Choose which mpeg-4 decoder Sage uses?

[eehtpc]

Which mpeg-4 decoder does Sage use? Where are the settings to change it? WMP decodes fine yet Sage loses audio sync very quickly. Version exeriencing this problem is 5.0.4.92; mpeg-4 compression is mostly xvid.

[Lucas]

You should try version 6.1. It's Mpeg4 handling is improved.

[eehtpc]

Handling aside; I'm interested in how Sage chooses a decoder for mpeg-4 and whether I can change it. There are several available on the machine it's installed on.

[stanger89]

For MPEG-4, Sage defaults to using Mplayer, if you disable that, I believe it goes with whatever filter has the highest merit on your system.

In 6.1 there's this property for explicitly stating which filter is used for H.264 content:
videoframe/h264_video_decoder_filter

[eehtpc]

I assume you're talking about Windows Media Player and not MPC. Why then would WMP decode fine but Sage screw it up if they're both using the same decoder?

[stanger89]

No I mean mplayer.

[Patilan]

Originally Posted by stanger89

No I mean mplayer.

And, he meant a very old version of MPlayer. I am having the same problem with it: audio/video loses synch very quickly on all my h264s. The newer versions play them perfectly (outside Sage). I can only pray that Sage updates its MPlayer soon.