Had 6.25 + MPEG4 working perfectly until I installed FFDSHOW for XVID

[Shield]

Last weekend I did a fresh install of Vista, had everything working perfectly as far as HD and H.264 files (Sage properly called the Cyberlink decoder). I had some avi files that used the DIVX/XVID codec so I installed ffdshow from Soundforge.
Now, any h.264 encoded files always try to play with ffdshow instead of using the Haali Splitter / DirectVob.

I am using this client in sage.properties:
videoframe/h264_video_decoder_filter=CyberLink H.264/AVC Decoder (PDVD7.x)

I have set the merit filter for this decoder to highest and have rebooted. Any thoughts?

[Shield]

Also, when I render a media file it's working fine and using the Cyberlink decoder (With graphedit).

[lobosrul]

Be sure ffdshow isnt setup to play h.264 files. In its video setup you can set any kind of video stream to "disabled".

I really really wish there was a way to manually setup the dshow decoder chain in sagetv. I cant tell you how many times I've been able to playback a vid file just fine in WMP and have problems in Sage.

[Shield]

Originally Posted by lobosrul

Be sure ffdshow isnt setup to play h.264 files. In its video setup you can set any kind of video stream to "disabled".

I really really wish there was a way to manually setup the dshow decoder chain in sagetv. I cant tell you how many times I've been able to playback a vid file just fine in WMP and have problems in Sage.

So which box do I uncheck here?

[lobosrul]

Originally Posted by Shield

So which box do I uncheck here?

Hmm, that looks like a very old version. Uninstall it and get this one: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm