Which decoders to use in "Settings" "Decoders"?

[Dirki]

Which decoders should you activate in "Settings" "Decoders"?

[Reddwarf]

You'll need at least the MPEG2 video decoder selected and if your broadcaster transmita in H.264 you need a decoder for that too. Mpeg audio is the most common audio format so you'll need that too, but some countries have switched to HE-AAC sound (particularly for dvb-t broadcast). If you don't know what is broadcast activate all and then try to remove one by one until you see what you don't need.

[Dirki]

Thanks Reddwarf.

At the moment it is like to see on the screen shot. I have this Lan Video Decoder in use in MediaPortal, there it seems to work.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34174[/ATTACH]

[Reddwarf]

Thanks Reddwarf.

At the moment it is like to see on the screen shot. I have this Lan Video Decoder in use in MediaPortal, there it seems to work.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34174[/ATTACH]

I know that the LAV decoder works for MPEG2 video but I'v never managed to get it working for H.264. It works well for audio thou. For H.264 I'd recommend Cyberlink PDVD12, which you can get by downloading and installing PowerDVD 12 trial version.

[Dirki]

Okay, I will try, many thanks for helping.

[Petrovski]

Or just select Microsoft DTV-DVD Video decoder since you are using WIN7. Some people say it looks bad but I've tried Cyberlink and can't tell the difference.

[Dirki]

OK, thanks, I will try also.

[Reddwarf]

Or just select Microsoft DTV-DVD Video decoder since you are using WIN7. Some people say it looks bad but I've tried Cyberlink and can't tell the difference.

Visually there is probably no difference, but to my knowledge the Microsoft decoder does all decoding in software while the Cyberlink ones can use DXVA if your graphic card supports it.

[Dirki]

At the moment, it seems to work well with the LAV Decoder...