I know this is an old thread, but I just noticed it. I've seen similar problems when I got a new TV, and the solution was to turn off Motion Smoothing on the TV. I think processing things the HTPC video card/software were doing were interacting in a negative way with processing the TV was trying to...

Found an answer. Might not be the best way, but an ASX file with these contents works:

My TItle

My Title
My Author
My Copyright
&Password= />

Sounds like the files themselves may be your issue.

On my tools page is a software called Metafox.
It will extract the contents of most containers (m2ts, flv, avi etc) and place them, untouched, into an MKV container.
It will also extract from an existing MKV and create a new MKV using the...

If you have the space then you can play .wtv files on the nexus 7 with third party video players.

I use videoredo for converting so can't help with Nero, sorry.

Try:

I'm using it with the Daemon iso mounting software.

Ok, great. Thanks. I will give it a shot. I am still ordering the hardware for a HTPC/gaming build. I will be using windows 8.1 and windows media center. I have tried other media players like Potplayer and like them better than windows...

Thanks. I did eventually figure out the problems I was having. I needed to add the -w and -v options to prevent ToDVRMS from hanging. As I recall it did convert AAC ok but the picture would occasionally freeze while the audio still played. Converting to AC3 with ffmpeg before the WTV conversion...

Yeah the only thing that will show in the Recorded TV library is .wtv and .dvr-ms files.

Thanks a lot for the incredibly quick reply! Fastest I've encountered on any forum. Normally I have to wait a day or two for the first one :P

How can I tell if its not copy protected? Also, is there a site that can show how to use DVRMST?

EDIT: Just right clicked the file and saw this option to...

Thanks for the replies I will put WMC in window mode. Also staknhalo are yoy saying use Shark and unistall Haali?

Yeah you might need to depending on what format your subtitles are in.

I can understand all the hate towards codec packs, but Sharks64 works very well for me.
Clean Win7x64 install, Sharks64 install with a couple of tweaks and my system plays everything I throw at it.

Tester

Thanks for the tip, will try it out. What are the tweaks by the way?

If it helps I'm using...

Great stuff :thumbup:

Another question- do some shows, like those off HBO, have some DRM that prevents Handbrake from transcoding them? I haven't been able to get some of those shows to convert to MP4s.
You can't do anything to any copy-protected files, such as those recorded from HBO. You can't even do automated...

No

I have the same problem, I use MCE for movies (until I get a cablecard tuner) and when I switch my reciever to media center I have to turn the volume almost to max.

I'll play around with setting and such, see if I can figure anything out.

Yup, I recently asked in a thread about digital copies.

Downloaded a bunch of movies and shows from Amazon and everything has FF/RW and works perfect in WMC.

Perfect, just tried it out and they work exactly how I want. Can download with Amazon and then move into my media library, rename, add metadata, etc. All works great. Plus they have rewind/fast forward which is a bonus.

Record something. Watch it. Watch it again.

If you get the same behaviour both times, the problem is probably with the tuner/your video signal.

If you get different behavior, it's probably an issue with the audio drivers.

By same behaviour , I mean exactly the same drop outs at exactly the...

Install any updates recently or codec packs?
Update DirectX here and try the file again:
Are you up to date on Video Card Drivers? And have you updated Video Drivers Recently? If so can you roll back to the previous driver?
newfiend~

OK, care to share your MakeMKV and Handbrake settings/script/whatever?

MakeMKV I use default settings. On Handbrake, I use the High Quality settings and uncheck the large file size box -- this may be the same as the normal setting??. The settings down convert all audio to AAC and H.264 video....

My suggestion...put all of the Shark007 links in one place with a simple list of what you need.
Bookmark the Setup and usage page.

Forgot... Popcorn dts decoder aswell

So I still was never able to get AC3 filter to install correctly. Instead I came across the K-lite codec pack that packages a bunch of different codecs together and has a nice interface wrapper that makes it easy to change settings and enable/disable various codecs. After a bunch of tweaking, I was...

MyMovies

...since nobody else mentioned it.

If you use the Ceton companion app then Yamm might be the logical approach. I use MyMovies for WHS and have been for years so I've bound myself to that but it might be redundant if you don't need/want the other features. It might help if others...

Are you using the USB cable that comes with the External 3TB Seagate (Hopefully included with the drive when you bought it.) and not the one that was attached to the 2TB WD?

The reason I asked is because I had an External HDD and I tried to use another (bit longer cable) I purchased for it and had...

