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11-15-2008, 06:33 AM
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Setup - Why Arcsoft for MPEG2 rather than MPEG-4?
I have an HD-PVR in my system and I have Arcsoft selected for MPEG2 Video Decoder Filter and Sage TV Player for MPEG4. This is working fine excpet for a little bit of stuttering.
I thought that the Arcsoft Codec is required for H.264 files and isn't H.264 a type of MPEG-4 file rather than MPEG-2? If so then shouldn't Arcsoft be the decoder for MPEG-4 rather than MPEG-2? But I don't have Arcsoft as an option for MPEG-4? 
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11-15-2008, 08:28 AM
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The option to use Arcsoft for h.264 is set in the .properties and is NOT settable from the UI.
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Gerry
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11-15-2008, 08:32 AM
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From what I understand ArcSoft can do both MPEG2 & MPEG4(h.264), but the reviews of MPEG2 when using ArcSoft are not good. I think most peope are only doing MPEG4(h.264) with the ArcSoft decoder.
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11-15-2008, 08:37 AM
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This is true. I'm actually using Cyberlink for both because it also uses the hardware acceleration of my card for both. I think by default Sage will use Arcsoft for h.264 if it is installed. I think Sage still favors setting the Sage decoder for mpeg2 by default.
Gerry
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11-15-2008, 11:24 PM
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My bad - I thought that you selected Arcsoft in the UI under MPEG-2 since that is the only place that you can actually select it. I did have the videofram H264 setting in Sage.properties set correctly.
What do people find as the best settings for MPEG2 video decoder. I have noticed a bit of stuttering in MPEG-2 playback recently - both SD and HD (OTA). I am wondering if I am not using the best decoder. My options are Arcsoft, Sage, and ATI. I have tried all 3 and ATI seems to give the smoothest playback (FYI my video card is a HD3850 and my CPU is E8400 - OS is Vista HP.)
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