Ok, I finally give on this one. I can't figure it out by myself. Crim, or Valve, I need your help.
I'm trying to set up my main box for h.264 playback. After I get the correct codec configuration figured out, I will set up my htpc for playback. My main rig has plenty of resources (Opteron 165, 7800GT, 2gig ram) to handle h.264, so that's why I started with it. Anyways, on to the problem.
I have downloaded the cyberlink h.264 decoder, elecard decoder, and the one that comes with ffdshow. I've downloaded the Haali splitter, and Nvidia's purevideo decoder to take advantage of my graphics card acceleration. For the life of me, I can't seem to gets these configured correctly in Media Player Classic (my preferred video player.) By installing said decoders, and I have been able to get h.264's to play, but I'm getting what can best be described as 'microstutters.' There is no stutter in the audio, but the the video just isn't smooth like it should be. I'm also noticing pretty ugly looking blocking. I've tried several source files, and they all seem to exhibit this behavior, which makes me think that it's a matter of my config. My CPU usage is by no means pegged (<15% utilization on both cores.)
I don't think I completely understand how to choose what decoders MPC uses. There doesn't seem to be much difference when I select these codecs in the 'external filters' or I leave the filters box empty. I've also tried to disable some of the internal filters, but I'm not quite sure what ones should be disabled.
Could you wiser guys give me some hints on getting MPC set up correctly, and perhaps give some insight into the microstuttering that I'm seeing. I appreciate it.
I'm trying to set up my main box for h.264 playback. After I get the correct codec configuration figured out, I will set up my htpc for playback. My main rig has plenty of resources (Opteron 165, 7800GT, 2gig ram) to handle h.264, so that's why I started with it. Anyways, on to the problem.
I have downloaded the cyberlink h.264 decoder, elecard decoder, and the one that comes with ffdshow. I've downloaded the Haali splitter, and Nvidia's purevideo decoder to take advantage of my graphics card acceleration. For the life of me, I can't seem to gets these configured correctly in Media Player Classic (my preferred video player.) By installing said decoders, and I have been able to get h.264's to play, but I'm getting what can best be described as 'microstutters.' There is no stutter in the audio, but the the video just isn't smooth like it should be. I'm also noticing pretty ugly looking blocking. I've tried several source files, and they all seem to exhibit this behavior, which makes me think that it's a matter of my config. My CPU usage is by no means pegged (<15% utilization on both cores.)
I don't think I completely understand how to choose what decoders MPC uses. There doesn't seem to be much difference when I select these codecs in the 'external filters' or I leave the filters box empty. I've also tried to disable some of the internal filters, but I'm not quite sure what ones should be disabled.
Could you wiser guys give me some hints on getting MPC set up correctly, and perhaps give some insight into the microstuttering that I'm seeing. I appreciate it.