LAV Filters, but you might lose ff/rev without ms decoder. It's far superior to ffdshow whitch isn't developed actively anymore. It comes with Splitter, Video and Audio decoder.

Have you tried Haali Media Splitter? I use it along with a registry edit to allow Media Center to play .mkv files natively.

It's not to play MP4/M4v, WMC does that natively. However, it won't let you ffwd or skip chapters; you can only do the 30 skip ahead.

I think you may be thinking of Media...

Looking at the profiles in MCE Buddy, they are basically just command lines for the encoder. I am clueless though as to how to make them do what I want. Here is an example:

ffmpeg-video=-ss 3 -vf yadif=0:-1,hqdn3d -vcodec libx264 -b 2000k -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -deblock -1:-1 -bt 256k -refs 8...

Hmmm interesting, I know Media Browser pulled metadata for my DVD rips but since converting them to DVR-MS haven't seen any metadata pulled down for those - maybe I need to check my config settings in MB...

Worse comes to worse I guess YAMMM is my next alternative. Thanks all!

***Edit**** -...

As richard1980 says, the only option is to decode the FreeView HD 5.1 audio in Windows and send 6ch PCM to your receiver. I've found this works well for live TV if you disable allow-applications-exclusive-mode in control panel audio settings. But the significant downside is that you can't bitstream...

Exactly, if only it were that easy and standard across the board for everyone. :-/ It took me quite a few trial and errors to get it right. I finally started out simple with as few changes as possible until things were playing zippy fast, smooth, and reliable for all formats.

Can you use NERO and convert it to another format.. Or maybe even handbrake?

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I did not try Nero. I was able to go back to where the video was take and the security software came AVI Converter which worked.

By definition, bitstreaming does not require any codecs to be installed on the PC, as bitstreaming means outputting encoded audio from the PC to a receiver. The audio stream is never decoded on the PC, thus no codecs are required on the PC. WMC fully supports bitstreaming common audio formats such...

I realise this is an old thread, but I was just browsing and thought I'd add an alternative answer.

...can you just plain old play an original disc?

With something like anydvdhd/dvdfabpasskeylite, LAV filters, mediaplayerclassic and mediacentrestudio, yes.
LAV allows playing of the main movie...

And is your resolution set to an interlaced one or low frequency? Should be 50 or 60Hz for the US Et al.

A no nonsense way to get subtitles and seperate audio tracks working in media center along with mymovies.

A bit brute but works.

waf approved :)

3rd post down.

Hello thanks!
I found this page:
Copy MSDTVVDEC.DLL in System32 folder and change registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Media Center\Settings\TVConfig change the value of fAllowDvbsMHEG from 0 to 1 and reboot PC.
Mediacenter playing for video.

Other problem:
Scan...

Most folks will steer you to the XBox as an extender. Of course, the Ceton Echo is supposed to be out this year... and I have high hopes that it will be a great one. I, personally, prefer the HP X280N. You can get them on e-bay for anywhere between $50 and $150. The X280N works fine for me... but I...

Easiest and cheapest is shark codec, uninstall bing toolbar, go into the settings in admin and go to audio and set it on the right to pass throughh all of the hd formats. If youre x64 youll need to go into the lav settings and check off all of the dts formats.

At that point all formats will work...

I haven't tried it, but I'm sure if you google convert avi to wtv or convert avi to dvr-ms , you will find something. There are probably others here on this forum with experience too.

well there we go. AVR doesn't support beyond DTS so it'd be pointless to try and send anything higher. it also seems that when i rip a bluray with the TrueHD sound track i am made to alsoinclude a 5.1 soundtrack or the rip fails

i'm getting DTS 5.1 with Shark007, i rip using makemkv though

Maybe convert to h.264 wtv (assuming you are recording mpeg-2 streams)?
You will lose quality whenever you convert between codecs but h.264 is a good trade off, you'll need to try a few bitrates to find a balance you're happy with.
I've not used dvrmstoolbox for a while as I've decided to give up...

OK - update...

I tried to play movies from the Xbox video player and the movies play fine... but in Media Centre it fails saying files needed to play are missing

Can anyone offer any advice?
You can add .MP4/.M4V support to Windows by installing DIVX or the Microsoft Zune Software. I catually...

Can't you stick it thru handbrake to mp4 or .mov with an iPod profile??

Handbrake is free and has presets for converting video to iPod or iPad formats.

Thanks, I'll look into it

Now if it would encode to wtv h264 from mkv et al. Life would be great :)

OK, so I followed directions where I set my ffdShow codec to output m264 and AVI files to dolby. I am back to getting sound out of my HDMI for AVI. However, my reciever still says the signal it is getting is PCM. My ulitmate goal here, now that I have sound back, is to have WMC, play files, and...

