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turpit   10-04-2008 at 10:31:35 PM

From another thread where Im whining about my codec conundrum, after 2 painful days worth of free time wasted, I have progressed to getting all mpeg2 and avis playing on winamp.

The bitcontrol mpeg2 codec is the only one (aside from ATI propriatary crap that wont work without my X1900 installed) that will run all the mpeg2s I have....those recorded from my various tv cards and those ripped from my dvds. The embedded AC3 audio codec does not work though, and there is no avi codec included.

Using the AC3Filter with the settings tweaked (AC3 and mpeg audio de-selected) I get all the sound.

Now, using FFDshow with everything disabled but the libavcodecs for Xvid, DivX 4/5/6, OtherMPEG4, DivX3 and ATIVCR1, Ive got my avis back

Just FYI should anyone else have simalar problems

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audiovoodoo   10-04-2008 at 11:33:42 PM
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+5 Painfull quest for pron playback.

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reynod   10-06-2008 at 03:02:16 PM
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Have you tried the K-Lite Codec pack and used the codec tweak tool??

C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\Info\faq.htm

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dwellman   10-06-2008 at 06:41:33 PM
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Bunch o dango crapware that is. But I excpect nothing less from a reyknob.

Thanks for the FFDShow headsup (Mplayer and VLC are alternatives). I've had trouble with AC3Filter in the past.

My current media decoding capabilities are handled by Xvid and a copy of Cyberpower PowerDVD 7 and whatever else is included with Window Media Player, Windows Media Encoder 9, Apple Quicktime and Real Alternative.

Playback is handled by VLC.
Editing is handled by VirtualDub (with MPEG2 addon)

If anything fails, I consult Gspot.

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turpit   10-06-2008 at 08:30:51 PM
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dwellman wrote :

Bunch o dango crapware that is. But I excpect nothing less from a reyknob.

Thanks for the FFDShow headsup (Mplayer and VLC are alternatives). I've had trouble with AC3Filter in the past.

My current media decoding capabilities are handled by Xvid and a copy of Cyberpower PowerDVD 7 and whatever else is included with Window Media Player, Windows Media Encoder 9, Apple Quicktime and Real Alternative.

Playback is handled by VLC.
Editing is handled by VirtualDub (with MPEG2 addon)

If anything fails, I consult Gspot.

[EDIT: brevity]




Yeh, as I played with this, AC3Filter turned out to be the real cuprit. Unforturnately, its included in a lot of the 'codec packs' I tried, and the other AC3 codecs I tried just didnt work.
So I had to work it the hard way, systematically trying all the different combinations. As is if searching for different codecs that werent just rebranded versions of the same codec wasnt pain enough, testing it really was a mugzdam pain....try a combo, lock up winamp, close it, tell XP to fukc the error report, reconfigure AC3, open winamp and try again....

But then, I am a stuborn cuss.

The one thing I havent tried, which I will in a day or 2, is FFDshow standalone (without bitcontrol) with AC3 filter. Knowing now that it was AC3 filters fault, I clearly fukced up and attacked this the wrong way....looking for a mpeg 2 codec that would run everything rather than looking at an audio codec that was causing errors.

Anyway, Im fairly happy now. The only things I wish winamp would let me do are change the font color (in the classic skin) and switch control to the playlist editor/library menu without having to mouse over.

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dwellman   10-06-2008 at 09:53:17 PM
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I think I last downloaded AC3Filter from an Intel page. . . but then there's http://ac3filter.net. I haven't had an problems. Did you get to try anything from ac3filter.net?


Message edited by dwellman on 10-06-2008 at 09:55:15 PM
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turpit   10-07-2008 at 12:34:47 AM
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Yup... thats where I got mine from.

That said, theres a copy of AC3filter included with XPcodec pack 2.4.2, along with a copy of FFDshow.

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exit2dos   10-07-2008 at 01:29:10 AM
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..*cough*..

You could just upgrade to Vista.

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turpit   10-07-2008 at 03:03:15 AM
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exit2dos wrote :

..*cough*..

You could just upgrade to Vista.



If I had liquid in my mouth when I read that, I would have shorted my keyboard.

Thats worth some points....I just dont know what catagory they would fall into.

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dwellman   10-07-2008 at 08:34:44 AM
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Vista is an upgrade? From what?

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turpit   10-07-2008 at 09:59:27 AM
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purportedly......




during the vernal equinox.

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exit2dos   10-07-2008 at 11:34:48 AM
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I use Windows Mojave - much, much better than Vista.

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Vokofpolisiekar   10-07-2008 at 12:08:48 PM
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Hear hear. Collect your prize of MS DOS 6.2 Upgrade.

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exit2dos   10-07-2008 at 12:38:26 PM
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YES!!!

I was going to load high, but my buzz is gone.

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turpit   10-07-2008 at 12:57:10 PM
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exit2dos wrote :

I use Windows Mojave - much, much better than Vista.




Still not as good as Pantry Windows XP

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exit2dos   10-07-2008 at 01:39:05 PM
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Pantry XP lacks the proper NUMA support for my 4x4.

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dwellman   10-07-2008 at 07:06:09 PM
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Well, I have a stripped down version called Shower XP.

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exit2dos   10-07-2008 at 11:01:42 PM
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Aaaahhhh, the best OS for a SOAP client.

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dwellman   10-08-2008 at 02:16:21 AM
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Valve's Steam works well, too.

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turpit   10-22-2008 at 03:04:56 AM
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Damn you.....some one......anyone.....MICROSFT!!!! Yes, thats it! DAMN YOU MICROSOFT. I dont know how, but in some way this is microsofts fault.

So I had an unexpected day off, and Im perusing my video files, and I come accross one of my old favorites, Twelfth Night, the Trevor Nunn version. It refuses to play correctly, so I figure the file is corrupted. I dust off the DVD and rip a new copy. Same failure. I check the DVD. Works 4.0. I check the transcoder. Preview is 4.0. So I rip it again. Fails again. Now I start messing with the codecs, and sure enough, my newly found 'precious', Bit control is at fault. FFDshow runs it 4.0.

So I finally found one the bitcontrol couldnt handle. DAMN YOU MICROSOFT

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lvdax   10-22-2008 at 08:41:59 AM
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exit2dos wrote :

Aaaahhhh, the best OS for a SOAP client.


..*Shakes Head*..
nice one...

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