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I'm on an Nvidia Shield and I have a lot of HD-DVD based VC1 files still.  They use a screwy implementation of the codec that does not work when Mediacodec is used to accelerate.  I do need Mediacodec though for UHD HEVC files.

I tried writing this advancedsettings.xml file based on some examples I found on different forums but Kodi isn't responding to anything I put in it.  Can someone help me narrow in on what to add/change?

xml:
<advancedsettings> 

    <video> 

        <mediacodec> <!-- -1 is default, 0 is never used this codec, 1 is always use this codec, bypassing blacklist --> 

            <useavccodec>-1</useavccodec> 

            <usevc1codec>0</usevc1codec> 

            <usevpxcodec>-1</usevpxcodec> 

            <usemp4codec>-1</usemp4codec> 

            <usempeg2codec>-1</usempeg2codec> 

            <useswrenderer>false</useswrenderer> 

        </mediacodec> 

    </video>

</advancedsettings>

I haven't heard of these xml tags. Where did you find them?

See available tags here... https://kodi.wiki/view/Advancedsettings.xml

I've seen a few references to them

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=223256

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=222561

Hmmm, interesting. Either they have been removed from Kodi, or the wiki page is severely outdated. One of the developers will need to advise.

I downloaded the current source code and searched for a couple of these tags in all the files and they do not exist.

So either they have been eliminated or they never existed.

Regards.

@peak3d announced a decoder blacklisting mechanism, see here. Maybe that will do what you need. Dunno when he will introduce it though.

Thank you all