SageTV Demux Beta for Windows w/ Accurate Seeking

[Razillian]

Has anyone else noticed the timeline freezing when watching "live" tv? I noticed it with the HD PVR first, and those recordings use the PowerDVD decoders. Last night I saw it when I started watching Burn Notice with the nVidia DualTV, and it uses the nVidia Purevideo decoders.

When I try to fast forward through a commercial after watching a show segment (I usually start watching "live" tv 15 minutes into the show so I can do this), the fast forward initially dumps me back to where the timeline stopped, which happens to be the end of the previous commercial block. I can then fast forward all the way through the actual show and next commercial block to where I was. Rinse and repeat for each commercial block. Once the OSD drops off screen, it seems like the progress no longer moves forward, even though the show is actually playing. Very odd...

[ToxMox]

Originally Posted by ryttingm

Well ac3filter doesn't seem to support aac audio. I tried to install coreaac, it renders fine with coreaac in graphedit, but no such luck inside sagetv. For those who say they are using ac3filter, please link your dshowfiltergraph from the debug log so I can know what you are actually using.

I'm sorry. I was thinking of my audio decoder for MPEG playback. AC3Filter is still part of my HDPVR TS playback graph. See attached graphedit. It doesn't seem to show up in the debug log though. Here is my playback log.

Thu 9/11 19:04:49.330 ===== List Creation Elapsed Time = [7]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.331 Category Filter Elapsed Time = [1]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.331 Other Filter Elapsed Time = [0]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.331 No duplicates Elapsed Time = [0]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.334 DShowPlayer setVideoRendererFilter0({51B4ABF3-748F-4E3B-A276-C828330E926A}) called
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.341 Setting up VMR9 deinterlacing
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.342 Curr Mix Prefs=0x1015
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.343 Set to 0x2015, hr=0x0, New Mix Prefs=0x2015
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.343 DShowPlayer setAudioRendererFilter0(Realtek Digital Output (Realtek) called
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.348 Sorting Elapsed Time = [17]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.353 Grouping Elapsed Time = [5]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.354 ===== Overall Group Creation Elapsed Time = [31]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.356 setUI(sage.b1@1639ff[MediaPlayer OSD]) histIdx=2 uiHistory=[sage.b1@131a24c[Main Menu], sage.b1@1c95553[Xtra: SageTV Recordings by malore], sage.b1@1639ff[MediaPlayer OSD]]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.367 DShowPlayer setVideoDecoderFilter0(CyberLink H.264/AVC Decoder (PDVD8)) called
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.434 AutoAspect: Setting Aspect Ratio to Source as Aspect ratio for non-MPEG TV files
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.445 ===== List Creation Elapsed Time = [7]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.454 Category Filter Elapsed Time = [0]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.454 Other Filter Elapsed Time = [0]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.454 No duplicates Elapsed Time = [0]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.471 Sorting Elapsed Time = [17]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.474 Grouping Elapsed Time = [3]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.474 ===== Overall Group Creation Elapsed Time = [36]
Thu 9/11 19:04:49.491 CEPoolSize=5

Thu 9/11 19:04:52.322 VMR9 alloc 1964x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool  format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=20 ary=11 nativeWidth=1964 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 Setting up VMR9 deinterlacing
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 VM9Deinterlacing Tech: PixelAdaptive
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 VM9Deinterlacing Tech: BOBVerticalStretch
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 VM9Deinterlacing Tech: Proprietary...
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 Actual deinterlace: hr=0x0 guid={6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 deinterlace mode: hr=0x1 guid={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 Setting deinterlace mode to actual mode...
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 deinterlace mode: hr=0x0 guid={6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.323 Filter Graph Video Renderer Info:
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 Video Renderer:CLSID_VideoMixingRenderer9
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 M type MEDIATYPE_Video  S type MEDIASUBTYPE_YUY2 F type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 Interlaced video
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 Both fields per sample
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 Field 2 first
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 Stream never contains a Field 2
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 Either bob or weave mode.
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.324 VMR9 filter detected, using line 21 decoder 2.
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.327 DShowGraphFilters=AudRend,VidRend,Line21 Decoder,ArcSoft Audio Decoder HD,Video Decoder,SageTV MPEG2 Demultiplexer,\\TITAN\SageStorage2\2008WorldSeriesofPoker-1044779-0.ts,
Thu 9/11 19:04:52.327 VideoFrame.timeSelected2(Wed 9/10 1:55:55.578, true) currFile=MediaFile[id=1086404 A[1044779,1044500,"2008 World Series of Poker",45507@0910.01:30,60] host=TITAN encodedBy=Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Device Best-H.264 format=MPEG2-TS 0:00:00 20000 kbps [#0 Video[H.264 1920x1088 interlaced]#1 Audio[AAC 48000 Hz 2 channels  MAIN idx=1 id=1100]] \\TITAN\SageStorage2\2008WorldSeriesofPoker-1044779-0.ts, Seg0[Wed 9/10 1:30:02.129-Wed 9/10 2:35:00.001]] realDur=3885988

[Clift]

Originally Posted by ryttingm

Which audio decoder do you use? I'll have to try using something different.

