Last version of Cyberlink PowerDVD codec usable with SageTV?

[bobsj2000]

I have been trying different codecs until I found the Core avc. It's $ 15 and it work great on h.264.


No Jitter or irregularaties in the picture.

RJ

[MitchSchaft]

I see 'em there. I'm guessing I choose 'Divx Decoder Filter' instead of 'Divx Demuxer' and 'Divx Subtitle Decoder'.

[49studebaker]

Originally Posted by MitchSchaft

I see 'em there. I'm guessing I choose 'Divx Decoder Filter' instead of 'Divx Demuxer' and 'Divx Subtitle Decoder'.

It should show up as "DivX H.264 Decoder". See image:

[MitchSchaft]

Nah, it doesn't. All I did was shut down the sage process and install the divx from the above link. I musta broke somethin'.

[koan00]

Originally Posted by bobsj2000

I have been trying different codecs until I found the Core avc. It's $ 15 and it work great on h.264.


No Jitter or irregularaties in the picture.

RJ

I am also using CoreAVC and have been for some time.

I played with the windows 7 native codecs and while the CPU usage and image quality were good, the stability was not. I would often get crashes to the desktop when using the skip ahead/back commands in frequent succession.

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by koan00

I am also using CoreAVC and have been for some time.

I played with the windows 7 native codecs and while the CPU usage and image quality were good, the stability was not. I would often get crashes to the desktop when using the skip ahead/back commands in frequent succession.

The only thing about CoreAVC is that it doesn't use EVR hardware acceleration. If you have a supported nVidia card it will accelerate playback using CUDA. So if you have an ATI card you're stuck with no hardware acceleration. I just don't see the point of CoreAVC if it's not going to use something universally accepted like EVR acceleration.

[Fuzzy]

My biggest gripe with CoreAVC would be having to pay for it, when the win7 decoders are free...

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

My biggest gripe with CoreAVC would be having to pay for it, when the win7 decoders are free...

If you're hooked on XP or Vista and can't or don't want to upgrade to Windows 7 it's definitely an option. Particularly if you have a supported nVidia card. It's just pointless otherwise.

As far as Windows 7's decoder goes it works just fine, supports EVR acceleration, and already comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit. I haven't noticed any deficiencies in the included decoder. Seems superb.

[koan00]

For me, I was a BeyondTV user until just recently, and they didnt have their acts together with HW acceleration. If you used Vista/7, then you got no HW acceleration. The CoreAVC codec with better multicore CPU and other optimizations allowed my systems to play stutter free (even without CUDA).

Moving on to SageTV, I first tried the Windows 7 codecs/native patch for a little over a month. I noticed far too frequent crashes where playback would continue (audio output continues) but the screen would go black, then show the desktop, and then normally restart video output. I assumed with was due to the windows 7 decoders/native patch combination not being up to par just yet. Switched back to tried and true CoreAVC and no problems yet.

HW acceleration can be a bit difficult to setup sometimes. You need the right combination of video cards, drivers, codecs, and playback rendering modes. CoreAVC requires none of this. It is a bit more 'brute force' but for me the CoreAVC codecs have been very reliable and stable which is what I value most.

They are darn cheap to boot. Very reasonable product IMO.

[Taddeusz]

I've never had problems with hardware acceleration under Vista and Windows 7. It just works. Particularly in Windows 7 with the included decoders.