avi codecs

[JoeCollegeUL]

Is there a plugin i'm not seeing that will allow me to play avi's, or other encoding other than mpg through gbpvr?

[fuzzweed]

avi should play, no problem. you may need to download the divx codec, as this is quite common in files with an avi extension.

[JoeCollegeUL]

2 any one who needed the answer. this allows me to watch all my different downloaded videos through gb-pvr. It does take some system resources, so beware with slow pc.

ffdshow

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow

[Pob]

2 any one who needed the answer. this allows me to watch all my different downloaded videos through gb-pvr. It does take some system resources, so beware with slow pc.

ffdshow

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow

I had to stop using ffdshow because, after watching an AVI, I could not get back to the gbpvr menu - just got a black screen. I had to use the XviD decoder instead.
If this is not happening to you can you please tell me what version of ffdshow you are using?
TIA
Pob

[JoeCollegeUL]

I downloaded it about a week ago. filename is 'ffdshow-20020617.exe' (downloaded 6/26). make sure under gbpvr config, playback tab, on bottom right, 'use FFDSHOW post-processing if installed' check box is checked. gb-pvr is v.99.12. Make sure 'Software MPEG-4 Playback: Video Decoder'(on same tab) is set to 'ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder', and 'Video Renderer' is set to 'VRM9'. Worked first time for me, no problems since.

[nitrogen_widget]

Actually,

You can just use FFDSHOW for non-mpeg2 content.
No need to check post processing either in GBPVR.
That setting is just for MPEG2 recordings & DVD's & it does use up some resources.

If you want, you can use the MPEG2 decoder with FFDSHOW without post processing.

When I install FFDSHOW I make sure not to choose exclusive apps that can only use it & I also just select the type of video files .xvid, .avi, .mkv ect that I will be watching.

then I configure the settings (deblocking, scaling, ect) in FFDSHOW video set-up.

I can get a 1.2 ghz P3 to scale my smaller .avi files up to 720x480 & deblock them without tanking the CPU.

In postprocessing there is a max cpu setting that keeps the CPU from Tanking.

[Pob]

I downloaded it about a week ago. filename is 'ffdshow-20020617.exe' (downloaded 6/26). make sure under gbpvr config, playback tab, on bottom right, 'use FFDSHOW post-processing if installed' check box is checked. gb-pvr is v.99.12. Make sure 'Software MPEG-4 Playback: Video Decoder'(on same tab) is set to 'ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder', and 'Video Renderer' is set to 'VRM9'. Worked first time for me, no problems since.

Thank you - Cannot really make out which version that it - mine shows as ffdshow-2546-gcc4.0.3-sse.exe.
But I will try a new version to see if that sorts the issue I was having.
I don't want to use ffdshow for mpeg2 - just for AVI's played through the 'Video library'.
Pob

[Pob]

Actually,

You can just use FFDSHOW for non-mpeg2 content.
No need to check post processing either in GBPVR.
That setting is just for MPEG2 recordings & DVD's & it does use up some resources.

If you want, you can use the MPEG2 decoder with FFDSHOW without post processing.

When I install FFDSHOW I make sure not to choose exclusive apps that can only use it & I also just select the type of video files .xvid, .avi, .mkv ect that I will be watching.

then I configure the settings (deblocking, scaling, ect) in FFDSHOW video set-up.

I can get a 1.2 ghz P3 to scale my smaller .avi files up to 720x480 & deblock them without tanking the CPU.

In postprocessing there is a max cpu setting that keeps the CPU from Tanking.

Yes I was not intending to use ffdshow for mpeg2 decoding nor mpeg2 post-processing I am very happy with my current choices for them.
I just want to go back to ffshow for mpeg-4 content - I agree it gives great results. ( I have temporarily reverted to XviD to play both xvid and divx files).I only had to stop using it because of the problem I had playing avi's in the video library - they played fine but afterwards I could not get back to the menus in gbpvr. Will try a newer version & see what happens.
Pob