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.