groove
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Just about to embark on a rebuild of my lounge HTPC and wanted to hear everyones thoughts on the leanest codec install to play the following from within VMC / My Movies / MyTV -
720p and 1080p MKV's
DVD .IMG and .ISO's (mounted with slysoft virtual clone drive)
DVD folder structures (VOB's)
.AVI
.XVID
.DIVX
.WMV
.TS
previously I used SHark007's codec pack exclusively , but had CPU usage problems with 1080p .MKV's so added CoreAVC into the mix.
Although everything worked I started having a few issues with this combo and wondered if it would be better not going for the Codec pack and just installing what is actually necessary.
So would the following do it all ?
FFdshow
CoreAVC
AC3 filter
Is that a good/ known working combo of codecs ?
I need to pass audio out of SPDIF to my receiver and have heard AC3 filter is better than FFdshow ? If thats the case how do i configure AC3 filter to take precedence over the ffdshow audio ?
Thanks
G
720p and 1080p MKV's
DVD .IMG and .ISO's (mounted with slysoft virtual clone drive)
DVD folder structures (VOB's)
.AVI
.XVID
.DIVX
.WMV
.TS
previously I used SHark007's codec pack exclusively , but had CPU usage problems with 1080p .MKV's so added CoreAVC into the mix.
Although everything worked I started having a few issues with this combo and wondered if it would be better not going for the Codec pack and just installing what is actually necessary.
So would the following do it all ?
FFdshow
CoreAVC
AC3 filter
Is that a good/ known working combo of codecs ?
I need to pass audio out of SPDIF to my receiver and have heard AC3 filter is better than FFdshow ? If thats the case how do i configure AC3 filter to take precedence over the ffdshow audio ?
Thanks
G