Has anyone been able to get HD-PVR files to playback in Sage with Coreavc?

[Shield]

Because I cannot. It plays perfectly in Graphedit and WMPlayer classic.

Thoughts? Using 1.6.5 CoreAVC, which plays 1080p mkv/wmv perfectly in Sage.

Stumped.

Sun 7/27 1:37:12.116 DShowPlayer setAudioRendererFilter0(Default DirectSound Device) called
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.149 DShowPlayer setVideoDecoderFilter0(CoreAVC Video Decoder) called
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.263 DShowPlayer setAudioDecoderFilter0(CoreAAC Audio Decoder) called
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.349 DShowPlayer setTimeshift=1 buffer=0
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.380 NATIVE Loading the source file
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.392 NATIVE Setting up the MPEG demux
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.432 NATIVE RenderAudio called stream=1
Sun 7/27 1:37:12.432 NATIVE RenderAudio step 1
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.495 EventThread-SAGETV_PROCESS_LOCAL_UI Hang Detected - hang time = 745
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.809 Unable to use the specified audio decoder filter
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.809 NATIVE RenderAudio step 2
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.809 NATIVE RenderAudio step 3
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.813 NATIVE RenderVideo called
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.814 NATIVE RenderVideo step 1
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.906 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim3.png
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.908 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@139c244 w=121 h=121 freeMem=40644792 totalMem=140435456
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.908 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@c671b0: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.908 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Sun 7/27 1:37:13.909 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.225 VMR9 alloc 1964x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=NV12 minBuffs=1 arx=20 ary=11 nativeWidth=1964 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.245 EventThread-SAGETV_PROCESS_LOCAL_UI Hang Detected - hang time = 1495
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.422 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim4.png
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.424 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@7cd70c w=121 h=121 freeMem=40361912 totalMem=140435456
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.424 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@1982af8: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.424 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.425 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.537 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim5.png
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.539 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@7fa3f6 w=121 h=121 freeMem=40072032 totalMem=140435456
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.539 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@1c3a0dd: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.540 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.540 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.617 VMR9 alloc 1920x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=1920 ary=1080 nativeWidth=1920 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.646 VMR9 alloc 1920x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=1920 ary=1080 nativeWidth=1920 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.653 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim6.png
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.655 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@393d95 w=121 h=121 freeMem=39795640 totalMem=140435456
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.655 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@11793dc: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.655 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.656 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.702 VMR9 alloc 1920x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=1920 ary=1080 nativeWidth=1920 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.768 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim7.png
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.771 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@d87431 w=121 h=121 freeMem=39406328 totalMem=140435456
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.771 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@5e2517: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.771 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.791 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.919 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim0.png
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.921 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@1836525 w=121 h=121 freeMem=39126688 totalMem=140435456
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.921 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@16a377: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.922 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.923 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Sun 7/27 1:37:14.995 EventThread-SAGETV_PROCESS_LOCAL_UI Hang Detected - hang time = 2245
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.074 Unable to use the specified video decoder filter
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.074 NATIVE RenderVideo step 2
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.074 Video source pin information:
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.074 PIN is not connected yet!Sun 7/27 1:37:15.075 M type MEDIATYPE_Video S type Unknown GUID Name F type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.075 NATIVE RenderVideo step 3
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.324 VMR9 alloc 1964x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=NV12 minBuffs=1 arx=20 ary=11 nativeWidth=1964 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Setting up VMR9 deinterlacing
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 VM9Deinterlacing Tech: BOBVerticalStretch
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Actual deinterlace: hr=0x0 guid={6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 deinterlace mode: hr=0x1 guid={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Setting deinterlace mode to actual mode...
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 deinterlace mode: hr=0x0 guid={6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Filter Graph Video Renderer Info:
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Video Renderer:CLSID_VideoMixingRenderer9
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 M type MEDIATYPE_Video S type Unknown GUID Name F type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Interlaced video
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Both fields per sample
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Field 2 first
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Stream never contains a Field 2
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 Either bob or weave mode.
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.353 DShowGraphFilters=Audio Decoder,Video Decoder,AudRend,VidRend,ArcSoft Video Decoder,MONOGRAM AAC Decoder,SageTV MPEG2 Demultiplexer,\\mce\f$\sage3\HomeImprovement-MrLikable-3166352-0.ts,
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.354 VideoFrame.timeSelected2(Sun 7/27 1:37:05.931, true) currFile=MediaFile[id=3176970 A[3166352,3027796,"Home Improvement",59432@0727.01:30,30] host=mce encodedBy=Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Device Best-H.264 format=MPEG2-TS 0:00:00 20000 kbps [#0 Video[H.264 1920x1088 interlaced]#1 Audio[AAC 48000 Hz 2 channels 16 kbps MAIN idx=1 id=1100]] \\mce\f$\sage3\HomeImprovement-MrLikable-3166352-0.ts, Seg0[Sun 7/27 1:37:05.931-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]] realDur=0
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.354 About to perform media time selection for 0
Sun 7/27 1:37:15.354 Running the playback graph.

