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have xbmc use windows codecs - theguy386 - 2009-09-28

Is there any way that I can have xbmc use the Windows vide codecs instead of the default ones that are used in the program? I hate having to switch to Windows Media Center just so I can watch a movie without any audio/video sync issues. Oo

- uncertainty - 2009-09-28

There is a 100+ message thread on this issue using external players.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=43511

- theguy386 - 2009-09-28

after reading about 4 pages I think my brain is on overload... all that is too much stuff that I dont really get/understand Sad

- natethomas - 2009-09-28

theguy386 Wrote:Is there any way that I can have xbmc use the Windows vide codecs instead of the default ones that are used in the program? I hate having to switch to Windows Media Center just so I can watch a movie without any audio/video sync issues. Oo

Put simply: no, unless you use an external player.

- theguy386 - 2009-09-28

so then let's say I wanted to use VLC to play movies/tv shows, how would I go about doing so?

- nvaia - 2009-09-28

theguy386 Wrote:so then let's say I wanted to use VLC to play movies/tv shows, how would I go about doing so?

I would also love to know the answer to this.

- stoli - 2009-09-28

There's a link to the thread on external players in the second post....

- theguy386 - 2009-09-28

yup, that there is... but 84 pages of reading posts that I don't really get, just doesnt seem right to me

- stoli - 2009-09-28

Geez. The very first post in that thread has a link to the wiki that explains it all. No one said you had the read the whole thread; just a couple of sentences on the first post.

- nvaia - 2009-09-28

stoli Wrote:Geez. The very first post in that thread has a link to the wiki that explains it all. No one said you had the read the whole thread; just a couple of sentences on the first post.

So one would just create a new xml file entitled advancedsettings in the userdata folder and input this info??:

<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>externalplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
<externalplayer>
<filename>c:\program files\VideoLAN\vlc\vlc.exe</filename>
<args>-fs</args>
<forceontop>true</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</externalplayer>
</advancedsettings>

That is all?

- stoli - 2009-09-29

Depending on what version/build of xbmc you are using, yes. You may want to re-read that article and possibly a little further down the page about playercorefactory.xml.

- nvaia - 2009-09-29

OK, I got it to work but this isn't what I thought it would do. Creating this xml file only opens up your external player when you select a movie in xbmc. I was hoping it would replace the internal player in xbmc. The internal xbmc player volume is way to quiet for some movies, but plays excellent sound in vlc player...guess I'm just stuck with low sound if I want to use xbmc.

- joshuass - 2009-09-29

What sort of audio streams exhibit this low-volume effect? Multichannel AAC? DD 5.1? DTS 5.1? Stereo?

Also, VLC uses its own compiled internal codecs for video playback, so simply using "windows-codecs" won't really fix anything, since it is a stand-alone piece of software.

- nvaia - 2009-09-29

joshuass Wrote:what sort of audio streams exhibit this low-volume effect? Multichannel aac? Dd 5.1? Dts 5.1? Stereo?

Also, vlc uses its own compiled internal codecs for video playback, so simply using "windows-codecs" won't really fix anything, since it is a stand-alone piece of software.

aac

- LyndonW - 2009-09-29

This fixes it for me, I found it in the wiki when I was having quiet audio problems. I beleive this only works for analog audio however, but that's probably what you're using. Increase the multiplier for louder sound. 12.0 is default from what I remember.

<advancedsettings>

<audio>
<ac3downmixgain>24.0</ac3downmixgain>
</audio>

</advancedsettings>

This text of course goes in an advancedsettings.xml file which you create in:
C:\Users\*YOURUSERNAME*\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata
for windows.

Also... here's the wiki article on it.
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=AdvancedSettings.xml