Neither flavor of Red October worked 'stock'. I tried adding LAV Video and Audio and madVR to see if the 'regular' versions worked, they didn't. it actually crashed Media Center when i played. I tried removing filters, and eventually got to my solution.

I have every single file type set to automatic, including verifying the actual filter lists are automatic also.

Then I added 'LAV Audio Decoder' and 'Enhanced Video Renderer' filters to the 'Windows Media Video' file type. All of my video files currently play. (I have some cyclic audible dimming on AVI files, but I'm not worried about that right now.)

It uses a long complex filter set, but it works.

During the testing MC crashed a lot. I eventually noticed that sometimes it crashes before the file plays, but it 'felt' like it was about to play, and trying again, without changing anything, the video would play, then it would play fine every time after that. it almost feels like it's a timing thing.

I had a shared library running on the server, and my laptop running the client/locked library. Both played wtv files just fine. several files, over a bit of time, on both machines.

i came home from work today and wtv files wouldn't play on the laptop, it crashed, several times. I restarted the machine, it still crashed when I tried to play a wtv file.

I thought it might be because it was running on the client/locked machine (because i couldn't think of anything else), so I closed it, then tested the server machine, and it still worked. I closed it, opened the laptop as the full access library, and it crashed, but next time it played, and has played them fine since.

I tested my 'maybe it's the client' theory by starting the HTPC as the client, and it still played wtv files; so that's not the cause it seems.

Currently, both machines are playing wtv files fine. it's been finicky, but it's working.

HA. Of course, I just went to play a video to grab the filter list it crashed MC

restarting and running another file resulted in it playing fine. it's like switching graphs/filters doesn't happen quickly enough and MC crashes, but next time, it works, and as long as I run wtv files, they all work fine. if I play one file type and then another file type, it sometimes crashes. restarting MC usually is enough to get playback again.

anyway, here's the (long and complex) graph that works...

Filter Graph Info:

Filter 'JRiver Audio Renderer'
CLSID: {A4002F8E-510F-442C-8AD3-F9C7B23FB394}
Host:
Input Pin 'In'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'LAV Audio Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
CLSID: {FA10746C-9B63-4B6C-BC49-FC300EA5F256}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\evr.dll
Input Pin 'EVR Input0'
Connected to pin 'Video Output 1' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_NV12, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Input Pin 'EVR Input1'
Connected to pin 'XForm Out' of filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_AI44, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0003'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 4' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MSTVCaption Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'

Filter 'iTV Data Sink'
CLSID: {88EBC1EE-F90A-484A-B9C5-8F9C0F37A828}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\itvdata.dll
Input Pin 'iTVData'
Connected to pin 'Out' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {4A9F8579-6BF8-4392-8A6D-D2DD09FA7861}, Format type FORMAT_None

Filter 'MPEG-2 Sections and Tables'
CLSID: {C666E115-BB62-4027-A113-82D643FE2D99}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\mpeg2data.ax
Input Pin 'In'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 3' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2DATA, Format type TIME_FORMAT_NONE

Filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
CLSID: {E4206432-01A1-4BEE-B3E1-3702C8EDC574}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\quartz.dll
Input Pin 'XForm In'
Connected to pin '~Line21 Output' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_AUXLine21Data Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_Line21_GOPPacket, Format type FORMAT_None
Output Pin 'XForm Out'
Connected to pin 'EVR Input1' of filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_AI44, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo

Filter 'LAV Audio Decoder'
CLSID: {E8E73B6B-4CB3-44A4-BE99-4F7BCB96E491}
Host: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 16\Plugins\lav\LAVAudio.ax
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'Output'
Connected to pin 'In' of filter 'JRiver Audio Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 5' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'
Connected to pin 'iTVData' of filter 'iTV Data Sink'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {4A9F8579-6BF8-4392-8A6D-D2DD09FA7861}, Format type FORMAT_None

Filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
CLSID: {212690FB-83E5-4526-8FD7-74478B7939CD}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\msmpeg2vdec.dll
Input Pin 'Video Input'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Input Pin 'Subpicture Input'
Output Pin 'Video Output 1'
Connected to pin 'EVR Input0' of filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_NV12, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Output Pin '~Line21 Output'
Connected to pin 'XForm In' of filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_AUXLine21Data Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_Line21_GOPPacket, Format type FORMAT_None

Filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
CLSID: {A4207487-E7D8-406B-9882-B66370DE2492}
Host:
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Out' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0001'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'Output'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'LAV Audio Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
CLSID: {A4207487-E7D8-406B-9882-B66370DE2492}
Host:
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Out' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0002'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Output Pin 'Output'
Connected to pin 'Video Input' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0001'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 1' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0002'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 2' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO

Filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
CLSID: {C9F5FE02-F851-4EB5-99EE-AD602AF1E619}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\sbe.dll
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 1'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0001'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 2'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0002'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 3'
Connected to pin 'In' of filter 'MPEG-2 Sections and Tables'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2DATA, Format type TIME_FORMAT_NONE
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 4'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0003'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MSTVCaption Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 5'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}

BartMan01 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2011, 11:48:44 am »

I'm assuming you don't have to deal with content protected .wtv files (like from cable).

JustinChase · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2011, 12:43:51 pm »

Quote from: BartMan01 on August 13, 2011, 11:48:44 am

I'm assuming you don't have to deal with content protected .wtv files (like from cable).

correct, just free, OTA signals, both SD and HD content.

Is no one else having problems with .wtv files and RO, or does no one else use WMC to record content?

tls62dk · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2011, 01:44:09 pm »

I record from WMC, but I have no problem with playback with RO HQ. Files are SD and HD.

I did however see a similar problem at some freinds house. They could not play wtv files on their HTPC with MC16. They were using RO Standard.

TLS

JustinChase · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2011, 02:02:58 pm »

Quote from: tls62dk on August 13, 2011, 01:44:09 pm

I record from WMC, but I have no problem with playback with RO HQ. Files are SD and HD.

I did however see a similar problem at some freinds house. They could not play wtv files on their HTPC with MC16. They were using RO Standard.

Thanks. Interesting. I believe Yaobing found a bug related to the AC stream, so maybe your hardware or signal is different than mine?? Either way, hopefully this won't be needed for long. If your friend wants to try this, I'd be interested if it works for them also, but no big deal.

I did find it rather odd to use such a long chain of filters in the solution, but whatever, i just wanna watch some TV

BartMan01 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2011, 02:34:24 pm »

Quote from: JustinChase on August 13, 2011, 12:43:51 pm

or does no one else use WMC to record content?

I use WMC to record TV, but it is a mix of 'copy freely' and 'copy once' stuff. Since MC can't handle the 'copy once' stuff it is just easier to keep it all in WMC as opposed to using two separate programs and trying to explain to the family when they should use each one for TV.

tls62dk · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2011, 03:33:35 pm »

It is a bit strange. It must be a hardware difference, allthough my recordings can play on three different PC's with different hardware. My graph is listed below. It looks similar or the same.

Filter Graph Info:

Filter 'JRiver Audio Renderer'
CLSID: {A4002F8E-510F-442C-8AD3-F9C7B23FB394}
Host:
Input Pin 'In'
Connected to pin 'XFrom Out' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
CLSID: {FA10746C-9B63-4B6C-BC49-FC300EA5F256}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\evr.dll
Input Pin 'EVR Input0'
Connected to pin 'Video Output 1' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_NV12, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Input Pin 'EVR Input1'
Connected to pin 'XForm Out' of filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_AYUV, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0003'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 5' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MSTVCaption Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'

Filter 'iTV Data Sink'
CLSID: {88EBC1EE-F90A-484A-B9C5-8F9C0F37A828}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\itvdata.dll
Input Pin 'iTVData'
Connected to pin 'Out' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {4A9F8579-6BF8-4392-8A6D-D2DD09FA7861}, Format type FORMAT_None

Filter 'MPEG-2 Sections and Tables'
CLSID: {C666E115-BB62-4027-A113-82D643FE2D99}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\mpeg2data.ax
Input Pin 'In'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 3' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2DATA, Format type TIME_FORMAT_NONE

Filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
CLSID: {E4206432-01A1-4BEE-B3E1-3702C8EDC574}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\quartz.dll
Input Pin 'XForm In'
Connected to pin '~Line21 Output' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_AUXLine21Data Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_Line21_GOPPacket, Format type FORMAT_None
Output Pin 'XForm Out'
Connected to pin 'EVR Input1' of filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_AYUV, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo

Filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'
CLSID: {E1F1A0B8-BEEE-490D-BA7C-066C40B5E2B9}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\msmpeg2adec.dll
Input Pin 'XForm In'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'XFrom Out'
Connected to pin 'In' of filter 'JRiver Audio Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 6' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'
Connected to pin 'iTVData' of filter 'iTV Data Sink'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {4A9F8579-6BF8-4392-8A6D-D2DD09FA7861}, Format type FORMAT_None

Filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
CLSID: {212690FB-83E5-4526-8FD7-74478B7939CD}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\msmpeg2vdec.dll
Input Pin 'Video Input'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_H264, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Input Pin 'Subpicture Input'
Output Pin 'Video Output 1'
Connected to pin 'EVR Input0' of filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_NV12, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Output Pin '~Line21 Output'
Connected to pin 'XForm In' of filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_AUXLine21Data Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_Line21_GOPPacket, Format type FORMAT_None

Filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
CLSID: {A4207487-E7D8-406B-9882-B66370DE2492}
Host:
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Out' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0001'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'Output'
Connected to pin 'XForm In' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
CLSID: {A4207487-E7D8-406B-9882-B66370DE2492}
Host:
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Out' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0002'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_H264, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Output Pin 'Output'
Connected to pin 'Video Input' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_H264, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0001'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 1' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx

Filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0002'
CLSID: {09144FD6-BB29-11DB-96F1-005056C00008}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\cpfilters.dll
Input Pin 'In(Enc/Tag)'
Connected to pin 'DVR Out - 2' of filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'Out'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_H264, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2

Filter 'Stream Buffer Source'
CLSID: {C9F5FE02-F851-4EB5-99EE-AD602AF1E619}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\sbe.dll
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 1'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0001'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 2'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0002'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 3'
Connected to pin 'In' of filter 'MPEG-2 Sections and Tables'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2DATA, Format type TIME_FORMAT_NONE
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 4'
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 5'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter 0003'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MSTVCaption Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}
Output Pin 'DVR Out - 6'
Connected to pin 'In(Enc/Tag)' of filter 'PBDA DTFilter'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {46ADBD28-6FD0-4796-93B2-155C51DC048D}

TLS

JustinChase · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2011, 04:07:57 pm »

yeah, a slow glance thru it, they look the same to me too, except I'm using LAV Audio by adding it, and you're getting this in your graph...

Filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'

I wonder why my system won't play them in RO, but yours will. Meh, Yaobing found something, so hopefully this info helps him track down the bug. until then, I can now use MC for watching what WMC puts in the Recorded TV folder for me, which is enough for now.

tls62dk · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2011, 05:47:00 pm »

Yes, let's hope this is enough information to hunt down the bug.

I forgot to add, that all my machines are running Win 7 and my friends machine that can't play wtv files is running Vista.

Yaobing · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2011, 08:51:56 pm »

Depending on the audio content of wtv file, Red October may or may not work currently. We know what is causing the problem, and are working on a solution.

Here is a simple description of what it is:

Some wtv files would play without sound unless Microsoft DTV-DVD audio decoder is used. We are therefore forced to use the Microsoft filter. The problem with the Microsoft filter is that is would not decode AC3 audio in our application. Instead, it output AC3 as SPDIF bit stream. This is fine if you have bitstreaming device connected to your computer. If you can not do bitstreaming, the only way we can make it work for now is to use AC3Filter in conjunction with the Microsoft filter. This will not work if the user does not have AC3Filter installed.

So here are two simple things you can do, to make it work:

1. If you have a hardware decoder that can decode bitstream of AC3 format, make sure you tell MC to use bitstream.
2. If you do not have such hardware decoder, you can install AC3Filter.

As I mentioned, we are still working on a solution so neither of the above will be required (as Red October is supposed to work "out of box").

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