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How to get hardware accelerated H264 playback (DXVA)

Mussels said:
the betas get updated rather frequently, actually. hence the bump/edit.

The point of the package is not just to include the codec, but also include a lightweight problem free player guaranteed to work with the bundled codecs.
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And an easy to use interface to tweak the codecs, with all filter control panels in the same start menu folder.

Oh, not to mention, all necessary tweaks to eliminate filter conflicts.
 
Wile E said:
And an easy to use interface to tweak the codecs, with all filter control panels in the same start menu folder.

Oh, not to mention, all necessary tweaks to eliminate filter conflicts.
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^ and what he said
 
IMHO K-Lite Mega Codec pack is far better than any of the competition.
I'm also having trouble playing stuff, mainly anime with DXVA on, at least I was. I haven't tried with Catalyst 10.6.
(Using KLM 6.0 with MPC-HC 1.3.1959.0)
 
inferKNOX said:
IMHO K-Lite Mega Codec pack is far better than any of the competition.
I'm also having trouble playing stuff, mainly anime with DXVA on, at least I was. I haven't tried with Catalyst 10.6.
(Using KLM 6.0 with MPC-HC 1.3.1959.0)
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K lite is one of the worst, and likely the cause of your problems. this thread really isnt about how to fix everyones playback issues, but more of a "if you do it THIS way, it WILL work" guide. changing codec packs and doing it your own way, you do so at your own risk.
 
inferKNOX said:
IMHO K-Lite Mega Codec pack is far better than any of the competition.
I'm also having trouble playing stuff, mainly anime with DXVA on, at least I was. I haven't tried with Catalyst 10.6.
(Using KLM 6.0 with MPC-HC 1.3.1959.0)
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You're probably having trouble with DXVA because you are using K-Lite. K-Lite is not the best for anime watchers. It's actually kinda crappy, tbh. They throw a bunch of codecs together, and don't spend all the time needed to minimize conflicts.

CCCP is the best pack for anime watchers, hands down. It simply has less conflicts, requires less codec knowledge, and requires the least tweaking. And on the rare occasion a filter does needs tweaked, it's easy to find.

If you insist on using something else, Shark's codec packs are the next best for anime watchers.

Do what Mussels says in the OP and DXVA WILL work on compatible players and files.

K-Lite is crap.
 
Hive mind Wile E, hive mind...
 
The great ones always think alike. We are Borg!
 
... fair enough... I'll retry CCCP, but I wasn't too impressed that it had gaps in the past. I much prefer something comprehensive, not searching for different codecs (/packs) to cover all the filetypes I go through, that's how I found KLM.
I wasn't led to it, I felt my way to it, independently.
 
inferKNOX said:
... fair enough... I'll retry CCCP, but I wasn't too impressed that it had gaps in the past. I much prefer something comprehensive, not searching for different codecs (/packs) to cover all the filetypes I go through, that's how I found KLM.
I wasn't led to it, I felt my way to it, independently.
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the only ones it doesnt include is quicktime (google quick alt) and realmedia (google real alt)


comprehensive doesnt mean squat, if its those extra codecs breaking things...
 
Yeah, ok, I get where you're coming from.
It must have been quite early on when I tried CCCP, coz I found it missing this and that, don't remember when that was now....
You guys say it's the best for anime watchers, but can I assume that it will perform well with the rest (I am a total n00b when it comes to encoding, so to me it's a valid question, as silly as it may be)? And is it worth getting the last final version (2009-09-09) or getting the new betas as they come?

I've been looking for a fix for this corruption problem for quite a while now, I'm glad I found this thread. ;)
Another issue is no subs showing up when using EVR Custom Pres + Haali. When using EVR Custom Pres + Gabest, there's no such issue, could you point me anywhere for that?
 
inferKNOX said:
Yeah, ok, I get where you're coming from.
It must have been quite early on when I tried CCCP, coz I found it missing this and that, don't remember when that was now....
You guys say it's the best for anime watchers, but can I assume that it will perform well with the rest (I am a total n00b when it comes to encoding, so to me it's a valid question, as silly as it may be)? And is it worth getting the last final version (2009-09-09) or getting the new betas as they come?

