H.264 Success

[tryit]

Just a note to brag. I replaced my P4 3GHz with a Core2Duo 6600 2.4 GHz 2GB RAM ATI x1300 PCIExpress video. H.264 is now perfect. I am using the ATI codec. Horsepower! It wants horsepower! DD reports about 20% cpu. Taskmanager says 40-45%.

[Jeeves67]

For some reason it wont give me the option to select the h.264 codec in the drop down box. I have Quick Time PRO installed but no go. I have also tried installing stand alone h.264 codecs. Any tips on what i could be doing wrong ????

[tryit]

Is it properly entered into guids.ini? Look at that file in the dd root directory.

[rel]

For some reason it wont give me the option to select the h.264 codec in the drop down box. I have Quick Time PRO installed but no go. I have also tried installing stand alone h.264 codecs. Any tips on what i could be doing wrong ????

did you install Cyberlink H.264 too?

You can test H.264 with Cyberlink , ATI or CoreAVC codecs at the moment. Cyberlink H.264 codec is included in PowerDVD 7:
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download ... 1_ENU.html

Just a note to brag. I replaced my P4 3GHz with a Core2Duo 6600 2.4 GHz 2GB RAM ATI x1300 PCIExpress video. H.264 is now perfect. I am using the ATI codec. Horsepower! It wants horsepower! DD reports about 20% cpu. Taskmanager says 40-45%.

Thanks for sharing the experience. Did you disable the option "Prevent usage of the more than one CPU" or using it with its default (enabled)

[tryit]

Yes, I have the "prevent" option checked. I unchecked it and all sorts of video wierdness appeared.

[jerryt]

Please post the CLSID for this codec.

[tryit]

Please post the CLSID for this codec.

H264CODEC1=CyberLink H.264 (PDVD7), {D12E285B-3B29-4416-BA8E-79BD81D193CC}
H264CODEC1_DESC=* Works stable|* High CPU usage !|* Better picture quality|-> Hint: You must use normal priority on HD channels (MainMenu->Options->Priority)|-> Hint: Disable "Reset DS on buffer overflow" option

[Jeeves67]

Okay I finally got it to acknowledge the H.264 codec. I set TSN-HD to run on the H.264 pid setting and when it tries to tune the channel I get the sound but I get no picture and the CPU % appears very low like its not using the H.264 codec. I know its trying to run the H.264 cause when I go to Options>Video it shows the top codec cyberlink (new) greyed out and the H.264 codec has a white background instead of grey. Yes I have the Cyberlink H.264 codec installed, i have the priority set to normal..

Any Thoughts on what im doing wrong..

[tryit]

Any Thoughts on what im doing wrong..

TSN-HD, at 82? 12311? Your problem is that its not MPEG-4 H264, its MPEG-2. Regular Codec. None of my codecs are greyed out, pick a good regular video codec.

[jerryt]

Please post the CLSID for this codec.

H264CODEC1=CyberLink H.264 (PDVD7), {D12E285B-3B29-4416-BA8E-79BD81D193CC}
H264CODEC1_DESC=* Works stable|* High CPU usage !|* Better picture quality|-> Hint: You must use normal priority on HD channels (MainMenu->Options->Priority)|-> Hint: Disable "Reset DS on buffer overflow" option

I have PDVD7 but I don't have this codec, Where did you get it?

OK, It is in the later PDVD7.