I'm using the ArcSoft one. I had AC3Filter working too but there was an ever-so-slight lip syncing problem that I tried to fix and somehow messed up AC3Filter to the point that I was getting no sound at all. Fearing the wrath of the wife I didn't want to take an even longer time trying to fix it. So I tried the ArcSoft and it worked so I was like "if it ain't broke..."

[Clift]

I tried using VMR9 last night and it worked much better than it used to. But after about 10 seconds it would stutter for about 2 seconds then get smooth again. This is with the PowerDVD8 H.264 decoder. But witht he old sage demux VMR9 would just stutter horribly. So whatever the Sage guys are up to, keep it up.

Anyone else try VMR9 with hardware decoding?

[ryttingm]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

I'm sorry. I was thinking of my audio decoder for MPEG playback. AC3Filter is still part of my HDPVR TS playback graph. See attached graphedit. It doesn't seem to show up in the debug log though. Here is my playback log.

ok, looks like you're using the arcsoft audio decoder. I was really hoping I wouldn't have to install the arcsoft package. I have had playback working with arcsoft video/audio decoders, but I am a bit of a minimalist and only want to have the decoders/software I need to enable playback. It's just too bad that I can get the powerdvd audio decoder to work everywhere but in sagetv with the sagetv demux.

-Mike

[flashbacck]

Originally Posted by Narflex

Howdy all,
-Rearchitected from scratch to enable more advanced features (yes, we'll be adding smooth FF/REW to this component in the near future)

Wha-wha-WHAT?

[MrD]

This Demuxer seems to break the DVD time line controls (i.e. I can not change the timeline using this filter with DVDs)

I am using Nvidia MPEG-2 codecs.

Anyone else noticed this?

[grooves12]

So far so good... I was able to get smooth playback with Cyberlink PDVD8 with h264 in vista, whereas before it was nothing but a jittery mess.

I gave up on Commercial cutting long ago because of the timeline problems... but I'll give a try with this later this week and see how it goes.

[setherd]

it's sucking for me tried several different codecs. when I skip fwd or back the soundis outof sync for about 30 seconds

[lovingHDTV]

It hangs for me. You can get a few minutes into the show, then it hangs. Moved back to the inaccurate, but working demux

[swats]

It's working for me with Sage 6.4, Powerdvd 7.x Video, and ArcSoft Audio decoder for h264. I had weird results with Haali splitter installed, and trying to use the powerdvd audio decoder resulted in a black screen with audio.

At this point I am very happy. This is the best h264 playback I have been able to achieve to date.

[sacrament055]

This version was often locking the playback when I would select something from my HVR-1600 S-Video Capture. If I hit the skip back button playback resumes normally. Also didn't seem to be a problem using the ATSC tuner portion of the same HVR-1600.
Back to the old file and the problem goes away again.

[sleonard]

This would often hang Sage if I skipped forward or back. I reverted to the original and all is well.

S

[swats]

I just noticed that the time bar doesn't advance when watching live tv. The current position indicator is always at the beginning, and if you skip back or forward it does so from the beginning, not end of the recording.

[mdnttoker]

This new demuxer worked wonders on the VBR mpeg2 recordings I convert my HD camera AVCHD files to. MUCH better in Sage!

Thanks!

[ToxMox]

I am watching the Notre Dame game live about an 40 minutes behind live and seeking is all over the place when fast forwarding through commercials. Has jumped me many minutes off of where I was and let me know the score ahead of time several times already. I guess I'll have to switch back to the other demux for live stuff. It is beta after all

[kricker]

Originally Posted by swats

I just noticed that the time bar doesn't advance when watching live tv. The current position indicator is always at the beginning, and if you skip back or forward it does so from the beginning, not end of the recording.

Same happened to me. I switched back to the original and all was well again.

[ryttingm]

Well I bit the bullet and installed arcsoft. I'm am now successfully playing back video with Powerdvd8 video and arcsoft audio. I am seeing a similar issue to ToxMox where skipping is all over the map while watching an actively recording video.

-Mike

[GollyJer]

This demux works great with PDVD8 for video and Arcsoft for audio IF you never seek (ff or rw). Once I try it dies.

Can't wait to have a demux that plays and correctly seeks with PDVD8 video and audio.

Keep up the great work Sage team.

[GollyJer]

Tried playing back hd-pvr files with arcsoft video and audio decoders. Plays fine but locks up when trying to seek.