GB-PRV H.264 Videos

[Difatoni]

Which decoder does the program use by default to play my nero encoded videos? (The Nero codec is not on this computer) Would the nero one be better for the h.264 mp4's?

[sub]

It lets Window's decide which decoder to use. If you can play it in Windows Media Player, then it'll most likely also play in GB-PVR.

[Difatoni]

In the drop down, the decoders are supposedly for mpeg2. I was able to select nero decoders, which I believe are the best in this case, and I'm getting funny results. Man in the Iron Mask is only playing the background audio, without the voices, and it seems like the movies are glitching more than in
Media Portal. I've heard that GB-PVR is more stable than media portal, could it be the decoders?

[sub]

In the drop down, the decoders are supposedly for mpeg2

Thats correct. MPEG-2 gets special treatment because all of GB-PVR 's recording is MPEG-2 based.

All other file types just depend on Windows to be able to pick the correct decoders and filters.

I was able to select nero decoders, which I believe are the best in this case, and I'm getting funny results. Man in the Iron Mask is only playing the background audio, without the voices, and it seems like the movies are glitching more than in
Media Portal. I've heard that GB-PVR is more stable than media portal, could it be the decoders?

Yes, it will be the decoders. GB-PVR doesnt do the playback of the file itself. It just asks Windows to play it, which in turn uses the directshow decoders and filters that are installed on your machine.

I you look in the gbpvr.exe-native.log, it lists the filters that were picked for playback, which usually provides valuable insight into which decoder is probably causing problems.

[Gort10]

I have a few hundred hours of family video files in H.264 which play fine in GB-PVR, but not on the MVP's. Is this capability likely to remain beyond the ability of the MVP hardware or might there be some software workaround I can try.

[sub]

The MVP can only play MPEG1 & MPEG2 files. If you try to play an H.264 file on the MVP (with the v0.97.7 release), it'll try to convert it on the fly to MPEG2. This requires a quite grunty PC.

[csy]

I highly recommend:
http://coreavc.corecodec.org/index.html

It works extreamly well directly in GBPVR "Video Library" and should also work via Video plugins like MyVideos.