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    enhancing media player classic

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    MPC doesn't have its own equalizer, but if you use ffdshow for the decoding part; you can load up WinAMP presets into the ffdshow-equalizer.
    I'd like to take those words. Yesterday I just tested this function for the first time. I installed WinAMP lite, opened the winamp.q1 into the FFDShow Equalizer, but then...ughum...what happened then sounded pretty bad :blushing::lol::whistle:

    So please do NOT try this at home folks! :no:

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    XMPlay - Who else loves this program? :)

    in Software Hangout

    Posted · Edited by CoRoNe

    Ever since I discovered you aren't able to edit a MP3-tag for instance with a DirectShow program (Zoom Player, MPC) I've been searching the internet for a very simple program like a WinAMP alternative which didn't need to be installed, and so this lead me to XMPlay. This has been a great backup program for me already quite a while.

    I also still have some GBS-files (GameBoy soundtracks) :w00t: which I can play with the NEZplug for WinAMP in XMPlay! :P

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    FFV1? :blink:

    After some research (I've never heared about it) I found:

    A lossless video codec based on arithmetic coding developed in the open source ffmpeg project.
    I've never encountered this type of media, so I don't know in what kind of container you will face these files, and I very much doubt it has anything to do with the MP4 Splitter;
    The Elecard MP4 Demultiplexer is a DirectShow filter that provides demultiplexing MPEG-4 (Intermedia Format (MP4)), 3GPP2, Quick Time 7.0 streams with MPEG-4, H.263, AVC/H.264 video streams and AAC, AMR, MP3 audio streams.
    If you want to test the MP4 splitter you should try the test sample I included in the readme, or the QuickTime trailers, or just AAC Audio wrapped in a MP4 container.
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    I Will Create Any Software You Want For Free

    in Software Hangout

    Posted · Edited by CoRoNe

    I Will Create Any Software You Want For Free
    If that's so, I was really wondering if you could take a look at Auto Gordian Knot (forum you can find here at Doom9 > "(Auto) Gordian Knot" and "(Auto) Gordian Knot Development")

    Lately I had some feature-requests I'd really like to see in the next update of AutoGK, but suddenly someone told me len0x has stopped developing AutoGK :(

    My question to you is; If you are able to continue where len0x left off with version 2.20?

    I don't know if you know anything at all about this program, but I'd really like to see:

    - an option to encode audio to OGG Vorbis

    > or perhaps a completely different audio encoding method; like how Multi frontend works with the command line exe-files for instance.

    - MKV and MP4 container output support.

    - I think many would also welcome H.264 support.

    - the ability to enter a custom filesize in KB (KiloBytes).

    At the moment I can't think of something else.

    Perhaps I'm asking too much :unsure:

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    With all my updates, I've tested a lot of different decoders. Everytime instal,uninstal,register,unregister. Somehow my system became pretty messy by doing this all the time, and suddenly I too couldn't split MP4 files anymore. A format fixed this for me, but like you said you're working now on a fresh Windows install...I acctually don't know what to make of this at the moment :unsure:

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    Well, this is really weird...

    In MPC make sure you unticked "MP4" in the Source Filters column on the Filters tab.

    Furthermore:

    [Test Files]
    If you have installed everything correctly, and you'd like to test if everything works, you can take a look at the following links below, where you will find some sample files I've found.
    -MP4 [MP4V + AAC]:										(7.36MB)
    http://daci.digitalsystems.cs.tut.fi/videos/daci_mpeg4_sp_cbr/walk_pal_cbr_4004k_25fps_daci4sp_aac.mp4

    You can try this one as it's the same kinda video you PMed me (same audio and video part)

    MP4.png

    And afaik this splitter doesn't need additional files unlike the OGG Splitter for instance which needs the Microsoft C Runtime Library (msvcr71.dll) to function properly.

    Have you already checked whether the Elecard splitter is even registered? I included the DirectShow Filter Manager in my package. There the Elecard splitter should be listed.

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted · Edited by CoRoNe 

    AUDIO

    Source			Splitter					 Decoder				  Renderer
    MP4/M4A		-> Elecard MP4 Demultiplexer -> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer

    As you can see, the Elecard filter needs to be registered and with the FFDShow Audio Decoder, AAC need to be enabled either with libfaac2 or realaac in the codecs tab.

    I just discovered I completely forgot to mention in the readme that my package is for WinXP only, since most of the filters are too. (the updated filters with the latest release are all unicode releases)

    (what the hell is this, from the latest paragraph I wanted to make a single post, but everytime it get's inserted in this post!?!)

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    Volume regulation

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    Well let's first ask him what kind of movies he's trying to play on his laptop shall we?

