Windows Media Player Codex Problem

[ibby]

I have gbpvr on one computer recording all my shows. I tried to use another network computer to view the mpg files but Windows Media Player 10 says error downloading codex. I can watch them on the gbpvr but not on any other computer.

I am using a hauppage PVR-150 everything is default as far as I know with the card and gbpvr.

Please help!

[sub]

Windows does not have an MPEG-2 decoder installed by default, so you'd need to install one on the machine in question.

[BlueMagician]

I have a similar problem, but it's the computer that I make recordings on that has issues.

Media Player will 'play' the audio of a GBPVR recording, but won't show video. It must be a system wide issue, as I get the same 'no video' in Windows Movie Maker too...

The system must have an MPEG2 codec installed, as CyberLink DVD Player works fine.. What am I missing?

Thanks, and sorry for thread stealing - but didn't think it was worth starting a fresh one..

S :: bluemagician

[sub]

Try downloading and installing the MPEG2 decoder from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gplmpgdec

[sub]

BlueMagician, have you tried explicitly selecting the Cyberlink video decoder in the config app, or do you rely on the "System default" setting?

[BlueMagician]

The codec you suggested has had no effect/made no difference.. d'oh.

I select the Cyberlink codec by hand in the config app. I don't mean to trouble you with this as it's clearly not a GBPVR issue - I just thought I'd ask in case others had come accross it.

I can play GBPVR recordings fine in VLC player, so I know the files are good - I just want to be able to edit trim the recordings in Movie Maker, and something at system level is obviously screwy with MS side of things...?

Thanks for your suggestions!

[sub]

Can you try to play a file, then zip and attach your gbpvr.exe-native.log file? It'll show us exactly what directshow filters and decoders are being used.

[BlueMagician]

Sorry for the late reply.. the log you requested is quite short, so here it is:

Code:

23:07:04.343 INFO Log started 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(VMR9CustomAllocatorRenderer) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(ShowClosedCaptions) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(UseFFDSHOW) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE FFDShow enabled 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(EnableTeleText) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(ForcedGraphTeardown) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalZoom) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE Horizontal Zoom: 1.050000 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalZoom) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE Vertical Zoom: 1.000000 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalOffset) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE Horizontal Offset: 0 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalOffset) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE Vertical Offset: 0 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(LiveTVPrePlayDelay) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency) 23:07:04.343 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio0) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio1) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio2) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio3) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio4) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio5) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio6) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio7) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE getSetting(TeletextRect) 23:07:04.359 VERBOSE MinimumFilePlaySize=200000 23:07:04.375 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerVMR9() initialising... 23:07:04.375 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency) 23:07:13.968 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\My Videos\GBPVR Recordings\Futurama\Futurama_20060418_20302100.mpg) 23:07:13.984 VERBOSE Creating new graph 23:07:13.984 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer) 23:07:14.078 VERBOSE audio renderer filter: SB Live! Audio [AC00] 23:07:14.125 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode) 23:07:14.125 VERBOSE detected FPS as 25.000000 23:07:14.125 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder) 23:07:14.156 VERBOSE audio decoder filter: CyberLink Audio Decoder 23:07:14.156 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredDecoder) 23:07:14.203 VERBOSE video decoder filter: CyberLink Video/SP Decoder 23:07:14.203 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux) 23:07:14.218 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: ffdshow raw video filter 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters) 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters: 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE - Video Renderer 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE - SB Live! Audio [AC00] 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE - CyberLink Video/SP Decoder 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE - CyberLink Audio Decoder 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE - C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\My Videos\GBPVR Recordings\Futurama\Futurama_20060418_20302100.mpg 23:07:14.406 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles) 23:07:14.468 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playFile() done 23:07:14.468 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase::setPlaybackRate(1.000000) 23:07:14.468 VERBOSE Restoring audio

As I said - GBPVR seems happy playing the files, but for some reason, Media Player and Movie Maker seem to be oblivious to the fact that I have the CyberLink codecs installed on my system.

Hope this helps!
S.

[sub]

If you set the video and audio decoders back to 'system default' in the config app, then retry it, and repost, it should show the decoders that Window Media Player will try to use. Unfortunately the log above forces the use of the Cyberlink Decoders, so doesnt show what the system defaults are.

[BlueMagician]

Okay, I set the audio and video decoder to 'system default', and played a recording in GBPVR. This time the result was the same as in Media Player - audio fine, but black picture.

Here is the native log from that attempt:

Code:

17:45:18.812 INFO Log started 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE getSetting(VMR9CustomAllocatorRenderer) 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE getSetting(ShowClosedCaptions) 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE getSetting(UseFFDSHOW) 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE FFDShow enabled 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE getSetting(EnableTeleText) 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE getSetting(ForcedGraphTeardown) 17:45:18.812 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalZoom) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE Horizontal Zoom: 1.050000 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalZoom) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE Vertical Zoom: 1.000000 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalOffset) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE Horizontal Offset: 0 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalOffset) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE Vertical Offset: 0 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(LiveTVPrePlayDelay) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio0) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio1) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio2) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio3) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio4) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio5) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio6) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(AspectRatio7) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE getSetting(TeletextRect) 17:45:18.828 VERBOSE MinimumFilePlaySize=200000 17:45:18.859 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerVMR9() initialising... 17:45:18.859 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency) 17:45:29.484 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\My Videos\GBPVR Recordings\Futurama\Futurama_20060416_16001630.mpg) 17:45:29.484 VERBOSE Creating new graph 17:45:29.484 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer) 17:45:29.562 VERBOSE audio renderer filter: SB Live! Audio [AC00] 17:45:29.593 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode) 17:45:29.593 VERBOSE detected FPS as 25.000000 17:45:29.593 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder) 17:45:29.593 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredDecoder) 17:45:29.609 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: default 17:45:29.609 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux) 17:45:29.625 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: ffdshow raw video filter 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters) 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters: 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE - Video Renderer 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE - SB Live! Audio [AC00] 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE - InterVideo Video Decoder 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE - CyberLink Audio Decoder 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE - C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\My Videos\GBPVR Recordings\Futurama\Futurama_20060416_16001630.mpg 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles) 17:45:29.750 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playFile() done 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase::setPlaybackRate(1.000000) 17:45:29.750 VERBOSE Restoring audio

This means that the system default is a broken codec right? Rather than fix the broken codec, how do I just make the CyberLink one the default (as we know that works fine).

Thanks for getting me this far!

S.