playing H.264 files with Ac3 or EAC3

[Motofreak75]

Does anyone have this issue or Can anyone tell me why Sage insists on playing my h.264.AC3/EAC3 files using mplayer/sagetvplayer even though I have turned it off through the sage menu and verified in the sageclient.properties.

I find this rather high on the PITA facter, because I made sure it works great and plays in WMP11, Cyberlink player and MPC. using the decoders I want to use. Its just Sage feels the need to use it own player even with I turn it off. Its kinda like using a car with traction control turned off but in reailty its still on and you still Curse the manufacture !

It just pisses my off. Has anyone else noticed this before I have a chat with Sage support?

[bluenote]

forgive my ignorance .. but how can you tell? just by virtue of the fact that it doesnt work in sage?

[evilpenguin]

What container are you using (mp4/mkv/etc.)?

[Motofreak75]

evilpenguin: I using mkv files with Cyberlink H.264 and Sonic 4.3 audio decoder for my Eac3 needs.

cnova: The debug logs told me everything.

[talbot3]

You can always set the property always_use_directshow_player=true (not sure if this is exactly what it is called). This will use directshow merits for filter selection for all media. This works great for most things, but I could never find a directshow FLV splitter that does not have timeline issues with youtube and google videos.

[Motofreak75]

Dam miss that, I"ll try it in a few minutes.

thanks

[evilpenguin]

I think Sage might be pushing off 100% off mkv files to SageTVPlayer regardless of your preferences. I'd file a bug report/service request to Sage rather than post in the forums; you'll get your answers that way.

Edit: Looks like i'm wrong, ignore this post :-P

[Motofreak75]

always_use_dshow_player=true

Did the trick thanks talbot3


when I turn off "always_use_dshow_player", even if you have mplayer disabled, the Sage Client still runs sagetv player even though its disabled. I'll still let support konw about it.

thanks