    Actually it doesn't matter wether you're trying to play DivX/XviD with AC3/MP3 or MPEG2 with AC3/DTS (or in other words DVDs). FFDShow comes with a Volume Normalize feature which is able to normalize every audio format it supports. So all you need is FFDShow (and perhaps some MPEG filters for DVD support if so; included in my package).

    This at least keeps you from installing those huge DVD programs.

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    Btw, I do have a question to all of you who use my little package.

    I noticed that the RadLight OGG Splitter 1.0.0.2 (13022005) has a minor issue rendering Vorbis Audio at the very beginning of a OGG-file. I encoded some test material (one song encoded with some different quality settings/bitrates), and I noticed songs were being rendered like a fraction of a second upto half a second the song too short at the very beginning (**** my english sucks :()

    I'm trying to say, the song isn't played at the beginning (00:00,00), but starts at 00:00,50 for instance or something. This issue only concerns the one from RadLight, the one from Gabest works fine, but this one doesn't support splitting THEORA. Now I wonder, how many people acctually do have THEORA video files?

    So it's either:

    -RadLight with it's playback issue at the beginning or;

    -Gabest with no THEORA support

    I would say Gabest, since I've never even seen one THEORA file on the internet (except the Lego Movie test sample :P), what do you say?

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    [FFDShow Configuration]

    Audio Decoder Configuration:

    -MP1,MP2 --> libmad

    -MP3 --> libmad

    -AC3 --> liba52

    -DTS --> libdts

    -AAC --> libfaad2

    -Vorbis --> tremor

    -FLAC --> disabled (FFDShow fails while rendering FLAC, hence the CoreCodec FLAC Decoder)

    Video Decoder Configuration:

    -XviD --> libavcodec

    -DivX 3 --> libavcodec

    -DivX 4 --> libavcodec

    -DivX 5 --> libavcodec

    -H.264 --> libavcodec

    -Theora --> libtheora

    You'll find the audio/video configuration in your startmenu where you installed FFDShow.

    There you need to go to the first tab "Codecs":

    FFDShow_config.png

    Here you can click on the specific decoders you like.

    So, since MPEG2 isn't fully supported yet, it's best you keep it disabled.

    Also leave FLAC alone as mentioned above.

    DivX and XivD etc. are already enabled by default so there are only a few more you need to enable/change.

    Furthermore, at the tab "Tray, dialog & paths" I have Show tray icon and Extended info ticked, which enables a tray icon on the rightbottom of your screen. This shows you with every audio/video-file you play what kind of file it acctually is:

    FFDShow_trayicon.gif

    And the tab "Volume" I have ticked, where I have Normalize and Show current volume levels ticked. Normalize is especially handy when it comes to movies with low volume AC3 Audio.

    That's it. Of course you can configure much more, but I don't need more ;)

    The same "Tray, dialog & paths" stuff goes for the Video Configuration, and I have Accurate deblocking ticked at the "Postprocessing" tab. (produces a slightly better image quality).

    In my opinion this is all you need to configure. Good luck.

    (With the next update I'll correct the readme a little concerning this FFDShow issue)

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    No Audio for VOB files

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    If you do not desire any packages at all, the things you need for proper playback of VOB files is:

    -Gabest MPEG Splitter 1.0.0.1 (25112005)

    -Gabest MPEG Decoder 1.0.0.1 (25112005)

    -Open-Source AC3 Filter v1.01rc5

    And let me quote something from my readme from a previous version of my DSFP:

    *DScaler 5 Audio Decoder 0.6.0 (26022005)
    This audio decoder will be used as "Audio Pre-processor" as a temporary fix to render VOB [MPEG2,DTS] files
    The mediagraph will look like this:
    (Source) --> Gabest MPEG Splitter --> Gabest MPEG Decoder --> (Video Renderer)
    								  \-> DScaler Audio Decoder --> (Audio Renderer)
    ......
    These decoders/filters are gathered to render media with Zoom Player in "standard media playback" mode. This for instance explains the DScaler Audio Decoder, since the AC3Filter itself is allready capable of decoding DTS audio, but somehow fails in "standard media playback" mode.

    So if you have a VOB [MPEG2,AC3] file, then you're good to go with the ones mentioned above, but if you have a VOB [MPEG2,DTS] file, then you will need the DScaler Audio Decoder, since I mentioned the Open-Source AC3 Filter has issue rendering this (it does render DTS though if you force it to in GraphEdit from Microsoft :wacko:)

    Now then, since the DScaler stuff comes in a package with more filters...I can, if it's necessary, give you a zip-file with just the DScaler Audio Decoder, which I backedup on my computer.

    Or you can give as a link to this VOB file of yours if there's any ;)

    But all in all I do rather recommend FFDShow as decoder for AC3/DTS. It does save you a lot of effort.

    In this case the graphs will look like this for both kinds of VOB files:

    Source			Splitter				Decoder				  Renderer
    VOB[MPEG2+AC3] -> Gabest MPEG Splitter -> Gabest MPEG Decoder   -> Video Renderer
    									   \> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    VOB[MPEG2+DTS] -> Gabest MPEG Splitter -> Gabest MPEG Decoder   -> Video Renderer
    									   \> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted · Edited by CoRoNe

    For those of you who don't believe my package works (somehow I've got that feeling), I'd like to point out the schematic directshow graphs (which filters are gathered for MP3 playback for instance). Here you have a picture of Zoom Player where you can see which filters are being used for the playback of a MP3-file:

    ZP.gif

    Below you can see the schematic version.

    Container formats, such as MPG and MKV I will point out as MKV[XviD+AC3] for instance, meaning; a Matroska-file with a XviD Video part and a AC3 Audio part.

    Also note that source filters (like APE and MPC) won't show up most of the time in the graph, since like their name already points out, they grab the file by the source.

    So, once you have installed everything correctly the directshow graphs will somewhat look like this:

    (p.s. I hope my english isn't that bad)

    AUDIO

    Source			Splitter					 Decoder				  Renderer
    MP3			-> MP3 Parser Filter		 -> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    OGG			-> RadLight Ogg Splitter	 -> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    AAC			-> AAC Parser				-> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    MP4/M4A		-> Elecard MP4 Demultiplexer -> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    AC3			-> AC3 Parser Filter		 -> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    MPC,MOD,APE,FLAC,OFR,CDA,CDXA (Source Filter)						-> Audio Renderer
    PLS (SHOUTcast Source Filter)			   -> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer

    VIDEO & AUDIO

    Source				Splitter					 Decoder				  Renderer
    MPG[MPEG2+MP2]	 -> Gabest MPEG Splitter	  -> Gabest MPEG Decoder   -> Video Renderer
    												\> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    VOB[MPEG2+DTS]	 -> Gabest MPEG Splitter	  -> Gabest MPEG Decoder   -> Video Renderer
    												\> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    OGG[Theora+Vorbis] -> RadLight Ogg Splitter	 -> ffdshow Video Decoder -> Video Renderer
    												\> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    MP4[H264+AAC]	  -> Elecard MP4 Demultiplexer -> ffdshow Video Decoder -> Video Renderer
    												\> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer
    MKV[XviD+AC3]	  -> Matroska Splitter		 -> ffdshow Video Decoder -> Video Renderer
    												\> ffdshow Audio Decoder -> Audio Renderer

    Comments:

    -MP4/M4A is always AAC Audio.

    -PLS (SHOUTcast) is always MP3 Audio. (haven't seen other audio formats yet)

    -MPG[MPEG1+MP2] (MPEG Video 1 + MPEG Audio 1 Layer 2), is still done by the Windows default MPEG filters.

    -Of course you can also paste the "VobSub Filter" behind a Video Decoder in case of subtitles. For instance a MKV-file with integrated subtitles:

    MKV[XviD+AC3] -> Matroska Splitter -> ffdshow Video Decoder -> VobSub Filter -> Video Renderer
    								   \> ffdshow Audio Decoder				  -> Audio Renderer

    Please feel free to ask questions I you have any, I'll try my best to answer them, although I too can't answer all questions :P

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    Best Ever Codec Pack to be in uAXPSP2 CD?

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted

    ...

    Add to that CoRoNe's DirectShow FilterPack, Quicktime / Real Alternative, and Media Player Classic.

    ...

    bumperdiebump...I just wanted to point out that my FilterPack doesn't include any codecs at all :rolleyes:

    It's for decoding/playback media only.

    And btw, why do we all need those enormous codecpacks? The only codec I got installed is XviD.

    Audio encoding we can all do with; Audiograbber, Multi frontend, and BeLight.

    If there is need for those codecpacks though...I would like to know what codec(s) people are using ;)

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    DirectShow FilterPack

    in Software Hangout

    Posted

    Hello DigeratiPrime,

    I'm glad you like it. Of course you can make it unattended but somehow I always had the feeling I had to install all the other stuff first (ffdshow, real alt, quicktime alt, etc.), but of course it would be really great if you could confirm it works for 100% this way. By the way; as mentioned in the readme, a directory structure already present in the archive, so perhaps you should change it into Path=%systemdrive%, I'm not sure.

    The FFDShow tray icon(s) I always find quite handy though. It quickly shows me the filter(s) being used, bitrate, frequency, channels, you name it. You should take it a try: FFDShow Audio/Video Decoder Properties > Tray, dialog & paths > [show tray icon] [Extended info]

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