I've been looking for a fix for this corruption problem for quite a while now, I'm glad I found this thread. ;)
Another issue is no subs showing up when using EVR Custom Pres + Haali. When using EVR Custom Pres + Gabest, there's no such issue, could you point me anywhere for that?
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grab the betas, the finals are way too old.

the problems with subs dont happen in CCCP unless you've installed another program to F the codecs up.

uninstall your current codec packs, reboot, install CCCP, and everything just works. its nice like that.
 
Mussels said:
the only ones it doesnt include is quicktime (google quick alt) and realmedia (google real alt)


comprehensive doesnt mean squat, if its those extra codecs breaking things...
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Actually it does support QuickTime (.mov) and RealVideo (.rv) (at least it has played all the files in those format that I've tried), you just need to activate it on the Video Decoder Configuration (and audio decoder too):
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temp02 said:
Actually it does support QuickTime (.mov) and RealVideo (.rv) (at least it has played all the files in those format that I've tried), you just need to activate it on the Video Decoder Configuration (and audio decoder too):
http://i48.tinypic.com/33tqi3p.jpg
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last time i had any files of those formats, it didnt have them.
 
temp02 said:
Actually it does support QuickTime (.mov) and RealVideo (.rv) (at least it has played all the files in those format that I've tried), you just need to activate it on the Video Decoder Configuration (and audio decoder too):
http://i48.tinypic.com/33tqi3p.jpg
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I only have RV10 and RV20 though, with an "incomplete" included as well. Is there an update already? :p
 
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What do you guys think of KMPlayer?
I was looking at it over the weekend and I must say, it's simply incredible. It's customisability is unrivaled by anything I've come across before, responsiveness is excellent, footprint smaller than MPC-HC, interface is stylish + customisable, etc.
To top it all off, it's internal codecs (which you can use if you want, or set the priority to external codecs) play with hardware acceleration + does the auto-switch that stops corruption (and plays properly) of the files that don't support DXVA.

Thoughts?
(I felt it's relevant here because using it solves the corruption issue)
 
i have nothing against KMplayer, its just that MPC-HC is the least resource intensive one i know of, so its the best for use on weaker machines.
 
KMPlayer used 180MB vs MPC-HC using 190+MB of RAM for the same H.264 MKV file in my sys.
That trend continued in all videos I tried it with, unless you're talking about the 18MB or so it uses when not playing anything, which is nothing really.
My CPU usage remained at ~2 to 5% during playback of all files, H.264, Xvid, mov, rm, etc, which made me understand it to be using the GPU. Even without payback my CPU stays in that range, so there you have it.

Give it some tweaking and see, it just might be the one to take the MPC crown.
I think that unless a deal-breaker comes along, I'm switching to it.
 
What video are you using? I only reach using 180MB RAM for MPC if I use 3 instances of it (50-60MB each).
 
120MB ram here for a 1080P 15GB file *shrug* (software)
 
720p? I wonder why you use so much RAM then. Just checked it out (using a similar "file", Gundam 00, H.264 MKV file @720p), 80MB RAM for MPC.
 
inferKNOX said:
What do you guys think of KMPlayer?
I was looking at it over the weekend and I must say, it's simply incredible. It's customisability is unrivaled by anything I've come across before, responsiveness is excellent, footprint smaller than MPC-HC, interface is stylish + customisable, etc.
To top it all off, it's internal codecs (which you can use if you want, or set the priority to external codecs) play with hardware acceleration + does the auto-switch that stops corruption (and plays properly) of the files that don't support DXVA.

Thoughts?
(I felt it's relevant here because using it solves the corruption issue)
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I like KM, but I like Zoom the best. I don't need hardware accel tho. Zoom 6 didn't play nice with hardware accel. Haven't tested it on Zoom 7 yet tho.

VLC is another I use from time to time. It has come a LOOOOOONG way in proper anime rendering. I don't think it does accel either tho.
 
VLC tends to work well, but using more CPU than the others.

it also doesnt like digital audio over SPDIF
 
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