[technazz]

I've got the same problem. Im using 6.4.5 though. Ive tried 3 different codec AVC, Arcsoft and Cyberlink. A 3 Play fine in Graphedit and choke in sage (Skipping frames, freezing).

Technazz

[Shield]

I've now tried COREAVC 1.5, 1.65, 1.7, as well as Mainconcept AVC, Divx Beta 2, and all of these have the same things in common:

They play these files ok outside of Sage, but not within Sage.

I'm no consipiracy theorist, but it's strange that the shipping ArcSoft decoder is just working and choppy enough to be annoying...YET the HD extender plays them back just fine. And no other H264 decoders work.

[Shield]

I'm really surprised no one else has responded to this thread...?

[Chriscic]

Is anyone trying the multi-core version of CoreAVC? I'm not going to bother with it if it's not working for folks.

I also wonder why Sage can't get smooth playback in the PC app when the extender does just fine.

[Brent]

I tried CoreAVC, but ArcSoft worked much better for me.

[Shield]

Originally Posted by Brent

I tried CoreAVC, but ArcSoft worked much better for me.

Now that is a confusing post. I posted a log where the COREAVC was attempted to be used by Sage, but the dreaded "Unable to use the specified filter" was the result.

So I assume you got SOME sort of results with COREAVC? 'Cause I got 0 results!

P.S. Which version of coreavc? I've tried 1.5, 1.65, 1.7.

[Shield]

So Brent, can you humor me, and show me parts of your log file that read this:

DShowPlayer setVideoDecoderFilter0(CoreAVC Video

that aren't followed by this?

Unable to use the specified audio decoder filter

Thanks!
Shawn

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Shield

Now that is a confusing post. I posted a log where the COREAVC was attempted to be used by Sage, but the dreaded "Unable to use the specified filter" was the result.

So I assume you got SOME sort of results with COREAVC? 'Cause I got 0 results!

P.S. Which version of coreavc? I've tried 1.5, 1.65, 1.7.

Yeah sorry it was confusing to you. I did try with CoreAVC back when I first got the HD-PVR and it worked. I'll have to check to see what version it was, but since it was "choppy" playback I moved on. In the end the ArcSoft decoder was the best and thats what I'm using today.

[Brent]

And if you haven't already, give this thread a read. It has some useful information on getting the various codecs (including CoreAVC) to work in SageTV for the HD-PVR.

[Shield]

Originally Posted by Brent

And if you haven't already, give this thread a read. It has some useful information on getting the various codecs (including CoreAVC) to work in SageTV for the HD-PVR.

If you're talking about where it was mentioned to add the line

videoframe/h264_video_decoder_filter=CoreAVC Video Decoder

I've done that already. Brent, you can see from my log file that Sage is at least trying to call CoreAVC to decode the AVC/H264 file but it's giving me the "cannot use the selected filter".

Are you absolutely sure that you got CoreAVC to work for the HD-PVR files? What version of CoreAVC were you using?

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Shield

If you're talking about where it was mentioned to add the line

videoframe/h264_video_decoder_filter=CoreAVC Video Decoder

I've done that already. Brent, you can see from my log file that Sage is at least trying to call CoreAVC to decode the AVC/H264 file but it's giving me the "cannot use the selected filter".

Are you absolutely sure that you got CoreAVC to work for the HD-PVR files? What version of CoreAVC were you using?

Positive - it worked, but was choppy.
I used the CoreAVC version from here

I don't recommend CoreAVC though as I had much better luck with ArcSoft.

[Shield]

Originally Posted by Brent

And if you haven't already, give this thread a read. It has some useful information on getting the various codecs (including CoreAVC) to work in SageTV for the HD-PVR.

Brent, in that thread you state:

Originally Posted by Brent

Okay just to summarize - here's how to switch between the various h264 codecs:

• Download or install the proper decoder (Cyberlink is a purchase, CoreAVC is a purchase or download from here and ArcSoft gets installed when you install TMC from the HD-PVR disk)
• Close SageTV and SageTVServices for server PC or SageTV Client on Client PC
• Edit SageTV Properties and insert one of the following:

1. If you want to use CyberLink PDVD8 Decoder add the following:
2. If you want to use CoreAVC Decoder add the following:
3. If you want to use Arcsoft Decoder add the following:
4. If you want to use Divx Decoder (in beta) add the following:

• Save SageTV Properties & Restart SageTV or SageTV Client

You have to do this on each machine. Best results for me are Arcsoft, then CoreAVC and worst was Cyberlink. I'm now getting very good performance from my client PC after doing this and choosing Arcsoft.

Thanks to those above who detailed the sagetv properties lines that needed to be added!

It would be nice if Sage added the ability to switch between h.264 codecs within the settings page instead of needing to go into the properties file.

At least on Sage beta 6.4.4 this doesn't work. I will post logs of when I try to playback files with these various codecs.

