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2 FFDShow DXVA H.264 corruption resolved

Published on 5^th December 2011 by Jon Scaife in Codecs. Updated 17^th January 2012.

Picking the best build of the FFDShow tryouts can be tricky — we’ve found a range of issues but have settled on build 3949 for now.

0 ffdshow DXVA fixed

Published on 12^th June 2011 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, News. Updated 4^th October 2011.

DXVA in ffdshow, which was , appears to have been fixed, at least in the 3878 x64 build from 11^th June.

0 DXVA problem with recent releases of ffdshow

Published on 25^th May 2011 by Jon Scaife in Codecs. Updated 4^th October 2011.

The most recent releases of the ffdshow tryouts seem to have broken DXVA support. Until the problem gets fixed I recommend sticking to your current release, or going back to ffdshow_rev3785_20110323_clsid_x64 or ffdshow_rev3721_20110107_clsid_icl10

0 Unsolved: Decoding interlaced vc1 in Media Center x64

Published on 15^th May 2011 by Jon Scaife in Codecs. Updated 24^th January 2012.

Whilst my MediaPC setup can decode just about everything thrown at it, I have had problems decoding interlaced VC1 content. The problem is caused by the failure of ffmpeg to support interlaced vc1. Whilst there are other codecs (e.g. cyberlink or arcsoft) these are currently not available as x64. Cyberlink do have an x64 codec… Read more »

0 Creating a new DIY HTPC from scratch

Published on 10^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Media PC Hardware. Updated 17^th August 2012.

Pulling together a lot of previous posts here is a guide on how to build and set up a fully featured DIY HTPC from scratch…

0 Quizdom tablet “video capture” not working

Published on 9^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Misc Software. Updated 5^th October 2011.

I was asked to investigate why some video capture utility which is part of the software package for the Quizdom Tablet wasn’t loading correctly on a particular laptop. Investigation revealed that quizdom used the XviD codec and installs it as part of its setup routine. The laptop in question already had a video codec installed… Read more »

1 Subtitles and DXVA in Windows Media Center 7 x64

Published on 8^th March 2010 by Jon Scaife in Codecs. Updated 14^th December 2011.

Thanks to a guide on theHTPC.net I have been able to get subtitles working with hardware accelerated decoding in Windows Media Center 7 x64. For this simplified guide to work you must already be comfortable with the various tweaks necessary to change the default codecs used in Media Center. Once you know how to tweak codecs… Read more »

0 Media center basic codec tweaks

Published on 6^th February 2010 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, Windows Media Center. Updated 5^th October 2011.

Following on from my that I use with my media center PC here are the details of the basic set of codec tweaks I use to enable maximum file compatiblity with DXVA support enabled…

0 Media Center apps

Published on 5^th February 2010 by Jon Scaife in Windows Media Center. Updated 4^th December 2012.

Below is a list of (and links to) all the apps I have used to enhance my Media Center PC

5 Media Codecs and Utilities for Windows 7 x64

Published on 10^th August 2009 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, Windows Media Center. Updated 30^th December 2011.

Here is a quick list of links to useful x64 codecs and related utilities that are compatible with Windows 7 x64 (64-Bit) edition…