Obvious question: Do you have ffdshow and haali media splitter installed?

If you are using DIVX, go into the DIVX codec settings.

Under Advanced Settings try setting setting the various options like Hardware de-interlace and Use DXVA Hardware accelerated playback when available. Currently I have all the options turned on in the DIVX codec not sure if they all are really...

Have either of you tried contacting Amazon re: the issue? I would contact the support dept. and explain the situation and see what codecs are needed, or it might need a little work on their DRM on their end to allow it to play within MC.
Codec's seem to be the biggest pain when it comes to...

How do MediaCenter software like MediaPortal to set proper codec for TV and proper codec for DVD? How can they distinguish them?

If you have gone to the effort of ripping to an iso why would you want to then burn it again to a BD-R?
The intent would be to save my original copy of the movie in a safe place that isn't going to get handled by children, etc. They could then use the copy instead of the original. When the copy...

Now you're just trying to out-do us Europeans with your proper winter weather...

Nothing proper about our weather today. Currently 52F (11C) outside today. New High Temp Record for Minneapolis, MN, but it is suppose to start snowing tonight/tomorrow and then back to normal temps for this time of...

i installed it just before christmas, no idea what it was like before then. it all works well for me, once i worked out i had to disable mp4 windows compatibility to get subtitles to work with them. mkvs were a doddle

directvobsub auto loading version is essential if you have mkv with subtitles and don't fancy reaching for the mouse to select different audio tracks when watching films etc.

+1 on Richards comments. I would also suggest a fresh install of windows.. Skip the codec packs completely. Install a .mkv splitter, ac3 filter if you have files that require it and the reg hack for .mkv found at hack7mc.. That's all I have except I also installed the DivX software which really...

I would say you'll need to format reinstall, you won't get shark codecs out cleanly without a struggle !

I found another solution using Expression Encoder 4, here's my writeup.

Regardless, since you recommend Klite packs, we can clearly now understand your level of experience. Nuff said, discussion closed.

I have similar feelings regarding codec packs, but unless you happen to read threads where people have experienced the heck the cause or have first-hand experience,...

I will for sure check out Sharky's pack to polish it off.

I see that part didn't tickle your pickle! ;)

Before buying a new video card I'd recommend just using Win7's built in decoders. So, uninstall everything except Haali, which is still needed to play mkv, and try again. You don't even need Haali if you use tsmuxer to quickly convert mkv to m2ts.

From your name I'm guessing you're in the UK. The advantage of wtv is that is stores the MHEG data from Freeview, so the red button stuff and subtitles. Converting to dvr-ms will strip all that out - will save a chunk of disk space if that matters to you.

The other thing is that wtv will store...

On Windows 7 x64, WMC is 64-bit and the WMP you get in the start menu is 32-bit, so 2 different sets of codecs are used. There is a 64-bit version of WMP, but you have to manually go find it in W7 x64 (it's in the Program Files directory, whereas the WMP that is linked in the start menu is in...

I would also suggest dvr-ms. Wtv is good also as long as you are only using extenders. I have a couple of extenders and also a western digital tv live plus and it will play dvr-ms but not wtv. I can use playto but that is a pain in the butt.

I wrote about this a while ago

actually i've scrapped the shark pack, and gone with LAV filters. did thsi so i can now get HD audio over hdmi, which is working well.
xbox's are now not playing mkv at all... i'll need to look into it more, not concerned about downmixing the audio on the extenders, but the transcoding option i...

I am using MCEBuddy to strip commercials out and convert. Is the beta the one that supports WTV? I had to right click and convert the files I had into DVR-MS before it started working on them.

I converted a 1 hour '60 minutes' recording from a 6GB file to 500MB file and cut out 15 minutes of...

hey rob
i just downloaded a trial version of cyberlink mediaespresso. encoded the wtv to mp4. EXACTLY the same as a tsmuxer mux...
just like everyones mouths are moving too quick etc. i am not new to encoding and this is REALLY getting on my tats!!!

cheers rob. I did indeed put it in system32!

Hmmm, I wonder whether I am getting ffmpeg mixed up with fdshow? I will give this a go and see later when I get back.

Many thanks!

Well, that didn't work either!

However, I have now got subtitles showing after pulling most of my hair out. In the end I uninstalled every codec and related...

Uninstalled and reinstalled Shark007 codec pack and everything is back to normal on the DTS sound.