MTS in CyberLink PowerDVD 9.0

[langegg]

I've read through many posts looking for help but haven't found a response that works. My .mts files won't play in MPC, MPCHC and Splash (no sound, no picture); vlc (sound, picture, but pixelated); the KMPlayer and wmp (sound, picture but choppy). h.264 is installed. But they will play fine in Cyberlink PowerDVD 9.0. I have ffdshow and haali splitter installed; DVXA is supported. PowerDVD doesn't have many optional settings including codec settings so I can't see what it's using but de-interlacing mode is set to none.

Any thoughts?

Computer specs:
2 years old
laptop
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo P8600
3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache
3536 Megabytes Installed Memory
160.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
On device manager under display: microsoft sms mirror driver and Intel chipset.

[Baldrick]

Post the details from mts. Use Mediainfo.

[pirej]

I have some .mts files recorded with sony camera, and they play just fine with MPCHC with and without DXVA.
The .mts i have is AVC video and AC3 audio.
Let's see your video details as Baldrick said.

[langegg]

Here's the MediaInfo info:

General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\brownjim\My Documents\My Pictures2\ww ii 2011\video wwii\00408.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 57.0 MiB
Duration : 29s 430ms
Overall bit rate : 16.2 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 18.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 29s 463ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 15.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.246
Stream size : 53.7 MiB (94%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 29s 536ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -67ms
Stream size : 923 KiB (2%)

[pirej]

My .mts files are almost the same, only 25.000 fps instead of 29.970 fps.
I have K-Lite installed and it plays everything.
Im trying to play the file in a virtual machine now, no codec's installed yet.. and will see.

[langegg]

I updated the K-Lite codec pack and there are some changes. MPC, MPCHC and VLC have sound but are choppy. Splash has no sound and no picture. WMP: sound but choppy picture. Cyberlink: works fine. When I updated K-Lite it gave me a message at one point asking if I wanted to install VobSub since I already had Cyberlink H.264 installed. I say no.

[pirej]

I installed "K-Lite_Codec_Pack_720_Mega" in a virtual machine with "default" installation settings, and the .mts didnt play with the integrated mpchc, i reinstalled k-lite using "lot's od stuff.." settings, and now mpchc play's the .mts file normally.

[langegg]

I used the default installation with the exception of the Cyberlink H.264. What do you mean by "lots of stuff"?

[Baldrick]

I have only mpchc and haali media splitter and all mts works fine. No packs.

[pirej]

What do you mean by "lots of stuff"?

When you install k-lite, there is an option to use different type's of installation: default, only playback, lot's of stuff, everything(not recomended).. e.t.c.
Have you tried "DAPlayer" from digiarty'com ??
I know i have tried it some time ago, and it had good deinterlacing for the same type of video as your's, but i like mpchc more, it has dxva support, and i like the deinterlacing from it.
This is an example of my mts, its 90% as your's.

General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : E:\SONY\VIDEO\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 333 MiB
Duration : 2mn 4s
Overall bit rate : 22.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 24.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=26
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 2mn 4s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 21.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 22.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.410
Stream size : 315 MiB (94%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 2mn 4s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -80ms
Stream size : 3.79 MiB (1%)

Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Duration : 2mn 3s
Delay relative to video : -80ms

[langegg]

DAPlayer gives sound but no picture. Could it be the Cyberlink H.264 rather than VobSub?

[johns0]

Uninstall k-lite and install ffdshow and haali media splitter then try.

[langegg]

Uninstalled k-lite then installed ffdshow and haali media splitter. Same result. I should add that the results are the same whether playing from the camcorder or from the hard disk.