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2013-08-06, 13:23
Hi, I wonder if there is a way to play WVC1 streams (.asf) without the use of crystalhd?
I get only sound and no picture when chd is enabled and thought there might be a way to disable the decoder just for that format? It would be great to not have to go to the settings and switch crystalhd on or off every time I want to watch a specific stream.
Thanks for any help!
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I would love this as well. I recently pieced together a new HTPC that can play all my videos, but would love to still use my Mac Mini with CHD. The reason for the new HTPC setup was crystal hd's inability to play VC1 streams inside MKV containers (sound, but no picture). They would playback fine with just software decoding, so having CHD turn off for VC1 streams would be great.
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2013-08-07, 06:16
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-07, 06:18 by Ned Scott.)
I'm having an issue with BCHD freaking out with any librtmp videos and seeking in them, causing me to have to switch between hardware and software decode as well.
This would be interesting to be able to do that as a temp fix, but I don't believe it is possible. So now it would be better to try and help the devs figure out why this is happening and/or when things should be falling back to SW decoding or not.
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BCM70015. On libtrmp videos, such as those from the Hulu add-on, seeking will stop the video completely, but audio will continue. Even resuming the video mid way will cause the video to stop, but audio to continue. This is only an issue in XBMC v12, and something I've seen on my ATV1 for both OpenELEC and Crystalbuntu. XBMC v11 did not have the issue. As such, it sounds like something that is fixable, but overlooked because BCHD users are a group that is growing smaller, so there are less testers and developers working on it.
It's possible that my issue is related to the issue you guys are having with VC1, but that would only be a guess.
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The streams in my case are h.264.
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2013-08-15, 20:33
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-15, 21:58 by nozomi.)
Oh hello, can anyone give a "yes" or "no" to my question about switching chd on or off depending on the video codec?
Hell, I'll even settle for a "go fuck yourself", I just need an answer.
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(2013-08-15, 20:33)nozomi Wrote: Oh hello, can anyone give a "yes" or "no" to my question about switching chd on or off depending on the video codec?
Hell, I'll even settle for a "go fuck yourself", I just need an answer.
It would require modifying XBMC's code and making a special build, and I don't even know to do that. Like I said before, it's highly doubtful that any of the devs that do know how would do that, because they would most likely rather spend that time fixing the root problem.
I don't have an OS X box with BCHD set up right now, but I can try to see if the same thing happens (bad VC1 playback) under linux, and see if that gives us any hints on what the real issue is. If I find out anything useful then I'll post again in this thread.