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Title: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: Martin166 on June 25, 2011, 07:11:21 am

I´m not able to use my old DVD decoders with MC 16.0.116 when set to "Advanced - Red October with additional filters".  :(
The DVD playback is working but not with my chosen decoder: the "Direct Show filters" setting (when right-clicking on the video screen while playing back) stays at "MPC - MPEG-2 Video Decoder (Gabest)" no matter what Decoder I set (even tried "JRiver Video-Engine" as method).

This only happens when playing back DVDs. The "Direct Show filters" setting work correct with different decoders when playing back files like avi, mp4, flv.

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: BryanC on June 25, 2011, 09:05:09 am

Do you have any codec packs installed? You might try uninstalling them first. As far as I know the JRiver default DVD player is the Microsoft decoder so it looks like you have some merit settings jacked up.

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: glynor on June 25, 2011, 09:44:15 am

Or he's on XP.

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: Martin166 on June 25, 2011, 09:53:40 am

Quote from: glynor on June 25, 2011, 09:44:15 am

Or he's on XP.

Yes, I am.
So what is wrong?

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: Matt on June 25, 2011, 10:08:59 am

What DVD decoder do you want to use?

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: Martin166 on June 25, 2011, 10:32:20 am

Quote from: Matt on June 25, 2011, 10:08:59 am

What DVD decoder do you want to use?

I want to use an old Cyberlink PowerDirector decoder ("PDR MPEG1/2 Video Decoder") on my weak notebook because I get artefacts with the default Red October setting. (And I remember I didn´t get those artefacts or errors on the screen with MC 16.0.087 where I could choose and use that decoder for DVD playback.)

On that notebook I am even not able to get this decoder to work with the "Advanced - Windows merit based" setting though I am on my desktop-pc. I wonder why and have no idea. The software on both machines is quite the same.

When MC is set to "Advanced - Red October with additional filters" both machines don´t play back that chosen decoder. When right-clicking on the video screen while playing back only "MPC - MPEG-2 Video Decoder (Gabest)" appears. I also have no idea what that is. Nothing happens when clicking on that "MPC - MPEG-2 ..." so I just can configure nothing. I did not install any codec packs. Only the Cyberlink- and a Nero decoder appear from different software that I installed on those computers.

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: Martin166 on June 25, 2011, 04:02:52 pm

Quote from: glynor on June 25, 2011, 09:44:15 am

Or he's on XP.

Doesn´t it work on XP?

Title: Re: not able to use my old DVD decoders (Red October with additional filters)
Post by: glynor on June 25, 2011, 06:15:56 pm

Quote from: Martin166 on June 25, 2011, 04:02:52 pm

Doesn´t it work on XP?

That is a feature of Windows 7 (or maybe Vista, but I think it was Win7).  XP requires a 3rd Party decoder.