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More => Old Versions => Media Center 13 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Xstatic on May 29, 2009, 07:55:09 am

Title: video playback prob
Post by: Xstatic on May 29, 2009, 07:55:09 am

I suffer a strange video playback problem with mc13. It won't play my video files, not the ones I have in sd-resolution and not the ones in hd-resolution.

MC12 plays them all. Windows media player also plays them - but somehow mc13 wont. I have checked the playback settings, etc - and they are identical in both mc12 and mc13. So I am very, very mystified about this, and this really blocks my shift from mc12 to mc13.

I should add that I have validated that the various drivers, graphic card etc are all the newest.

Hoping to crack this one,
regards
Jesper

System info:
Media Center 13.0.171 C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 13\

Microsoft Windows Vista 6.0 Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Intel Pentium III 2672 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 4194 MB, Free - 3145 MB

Internet Explorer: 8.0.6001.18762 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.6001 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.6001 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.6001 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive D: HL-DT-ST BD-RE  GGW-H20L    Addr: 3:0:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Portable Device Info
  Removed devices:


Interface Plugins:
  last.fm (Active)
  Library Server (Active)
  TiVo Server (Active)
  UPnP Server (Active)

Title: Re: video playback prob
Post by: Xstatic on May 29, 2009, 08:36:39 am

Did some more testing - it seems more simple to adjust direct show filters in mc12 than in mc13.
I use enhanced video renderer filter in mc12 .- and it works as it should. But in mc13 it xxxx's up, and the screen is black with rapid blinking - and I can see on top of the screen that it goes from one movie file to another attempting to play and so on.

Hoping that this is just some simple box i need to check, to make it work...

Jesper.

Title: Re: video playback prob
Post by: JimH on May 29, 2009, 09:32:12 am

In our Wiki, read about DirectShow.  Consider installing CCCP.  Link for wiki is above.

In MC's options, you could also tell it to use the WMP engine when possible.

Title: Re: video playback prob
Post by: Yaobing on May 29, 2009, 10:00:47 am

Did you check Tools > Options > File Types?