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Problems with ProgDVD5 - hope you can help me.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:44 pm
by qwertz
Hello all!

I am owner of a USB DVB-T called "MSI DIGI VOX II Version 3.0" with AF9015 BDA). The system I use is Windows Vista Business x64 SP1. I downloaded the newest driver for that system configuration from the MSI homepage (which is the same as from Afatech Technologies).
The program that was delivered with the USB DVB-T is called "ArcSoft TotalMedia3". But it does not recognize the USB DVB-T tuner!!! Neither CyberLink PowerCinema 4 does. So I decided to try and download ProdDVB! ProdDVB 4.x and 5.x for Vista x84 don't recognize the tuner neither. But with ProgDVB 5.x for Vista x64 it is well recognized! All channels can be found and I hear sound. Cool, I thought.
Then I installed CyberLink PowerCinema 4 to get a MPEG 4 codec on my system. WMP11 plays MPEG2-files and uses the CyberLink codec without any problems. Now my problem:
No matter what I do, ProgDVB 5 won't accept that codec. When I select it in the properties, it says that it cannot be found. If I don't select anything, the screen stays black and I only have sound. ProgDVB shows me that it does not use any tv filter. What am I doing wrong?
I hope you can help me!
Greetings!

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:52 pm
by Juergen
AFAIK, on a 64 bit machine you have to use 64bit codecs.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:58 pm
by qwertz
Thanks for the quick answer.
But where do I get those 64bit filters?
And it it is so, why does WMP11 accept the CyberLink PowerCinema codecs?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:53 pm
by qwertz
Hey, it worked!
I downloaded installer "K-Lite-Codec-Pack-64-bit-Add-on". It is free and legal. Now ProgDVB uses ffdshow! It works fine!
Thanks, Juergen!!!

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:45 pm
by Juergen
p.s.
qwertz wrote:why does WMP11 accept the CyberLink PowerCinema codecs?
...cause (only) they really have full knowledge on MS Proprietary 6.0 :roll:

Anyway, normally codec packs are not a good idea, as quite often they can ruin your DirectShow system completely. Perhaps get rid of it and catch ffdshow alone.