PC won't construct graph for DVD playback

[parkimar]

Hi,

until recently my system was working fine and would play back either DVD's or DVD's ripped to the HDD.

However about 2 days ago (Before I installed the latest beta) it suddenly stopped playing any DVD's.

It will play mpeg2, avi's & mp4's no problem - It will also play the vobs themselves fine.

However trying to play a DVD causes Sage (Or WM Player) to lock up completely.
I've tried using graphedit to render the video_ts.ifo file and it says it couldn't construct the necessary graph. (But it will play the vobs no problem).

I have sage latest beta, Nvidia decoder, FFDShow, Haali splitter , ac3filter and reclock installed on the system.

Does anyone have any suggestions ?

Cheers

Mark

[Lucas]

If you had the problem before the latest beta then something has changed.

I had the same issue but only after installing the beta.

SageTV support suggested putting in the following property.

videoframe/use_nvidia_pp_when_decoder_selected=false

[parkimar]

Hi Lucas,

thanks for that - It was set to true in my properties file.
I changed it too false, but it still has the same problem.
If I run in windowed mode, I can see the reclock icon come up, but not the Nvidia Icon.

But If I play an Mpeg file, I see the Nvidia Icon appear.

I can try rolling back to an older version of sage, but I also have the same problem trying to play from Windows MP, so I had assumed it was a PC issue.

Thanks for the input, appreciate it.

Cheers

Mark

[parkimar]

Hi,

I installed WINDVD8 trial and it can playback DVD's off my HDD or the DVD player fine.

Is there anyway to see the graph that Sage is trying to construct ?

Cheers

Mark

[parkimar]

Ok,

Does anyone know then, If you drop an IFO file into grpahedit, should it play it ok ?

Im just trying to figure out if interpreting graphedit not playing the ifo is normal, or is symptomatic of something else.

Any input appreciated.

Cheers

Mark

[parkimar]

Well,

I've rolled back 6.0.19.

Still no joy.

Does anyone have any suggestions ?

Cheers

Mark

[parkimar]

Bump.

Does anyone have any suggestions ?

Does anyone know how to see the graph is trying (or not) to construct ?

Cheers

Mark

[parkimar]

ok I guess no one has any input.

Let me try a different approach, Im thinking of either using the external media player option (zoomplayer) or a full reinstall.

If I go for zoomplayer, I know how to get it too autoclose after finishing playback (Call it with /Q option).
However - before I splash out and buy the pro version, I would like to know how seamless this would be - e.g. If I press stop too end the file playback, does zoomplayer close itself and Im back in Sage ?

Please - anyone with any input , I would be very grateful.

Cheers

Mark

[parkimar]

Well,

Zoomplayer is seamless for playback, but it won't exit on double press of stop.
I can use girder or eventghost to monitor the event, see the foreground program and close zoomplayer, but I'd rather not start adding that level of complexity.

Guess I must be the only person ever to expererience this.

Oh well looks like a reinstall.

[parkimar]

Ha,
got it.

Rebuilt the system from the ground up.
Installed codecs, etc 1 by 1.

AC3filter is the culprit - seems my copy has become corrupt.

I've used ffdshow audio filter ac3 spdif passthrough.
Works like a charm.

I've posted this in case anyone else gets the same issue.