Up first will be the Divx H264 Decoder filter:

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Shield

Brent, in that thread you state: .................
At least on Sage beta 6.4.4 this doesn't work. I will post logs of when I try to playback files with these various codecs.

Up first will be the Divx H264 Decoder filter:

In case you didn't notice my emphasis - use the ArcSoft decoder - it works best And those steps you quoted above are the correct steps to get it working

[Shield]

Originally Posted by Brent

Positive - it worked, but was choppy.
I used the CoreAVC version from here

I don't recommend CoreAVC though as I had much better luck with ArcSoft.

Brent, I see a review / comparison of ffdshow and coreavc, but no actual download link to the version of CoreAVC you used. Unless you're talking about the "K-Lite Codec Pack". Can you elaborate?
Thanks.

[Shield]

Originally Posted by Brent

In case you didn't notice my emphasis - use the ArcSoft decoder - it works best And those steps you quoted above are the correct steps to get it working

Brent, I think there's a communication breakdown here somewhere. I have the ArcSoft codec working, no problems. It just stutters a bit when I begin to playback a file; it does eventually smooth out. I would like to try CoreAVC and have posted a log where Sage is CORRECTLY calling CoreAVC to playback my .ts file, but it's getting the "Filter cannot be used" message.

Did you just use the one that's part of the K-Lite Codec Pack?

Shawn

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Shield

Brent, I see a review / comparison of ffdshow and coreavc, but no actual download link to the version of CoreAVC you used. Unless you're talking about the "K-Lite Codec Pack". Can you elaborate?
Thanks.

In that post it has a link and commentary. But if you just want the download link for the codec it's here

[Shield]

Brent / all - here's what is logged when trying to use the DIVX H264 Decoder Filter (important parts in bold):

Mon 7/28 11:21:02.608 DShowPlayer setAudioRendererFilter0(Default DirectSound Device) called
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.639 DShowPlayer setVideoDecoderFilter0(DivX H264 Decoder Filter) called
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.700 DShowPlayer setTimeshift=0 buffer=0
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.700 Using the default source filter
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.701 NATIVE Loading the source file
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.702 NATIVE Setting up the MPEG demux
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.705 NATIVE RenderAudio called stream=1
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.706 NATIVE RenderAudio step 1
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.706 NATIVE RenderAudio step 2
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.706 NATIVE RenderAudio step 3
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.809 NATIVE RenderVideo called
Mon 7/28 11:21:02.809 NATIVE RenderVideo step 1
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.080 VMR9 alloc 1964x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=NV12 minBuffs=1 arx=20 ary=11 nativeWidth=1964 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.247 EventThread-SAGETV_PROCESS_LOCAL_UI Hang Detected - hang time = 750
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.624 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim3.png
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.627 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@1b3d611 w=121 h=121 freeMem=24167048 totalMem=138244096
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.627 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@1d20ae9: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.627 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.634 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.789 VMR9 alloc 1920x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=1920 ary=1080 nativeWidth=1920 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.855 VMR9 alloc 1920x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=1920 ary=1080 nativeWidth=1920 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.900 VMR9 alloc 1920x1080 Offscreen DefaultPool format=YUY2 minBuffs=1 arx=1920 ary=1080 nativeWidth=1920 nativeHeight=1080 reqNumBuff=1 allocNumBuff=1 hr=0x0
Mon 7/28 11:21:03.997 EventThread-SAGETV_PROCESS_LOCAL_UI Hang Detected - hang time = 1500
Mon 7/28 11:21:04.088 ImageUtils loading URL jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/SageTV/SageTV/Sage.jar!/images/tvicon_anim4.png
Mon 7/28 11:21:04.090 ImageUtils creating BI copy sun.awt.image.ToolkitImage@1feb227 w=121 h=121 freeMem=23868968 totalMem=138244096
Mon 7/28 11:21:04.090 ImageUtils creating scaled masked copy width=33 height=33 option=null BufferedImage@12dc21d: type = 2 DirectColorModel: rmask=ff0000 gmask=ff00 bmask=ff amask=ff000000 IntegerInterleavedRaster: width = 121 height = 121 #Bands = 4 xOff = 0 yOff = 0 dataOffset[0] 0
Mon 7/28 11:21:04.091 Premultiplying alpha for BuffImage...
Mon 7/28 11:21:04.091 Creating DirectX9 Texture from memory w=33 h=33
Mon 7/28 11:21:04.140 Unable to use the specified video decoder filter



Brent, humor me and show me a log where you got COREAVC or DIVX to playback a HD-PVR recorded file.

Shawn

[Shield]

Originally Posted by Brent

In that post it has a link and commentary. But if you just want the download link for the codec it's here

That appears to be "CoreAVC Pro". I have installed it and I'm rebooting. I'll let you know what my log file says when I try to playback the HD-PVR file.

Shawn

[Shield]

Brent, I have no idea, but you're right, that version of CoreAVC DOES work with Sage. I still can't understand why. I also can't understand why DIVX doesn't work either..