Problems playing video files on extended desktop

[Chad Slater]

Hey all! First let me say that I have had this problem in the past and had fixed it with some info I got from KenKelly in a past thread. I had to reinstall windows do to a virus and once programs were installed I repeated the past fix and now it crashes Hoster.

Here is some general info...
.VOB, .AVI do not play on extended desktop through Hoster. I can play them through WMP and Media Player Classic on extended desktop. So it seems to be a problem within Hoster?

The past fix was to download Gspot codec tweaker and changed the filter merit to the highest possible. (doing this now causes hoster to crash )

Any help would be greatly appreciated because I huge amount of my video files are .VOB and AVI.

Thanks in advance and I look forward to checking out 5.03.09

[ddouglass]

What version of Hoster are you currently using?
Also what operating system?
Ken is the expert on this so I am sure he will help you when he sees this Chad.

[Chad Slater]

I just got the latest and I am updating my database as we speak. i have windows 7 home premium

[Roy Dennis]

One other point, did you recheck the recommended settings to run Hoster for your version of Windows again ?

[Chad Slater]

Roy, yes I have done all the recommended changes.

[KenKelley]

Chad,

Sorry to hear of your problems with a virus.

Please list the following:

Computer brand and model:
Video Card Manufacturer & Model:
Current Video Driver Version installed:
CPU:
Ram:

Please double check to be sure that all Windows Updates to date have been installed.

I am pretty busy this weekend but will monitor these threads and assist where I can.

[Chad Slater]

Comp: HP
Model: Pavilion dv8 Notebook
RAM: 4GB
Graph Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M current driver 8.15.11.8644
(I know there is a newer one but it messes with Hoster so had to roll back to that driver and videos have worked in the past with this driver)

Hope that helps

-Chad

[KenKelley]

Chad,

A lot has changed since the last "Filter Tweaks" I posted.

Go back into GSpot and try these and let me know what happens.

Set the filter merit for "ffdshow Video Decoder" to 0xE00000 .

Next, set "Video Mixing Renderer 9", to "0xA00000".

[KenKelley]

Chad,

I see that we have near identical Laptops except for the manufacturer. The attached is something I have tested over the weekend and has worked for me.

Let me know your results.

Thanks!

[Chad Slater]

After installing the newest version on Hoster I can't get any videos to play, even those that were working on 5.02. I also tried adjusting the merit and still no videos, they play with only a black screen and no sound and when I hit the stop button, hoster freezes for about 3-4 mins.

Ken I will have a look at the document! Thanks again!

[KenKelley]

Chad,

Hopefully what is in the document will get you up and running.

I tested what is in the document for more than 9 hours with no problems.

I discovered a side benefit, my computer does not get as hot as it used to.

Let me know!

Thanks!

[Chad Slater]

Ken thank you so much, I now have all my videos up and running!!!

The only thing is that my .MP4 files take a good 25-30 seconds to load, while the others start right up. Any ideas on how I can speed this up?

[KenKelley]

Chad,

My MPEG4 files run just fine. Try adjusting the other filters that you tried before back to their default settings, approx 0200000. Do them one at a time trying Hoster after each adjustment.

Let me know!

At least we are headed in the right direction!

[KenKelley]

Chad,

I take it all is still well?

Thanks!

[Chad Slater]

I am not sure what exactly is going on. All went well on my previous show but then my show on Wed I ended up with studdering video/audio when playing video and didn't have much going on in the background. Still have issues with MP4 but others play fine (except for the studder). Which oddly ONLY happens when played through Hoster. I ended up playing videos through media player classic on my ext.desktop and all went well. Which leads me to believe that it is Hoster giving me the issues. I think I will just continue to play videos outside hoster till I figure this mess out.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Chad Slater

I am not sure what exactly is going on. All went well on my previous show but then my show on Wed I ended up with studdering video/audio when playing video and didn't have much going on in the background. Still have issues with MP4 but others play fine (except for the studder). Which oddly ONLY happens when played through Hoster. I ended up playing videos through media player classic on my ext.desktop and all went well. Which leads me to believe that it is Hoster giving me the issues. I think I will just continue to play videos outside hoster till I figure this mess out.

i thinks its the graphic card, and not Hoster..does the stuttering happens on extended display and have you tried playing the videos on just your main monitor ? the reason i asked was that i have the same issues, i havent tried playing music videos on Hoster yet, played just plain vcd and i have no problems, i've been djing lately and i've been playing some music videos using a vdj program, no problem of any kind when playing music videos just on my main monitor and wmp..i get stuttering and out of sync when it's extended to the 2nd and 3rd 22" lcd monitors..but the problem goes away when the screen is minimize.. and also check your cpu usage...does your main monitor and 2nd monitor has the same refresh rate they should be around 60hz.. (european should be around 50hz ) and does both monitors set to its native resolution ( 1920 x 1080 or whatever ?)

[Roy Dennis]

Might be worth re-checking your basic K-Lite settings before tweaking with Gspot.
If your version of K-lite is anything like mine find this setting: Start/All Programes/K-Lite Codec Pac/Configuration/Reset to recommended settings. This takes us back to a level playing field to work from.
Now open the configuration settings again and choose Haali Media splitter, click the options Tab then the + for the input, select "Try to open linked files" in the bottom window where it shows value select "No" then press OK. This particular setting helps with opening .vob files faster.
Lastly set your gspot to Kens latest settings.

Let us know if this has made any improvments.

[KenKelley]

Originally Posted by Chad Slater

I am not sure what exactly is going on. All went well on my previous show but then my show on Wed I ended up with studdering video/audio when playing video and didn't have much going on in the background. Still have issues with MP4 but others play fine (except for the studder). Which oddly ONLY happens when played through Hoster. I ended up playing videos through media player classic on my ext.desktop and all went well. Which leads me to believe that it is Hoster giving me the issues. I think I will just continue to play videos outside hoster till I figure this mess out.

I woldn't think Hoster would be the problem if everything ran fine the first show and not the second.

What was different between the 2 shows?

Did you play the same videos @ both shows?

Did you do a windows update, existing software update, driver update, or add new software between the 2 shows?

Anything else that might have been different between the 2 shows that you could think of would be helpful.

Thanks!

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by Chad Slater

I am not sure what exactly is going on. All went well on my previous show but then my show on Wed I ended up with studdering video/audio when playing video and didn't have much going on in the background. Still have issues with MP4 but others play fine (except for the studder). Which oddly ONLY happens when played through Hoster. I ended up playing videos through media player classic on my ext.desktop and all went well. Which leads me to believe that it is Hoster giving me the issues. I think I will just continue to play videos outside hoster till I figure this mess out.

Found this in the questions and answers section of K-Lite: Which can be found from K-light/Help/FAQ.

Q:	The video stutters a lot when I play it fullscreen
A:	This can be a result of certain graphics card settings. Try changing the following settings in your graphics card control panel: - Set FSAA to 'Let the application decide' - Disable anisotopic filtering (AF) - Disable antialiasing

May be of some help

[billyo]

just wondering if you're using a pc to tv/monitor adapter, the reason i asked was that this adapters are not really good enough to play music videos , i bought all kinds of adapters, installed all kinds of codec.( vdj has a list of diff. codecs).downloaded videos from hd to low quality resolution..nothing help..problem still exist when playing in fullscreen, minimizing the screen to about 3/4 to all extended monitor helps and a lot it decreases my cpu usage, since music videos does takes a lot of cpu power.. i think the only solution was to get a very powerful graphic/video cards...