x264 MKV playback
|
2008-01-28, 11:13 PM
Sorry if this is obvious/dumb but I cant find an answer. How do I playback x264 mp3 .mkv files in gb-pvr? I cant play them in PowerDVD either with I guess is probably a more important question. How can you play these?! I assume I dont need the CoreAVC codec as PDVD supports x264? The file is almost certainly a recording from the BBCHD channel (which I can watch and play back my recorded .ts files) but I just get a black screen with this .mkv file.
2008-01-28, 11:33 PM
I couldnt get mkv files to play in powerdvd but I can get them to play in gbpvr. Install the k-lite codec pack.
P4 2.4b Northwood - 1 Gig RAM - PVR 150 - Sapphire 2600XT AGP - HDA X-Mystique 7.1 Dolby Digital Live -> Samsung HT - USB-UIRT, USB-> 2 Playstation Controller Adaptors - NEC ND-3550A Burner
2008-01-29, 03:24 AM
GBPVR just uses the default windows playback configuration, so if you don't have an x264 decoder installed...
2008-01-29, 08:50 AM
Does PowerDVD not support x264? Or is h264 something completely different?
2008-01-29, 08:59 AM
x246 is the open source implementation of h264: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X264
I've had a lot of success with CoreAVC (for decoding the video) and Matroska (for opening the mkv container).
Nicolai [SIZE="1"]- http://www.nk-h.dk
Current htpc - Asus N4L-VM DH, Core Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM, Hauppauge PVR-500 mce, Twinhan DVB-C CI, TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C, nVidia 8800 GTS (using S-video tv-out), decoding dvb-c with ACamd 0.5.0.9, Yanksee and a Viaccess card from YouSee.[/SIZE]
2008-01-29, 09:33 AM
Just to confirm, PowerDVD plays (and HW accels) h264 fine (therefore so does GBPVR). But I need to install another codec (e.g. CoreAVC) to play x264 mkv files - which I assume wont have any HW acceleration? I've got a copy of the codec (already have Matroska installed) so will give a go this evening. I just hope the CoreAVC codec wont screw up the HW Accel playing of h264 files!
2008-01-29, 04:07 PM
My video card accellerates mkv files....
P4 2.4b Northwood - 1 Gig RAM - PVR 150 - Sapphire 2600XT AGP - HDA X-Mystique 7.1 Dolby Digital Live -> Samsung HT - USB-UIRT, USB-> 2 Playstation Controller Adaptors - NEC ND-3550A Burner
2008-01-29, 05:35 PM
mkv is just a container, like avi, what's inside it could be any of a lot of diffirent codecs (both audio and video). So it would there'll probably be hardware acceleration for some codecs inside mkv files, but not all.
I find that CoreAVC use the least resources on my system, it's actually performing better than VLC when playing something like 1080p x264 files.
Nicolai [SIZE="1"]- http://www.nk-h.dk
Current htpc - Asus N4L-VM DH, Core Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM, Hauppauge PVR-500 mce, Twinhan DVB-C CI, TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C, nVidia 8800 GTS (using S-video tv-out), decoding dvb-c with ACamd 0.5.0.9, Yanksee and a Viaccess card from YouSee.[/SIZE]
2008-01-29, 10:33 PM
I am using CoreAVC to display .MKV videos in GBPvr, but there is no sound. What is the best audio codec to use for these files?
2008-01-29, 11:51 PM
Quote: I am using CoreAVC to display .MKV videos in GBPvr, but there is no sound. What is the best audio codec to use for these files? Is the audio stream in AAC format? If so, then an AAC decoder (like coreAAC) Also you can set the perferred H264 audio decoder in the config.xml (not sure that I have seen it in the config app though)
"Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip!"
--= Win7, C2D 2.93 GHz, ASUS 9400GT Silent, 2GB Ram, Few HDD's, 3TB unRAID server, Samsung 50" 1080p Plasma via HDMI, 40" 1080i LCD via VGA =-- * PVR2000 Analog PCI / Avermedia DVB-S PCI / Hauppauge 2200 DVB/Analog * PCH GBPVR Client * *BD-E6500 w/ NPVR client* |
|
|
