SageTV Video Playback freezes when using SageTV MPEG Video Decoder

[AzJazz]

Hi -

I have a problem with my Win7x64 PC when playing recordings in SageTV. I currently have the MPEG2 Video Decoder set to "SageTV MPEG Video Decoder" because that is the only way I have found to get Closed Captioning to display.

If I set the MPEG2 Video Decoder to "Default" or "Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder", Closed Captions don't display.

Unfortunately, when I use the SageTV MPEG Video Decoder, the video will freeze frequently when the playback is FF/REV to a different point. This happens quite a bit because I use the Commercial Skip plug-in.

How do I get the SageTV video playback to operate properly? My PC is pretty powerful, so I know it isn't a hardware limitation.

I could go either way:

• Fix the problem with the SageTV MPEG Video Decoder, or
• Use a different MPEG2 Video Decoder that will let me use Closed Captions.

Thanks,

AJ

[FriscoJohn]

See below for how I solved my closed caption problem (thanks to jerryt's help)

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61098

Cheers.

[AzJazz]

Originally Posted by FriscoJohn

See below for how I solved my closed caption problem (thanks to jerryt's help)

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61098

Cheers.

Hi, FriscoJohn! Thanks for the help on this. I tried your suggested solution for registering the ATI Video Decoder DLL, and then selecting it from the "List all decoders" option. Everything seemed to install OK.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it will work with my system (which has an Nvidia GTX-770 GPU). When I play a video through SageTV, all I see is a black screen.

AzJazz

[AzJazz]

Hi, FriscoJohn - I looked a little closer at what happened. It appears that the ATI MPEG Video Encoder, got installed by the DirectShow Filter Manager, but not the ATI MPEG Video Decoder.

I got a more recent version of atimpenc.dll (Version 13.x), and registered that using the DSFM. Now, I am able to see the AMD MPEG Video Decoder (the name changed), and SageTV played the videos with better CC support - The SageTV MPEG Video Decoder always dropped CC characters during the playback.

That said ... Unfortunately, I'm still skrewed. The AMD MPEG Video Decoder is showing the exact same major problem I see with the SageTV MPEG Video Decoder: If I do a FF/REW or minimize the playback window, the video playback freezes.



Any other ideas?

[Denali]

Might want to try NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder v1.02.233. It helped CC playback on my 8 year old hardware.

[AzJazz]

Originally Posted by Denali

Might want to try NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder v1.02.233. It helped CC playback on my 8 year old hardware.

Thanks for the suggestion, Denali - I tried PureVideo out, but it doesn't seem to be displaying any Closed Captions. Do you have any special settings or plug-ins that you are using?

Thanks,

AJ

[MattHelm]

Originally Posted by Denali

Might want to try NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder v1.02.233. It helped CC playback on my 8 year old hardware.

Are you sure about the CC??? I thought only the SageTV decoder would allow CC playback?????

[Denali]

I am using VMR9 and NVIDIA Video Decoder. Not using anything special or plugins.