Hi,
Is the option for ffdshow post-processing for DVD playback gone? MC now uses Microsoft DVD decoder no matter what I do. ffdshow isn't in the filter list for DVD anymore (it can be selected for all other file types, so there's nothing wrong with my ffdshow installation!), and if I select Dscaler, it has no effect (also works with other MPEG 2 file types). I assume this is a bug. Picture quality is awful compared to what I can accomplish with Dscaler and some nicely tweaked ffdshow post-processing.
Here's the graph with Red October with additional filters selected as playback method, File type DVD Video (ifo,vob), JRiver video engine, Dscaler MPEG2 Video Decoder selected as video decoder:
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 (auto-configured)'
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\system32\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
Input Pin 'EVR Input2'
Connected to pin '~Subpicture Output' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_AYUV, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Filter 'Line 21 Decoder'
CLSID: {E4206432-01A1-4BEE-B3E1-3702C8EDC574}
Host: c:\windows\system32\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 'LAV Audio Decoder (auto-configured)'
CLSID: {E8E73B6B-4CB3-44A4-BE99-4F7BCB96E491}
Host: C:\Users\Audun\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 17\Plugins\lav\LAVAudio.ax
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK 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 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
CLSID: {212690FB-83E5-4526-8FD7-74478B7939CD}
Host: c:\windows\system32\msmpeg2vdec.dll
Input Pin 'Video Input'
Connected to pin 'Output' of filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Input Pin 'Subpicture Input'
Connected to pin 'SubPicture' of filter 'DVD Navigator'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DVD_SUBPICTURE, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
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
Output Pin '~Subpicture Output'
Connected to pin 'EVR Input2' of filter 'Enhanced Video Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_AYUV, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
CLSID: {A4207487-E7D8-406B-9882-B66370DE2492}
Host:
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'AC3' of filter 'DVD Navigator'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'Output'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'LAV Audio Decoder (auto-configured)'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK 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 'Video' of filter 'DVD Navigator'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK 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_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Filter 'DVD Navigator'
CLSID: {9B8C4620-2C1A-11D0-8493-00A02438AD48}
Host: c:\windows\system32\qdvd.dll
Output Pin 'Video'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'JRiver Video Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Output Pin 'AC3'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'JRiver Audio Monitor'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DOLBY_AC3, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'SubPicture'
Connected to pin 'Subpicture Input' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_DVD_ENCRYPTED_PACK Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DVD_SUBPICTURE, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Trying with Merit based playback method I just get the error "Failed merit based rendering".
By the way, why is the filter selection for DVD playback still different from all other file types? And why is the filter selection available at two different locations (File Types and Video)? Seems the video options needs some cleaning up...