Side question here guys - what's the process you all use to get x264 HD video from Blu Ray? I want to add my Blu Ray movies to my HTPC RAID array as single-file MKVs. And of course I would much rather have them enocded with MPEG-4 (preferably x264) as they will take up a lot less disk space. All the guides I've seen for taking it from Blu-Ray .m2ts files to a x264 MKV seems to be overly complicated, involving like 6 different apps and re-encoding of the audio as well as the video (not sure why we can't just use the audio the way it is).
I just put an AMD 780G mobo in my HTPC and I want to take full advantage of the sweet onboard video as best I can. ---- Brian On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 3:25 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried it, but if your someone who uses vista media center, etc just > grab k-lite. > > Well, that and anydvdhd, eac3to to archive, and: > > Mytv (mytv.senseitweb.net) > > Mymovies (the mytv guys are quickly working on a true mcml app that is flat > out awesome) > > MyNetflix - just so you can play netflix watch it now through your tv. > > :) > > And a few other choice apps. :) > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:12:05 > To:<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers > in hardware, woot > > > > I suggest Media Player Classic - Home Cinema edition. It is a project that > supports hardware DXVA internally with no external filters/codecs required > at all. A new build is released every few days because it is constantly > tweaked. You can switch outputs from overley, VMR7/9 (and renderless) plus a > hack to use Vista's EVR in XP. > http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123537 > > For the rare HD media you encounter out in the wild that wont play nice > with MPC-HC, I fall back on WMP 11 and use the codecs in "The Codec" > http://www.m5studio.pl/ > > "The Codec" 8.2 build 8 is simply the best and ONLY codec pack you need for > HD playback because it bundles the best software decoder ever, CoreAVC v1.7 > (which is commercial software somehow bundled free). > > CoreAVC w/ special new halaai splitter > CoreAAC > DivX > Xvid > AC3 filter > > I still have issues now and then, but I'm in a LOT better shape these days > with MPC-HC and the alternative WMP11 w/ The Codec Pack, a year ago I was > pulling my hair out with the musical chairs these bastard codec gremlins had > me play. > > VLC is utter crap. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:32:07 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers in > hardware, woot > > > > I myself use Simple Media Player or Media Player Classic. I also use > FFDSHOW > > Codex as well. > > > > Simple Media Player and Codex at http://smplayer.sf.net > > > > Media Player Classic can be found at > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303 > > > > FFDShow can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ > > > > Good luck, > > > > Tim "The Beave" Lider > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight > > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers in > > hardware, woot > > > > I decided to give this a try with the same video. VLC does choke, > > although I am only using less then 20 percent CPU when it chokes. > > > > How did you get PowerDVD 8 to play the mkv file? It won't play if for > > me. I have the same codecs installed, and I have plenty of hardware > > muscle to do this. PowerDVD ignores the file. > > > > > > > > > > At 06:49 AM 5/24/2008, you wrote: > >>Just a little success story here, I sourced a cheap Dell for a client > >>(seriously good deal IMO, £291 for a Vostro 400 w/ 2.4Ghz Allendale, > >>3GB of ram, Terabyte of disk, wireless, Vista Home Premium, set of > >>speakers with a sub, a wireless router, a surge protected plugboard.) > >>and dropped a 3870 into it, as it's going to be used in a sort of > >>media center'ish sort of way plugged into a 32" high def TV > >> > >>Installed the CCCP codec pack (unchecking use ffmpeg for x264), > >>installed PowerDVD 8, turned on hardware acceleration within > >>PowerDVD... fired up a 7GB/hr h264 video (It's the Top Gear Polar > >>Special in 1080P), which historically completely slaughters machines, > >>VLC on the 4Ghz Wolfdale sits at 67% cpu utilisation with it (which > >>means a 2.4Ghz chip with 1/3rd the cache has no chance in hell of > >>playing it smoothly) > >> > >>on the 2.4Ghz Allendale... > >> > >>13% cpu utilization > >> > >>THIRTEEN PERCENT, good grief, that's probably just the storm of > >>interrupts from shuffling the data over the network and to the GPU, wow. > >> > >>the ease at which this was accomplished is making a Sempron or low end > >>A64 X2 on a 780G (which has the same video decoder core of course) > >>really really tempting for a media center box.... to replace the > >>makeshift E6600/i680/7800GT box I've got performing those duties now > >>(with CoreAVC on decoding duty, which is much faster for h264 decode > >>than VLC just for the record.) > >> > >> > >>I'm mainly amazed at how easy it was to get it to work :) > >> > >>So, yeah, groooooooovy :) > >> > >>-JB > >> > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join > you on Windows Live™ Messenger. > https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends >
