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[TSpeirs]

• With a lot of help from Headkaze (Ben) the video libraries have been updated in GameEx. This means the following
• Now works with latest version of FFDSHOW
• Startup video can be in any supported format
• Can preview any supported video type including DVDs on disk
• Create snaps for videos is now much faster and more user freindly
• Can now play FLV files (assuming FFDSHOW installed)
• Movies and DVDs now use latest MS SDKs
• Also fixes an issue playing DVDs/Videos full screen, and issue when previewing videos in the video module the previews would not always show
• I can't thank Ben enough for his help with this
• Make sure you uninstall existing codecs before installing the latest version of FFDSHOW

[Brian Hoffman]

TSpeirs, on Dec 4 2008, 07:52 PM, said:

<UL><LI>With a lot of help from Headkaze (Ben) the video libraries have been updated in GameEx. This means the following</LI><UL><LI>Now works with latest version of FFDSHOW</LI><LI>Startup video can be in any supported format</LI><LI>Can preview any supported video type including DVDs on disk</LI><LI>Create snaps for videos is now much faster and more user freindly</LI><LI>Can now play FLV files (assuming FFDSHOW installed)</LI><LI>Movies and DVDs now use latest MS SDKs</LI><LI>Also fixes an issue playing DVDs/Videos full screen, and issue when previewing videos in the video module the previews would not always show</LI><LI>I can't thank Ben enough for his help with this</LI><LI>Make sure you uninstall existing codecs before installing the latest version of FFDSHOW</LI></UL></UL>

Great work guys!

[iano]

Thanks Tom/HK !



p.s. is the latest version of ffdshow on the GX site ?

[Visitor Q]

Also is there a reason to install a new version of ffdshow if the old one is working?

[TSpeirs]

iano, on Dec 4 2008, 08:15 PM, said:

Thanks Tom/HK !



p.s. is the latest version of ffdshow on the GX site ?

Im going to update the FAQ/Downloads/Site to reflect the changes shortly. Just waiting to get a bit of feedback first.

Its a really nice monkey to get off my back though. Really nice.

[TSpeirs]

Visitor Q, on Dec 4 2008, 08:35 PM, said:

Also is there a reason to install a new version of ffdshow if the old one is working?

Just the usual reasons with software.

[lalandev]

iano, on Dec 4 2008, 02:15 PM, said:

Thanks Tom/HK !



p.s. is the latest version of ffdshow on the GX site ?

If you use your GameEx computer for something else than gaming (ex: a home theater PC), it is primordial to use a newer version of FFDSHOW, especially if you plan to use it in conjuction with matroska splitter or mp4 splitter...

[bkenobi]

Great news! This should help a lot of new users since they don't always check these type of requirements.

[fRequEnCy]

Thanks guys!

[PimpDaddyStu]

Nice one Tom, just installed Vista Codec Pack 5.0.4 and everything is working like a charm

Thanks Tom and headkaze
Stu

[IMBerzerk]

Works great Tom. Thanks for the FFDshow update. All the larger videos are working, and all the other issues I had are gone. Not sure why... but who cares.

Great job!

IMBerzerk

[Visitor Q]

Thanks for the update Tom.

Question... I am running Vista 64 and using "ffdshow_rev2014_20080617_x64.exe" since I started using Game Ex with no problems. Is there a new version than this that you are referring on updating to?

[headkaze]

Visitor Q, on Dec 5 2008, 01:08 PM, said:

Thanks for the update Tom.

Question... I am running Vista 64 and using "ffdshow_rev2014_20080617_x64.exe" since I started using Game Ex with no problems. Is there a new version than this that you are referring on updating to?

ffdshow is included in many "codec packs" and you should choose 1 codec pack and install that. The Vista Codec Pack is one of my favourites, but there are many others like CCCP, KLite etc. Make sure you uninstall all codecs / codec packs before installing it.

[Krakerman]

Yes!!! Finally FFDShow working (Latest version). Good job guys I just tried it with Vista Codec Pack on XP and it is working now.

Thanks again !!

[headkaze]

TSpeirs, on Dec 5 2008, 04:39 AM, said:

Its a really nice monkey to get off my back though. Really nice.

Hehe the thing is Tom I always thought you were using DShow for video previews all along so I'm sure if I had of known otherwise this issue would have been resolved long ago. Even though I had it working okay using Vista Codec pack in the previous version it looks like it solved the issue for other people (Finally I can recommend Vista Codec Pack!). Monkey begone!

Now I'm sure you've forgotten a few other items in this release though.. hmm what could they be? I guess you wanted to get this video thing tested straight away and that I can understand.. so there are a couple of interesting features coming up in the next release then

[PimpDaddyStu]

Is it just me or do the video's seem a bit quicker/more fluid to display now?

Really liking this

Stu

[Visitor Q]

headkaze, on Dec 4 2008, 11:28 PM, said:

ffdshow is included in many "codec packs" and you should choose 1 codec pack and install that. The Vista Codec Pack is one of my favourites, but there are many others like CCCP, KLite etc. Make sure you uninstall all codecs / codec packs before installing it.

I guess there is no offical site to download this stuff from? I mean no Microsoft codec packs or anything like that?

I know I also need to look for a 64 bit version as well but here's the thing, I am not sure who it was here before but I was always told that installing the least amount of codec was my best bet. I other words, it was better to just install say ffdshow and not packs like these.

Just wan to make sure I am going in the right direction here.

[blib]

TSpeirs, on Dec 4 2008, 02:52 PM, said:

<UL><LI>With a lot of help from Headkaze (Ben) the video libraries have been updated in GameEx. This means the following</LI><UL><LI>Now works with latest version of FFDSHOW</LI><LI>Startup video can be in any supported format</LI><LI>Can preview any supported video type including DVDs on disk</LI><LI>Create snaps for videos is now much faster and more user freindly</LI><LI>Can now play FLV files (assuming FFDSHOW installed)</LI><LI>Movies and DVDs now use latest MS SDKs</LI><LI>Also fixes an issue playing DVDs/Videos full screen, and issue when previewing videos in the video module the previews would not always show</LI><LI>I can't thank Ben enough for his help with this</LI><LI>Make sure you uninstall existing codecs before installing the latest version of FFDSHOW</LI></UL></UL>

Running GameEx XP on P4/2.4
5 second (extra) delay when selecting a menu item with a video attached. Happens every time, even if I havn't navigated to a new page. Just scrolling will lock everything for 5 seconds if for example I move over the Mame section.
Removed ffdshow and updated to the Dec 08 release.

No improvement???

Please help!?

PS I also tried the CCCP. It said something about me having short name generation disabled on my NTFS drives. Could that have anything to do with it?

[Adzam]

Hi,

Since the update I can no longer play video files, This is the log

12:45:19.8 5/12/2008: Open Video: D:\Music Videos\Guns n roses-Sweet chold o'mine.avi
12:45:19.8 5/12/2008: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040216

Any ideas ?

[TSpeirs]

Adzam, on Dec 5 2008, 02:27 PM, said:

Hi,

Since the update I can no longer play video files, This is the log

12:45:19.8 5/12/2008: Open Video: D:\Music Videos\Guns n roses-Sweet chold o'mine.avi
12:45:19.8 5/12/2008: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040216

Any ideas ?

Did you do an auto update? If so can you try manually installing?