September 2009 - Posts

29 September 2009
Fun With ToDVRMS v1.0.1.0

I managed to get a hold of the “Early Access” version of Andy ’s ToDVRMS tool specifically to test out the WTV file creation features. So far, every h264 encoded Matroska file I’ve tried converted to WTV and played back properly in Media Center. There are a few issues however: ToDVRMS doesn’t support... Read More...

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Filed under: Windows 7, Matroska, Media Center, ToDVRMS, WTV

16 September 2009
The Not-Microsoft AVP (Almost Valuable Professional) Award Program

Warning : This blog post, the “AVP Award Program”, the graphics associated with the program, and linked from this post, and anything derived from anything on this post, or linked to from this post, are parody and are protected as free speech in the United States by the decision of Supreme Court case... Read More...

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Filed under: Most Valuable Professional, AVP, MVP, Microsoft, Not-Microsoft, Almost Valuable Professional

12 September 2009
How-To Disable DXVA for ATI Cards to Fix Pixilation and Corruption in High Bitrate h264 Files

I originally posted this as a reply on The Green Button : http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/p/77948/387265.aspx And now I’m posting it here for mostly personal reference. I have problems with at least four 1080p and three 720p h264 files. The problem is basically what netscan02 said: ATI cards have issues... Read More...

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Filed under: Media Center, DXVA, Pixilation, ATI, 1080p, Corrupted Video