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thane108

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Recent migration from Mediaportal and codecs
« on: April 28, 2014, 11:31:56 am »

I am using Windows 7 on a 64 bit system.  I'm using it primarily in Theater mode on my television (monitor 2) to stream audio and photos and record and play TV.

I have been using mediaportal for several years and migrated to JRiver over the past few days.  I've got it installed and it works well with a couple of glitches now and then which I'm guessing might be conflicts with leftover codecs.  (I did a full uninstall of mediaportal -but I see some codecs I've accumulated over the years.)

The glitches are occasional sharp noises - pops - and playback of large recorded TV files are sometimes are erratic - starts at end and won't move back to beginning until I fiddle a bit.

Any feedback on migration from mediaportal would be appreciated (I suspect my problem may also be buffering issues), but, specifically, do I need to uninstall  any of the following codecs?
 
xiph.org open codecs 0.85.17777
LAV Filters 0.59.1
DTS Connect Pack (Creative for my sound card)
Dolby Digital Live Pack (again Creative)

I've also install UMPLayer 0.98 - it may have come with codecs - I don't see a separate codec file.


Thanks - am loving the program!  Can't believe the improvement in audio now that I've worked out the settings for my Yamaha RX-673 receiver!

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Re: Recent migration from Mediaportal and codecs
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2014, 11:34:49 am »

MC doesn't use other codecs unless you tell it to.  This might help:

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Red_October

What version of MC are you using?
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Re: Recent migration from Mediaportal and codecs
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2014, 11:39:09 am »

Thanks for the quick response - I'm using  19.0.128.

So I don't need to uninstall the codecs?
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Re: Recent migration from Mediaportal and codecs
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2014, 11:43:03 am »

No.
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Re: Recent migration from Mediaportal and codecs
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2014, 11:45:19 am »

Thanks for being so responsive - I'm blown away that you took the time.

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Re: Recent migration from Mediaportal and codecs
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2014, 12:00:23 pm »

You're welcome.

The glitches are occasional sharp noises - pops - and playback of large recorded TV files are sometimes are erratic - starts at end and won't move back to beginning until I fiddle a bit.
I wish I knew what the noise could be.  You could try adjusting the buffer size in audio settings.  Lower might be better.

The second one may just be a "bookmark".  Press the stop button twice to clear it.  It's also a tag you can edit.
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