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Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:02
by CloudStalker
Sure do... not.
Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:16
by MetalheadGautham
what is it?
Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:46
by CloudStalker
What is what?
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Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:46
by MetalheadGautham
listen all! this is the most viewed topic in the coffee corner...
Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:47
by CloudStalker
You're welcome.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:54
by MetalheadGautham
so why is this not a stiky j-b? the reasons for stickying have already beeen mentioned(imagine a coffee corner sticky...
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Posted: 18 Jun 2007 19:31
by MetalheadGautham
Sure do... not.
grrrrrrr I fell for it the first time in my life....
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 30 Jun 2007 05:59
by adiuma
I couldn't see using all those players. I'm trying to cut back myself. I personally use VLC and Winamp the most, Real Alternative for RA media and WMP for WMA/V files.
If VLC had Winamp like features or "feel" I could probably ditch it. I just find myself using Winamp to loop beats, cause I'm into scratching and converting batches of mp3's to wav's even though I can use a proper audio editor to do that I find it pretty easy to do within Winamp.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 30 Jun 2007 13:28
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
I couldn't see using all those players. I'm trying to cut back myself. I personally use VLC and Winamp the most, Real Alternative for RA media and WMP for WMA/V files.
If VLC had Winamp like features or "feel" I could probably ditch it. I just find myself using Winamp to loop beats, cause I'm into scratching and converting batches of mp3's to wav's even though I can use a proper audio editor to do that I find it pretty easy to do within Winamp.
Do you know that you can use WMP9/10 dlls in VLC for WMA/WMV files to have the same quality ?
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 01 Jul 2007 11:43
by adiuma
I couldn't see using all those players. I'm trying to cut back myself. I personally use VLC and Winamp the most, Real Alternative for RA media and WMP for WMA/V files.
If VLC had Winamp like features or "feel" I could probably ditch it. I just find myself using Winamp to loop beats, cause I'm into scratching and converting batches of mp3's to wav's even though I can use a proper audio editor to do that I find it pretty easy to do within Winamp.
Do you know that you can use WMP9/10 dlls in VLC for WMA/WMV files to have the same quality ?
When I've tried playing WMV files in VLC they appear really pixelated and after a few seconds of play time they then look fine. But if I forward or rewind that pixelation comes back, that's why I chose to stick with WMP for those files. I would describe it as VLC tries to decode the WMV file and once it figures it out it works. Is this an issue with those dlls? How do I get those? Where do I put them?
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 01 Jul 2007 16:42
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Add --codec dmo to your command line or shortcut to start VLC.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 02 Jul 2007 00:11
by adiuma
Add --codec dmo to your command line or shortcut to start VLC.
I've no idea what that means.
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That's probably a linux command.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 02 Jul 2007 03:35
by DJ
No! It's a Windows command as Linux does not natively support either Direct Show or Windows Codecs.
The --codec dmo switch can be added to a VLC shortcut where the command would read: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo
or from your Run menu or from a DOS box, but the complete path to VLC must also be entered, like:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo This command example assumes that VLC is in the default directory.
The switch allows Windows DMO codecs to be used for WMv or WVC-1 instead of FFmpeg.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 02 Jul 2007 06:17
by adiuma
No! It's a Windows command as Linux does not natively support either Direct Show or Windows Codecs.
The --codec dmo switch can be added to a VLC shortcut where the command would read: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo
or from your Run menu or from a DOS box, but the complete path to VLC must also be entered, like:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --codec dmo This command example assumes that VLC is in the default directory.
The switch allows Windows DMO codecs to be used for WMv or WVC-1 instead of FFmpeg.
Ahh, I see.
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Thanks. Ok, I've done it. This stuff is new to me, is this something I need to run once or each time I launch VLC?
Ok, I ran that command and launched a few .wmv files and still get that pixelation/green muddy looking mess. On one it ran fine, but on other still forwarding and rewinding yields pixelation.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 02 Jul 2007 07:54
by DJ
The threads here do not indicate if the files are WMv1 2 or 3? In the case of WMv1 or 2 the blocky tendency which you are calling pixelization is normal for a format where the key frames are spaced to far apart. VLC does NOT search to the nearest key frame when seeking within a file, therefore it can take several seconds or a scene change for this to resolve. Many of the newer encoders are placing I frames at or near the frame rate for the video. This yields much better seeking performance as in WMv3 for HD material.
I just answered the question as to how to use the Windows DMO codecs instead of FFmpeg, but I did NOT indicate this would resolve the issue.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 02 Jul 2007 09:10
by lanlan
thanks for so much info
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Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 11 Jul 2007 12:27
by MetalheadGautham
HEY ALL! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 11 Jul 2007 17:17
by CloudStalker
HEY ALL! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 11 Jul 2007 17:37
by MetalheadGautham
[quote=\"CloudStalker\"][quote=\"MetalheadGautham\"]HEY ALL! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
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Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 27 Aug 2007 07:43
by MetalheadGautham
look at the number of views on this one mate! this is the most popular topic on coffee corner
PS: is DJ still petitioning for the name to be changed to Jamba Juice Corner?
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 27 Aug 2007 08:06
by CloudStalker
That reminds me, where did DJ go? I first noticed that he was missing when I was actually able to get a couple of comments in on the "VLC media player for Windows" topic without the usual long line of "DJ already answered" threads.
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Anyway it's good to hear that your thread is going so well, mine is not doing too bad either.
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Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 27 Aug 2007 19:11
by MetalheadGautham
That reminds me, where did DJ go? I first noticed that he was missing when I was actually able to get a couple of comments in on the "VLC media player for Windows" topic without the usual long line of "DJ already answered" threads.
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Anyway it's good to hear that your thread is going so well, mine is not doing too bad either.
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well, I was off studying, hence my spending no time here at VLC forums... Doom9 and HydrogenAudio forums are fun too, you must check them.
As for DJ, concidering his age, I hope nothing bad has happened to him.
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Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 20 Nov 2007 14:23
by CobrA_4cS
HEY ALL! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome back
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Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 17 Jan 2008 07:58
by DanielSmith
really like the media palyer classic.
Re: VLC and its Alternatives
Posted: 14 Feb 2008 04:37
by dynamitemedia
this may get me in trouble BUT...
the KMplayer is pretty damn good as well !
i prefer VLC for the streaming etc but for straight movie watching KMPlayer is a close #1 or #2