How to play this file? (4:2:2 chroma subsampling H.264)

[kasda]

Hi guys!

Can anyone please help me how to play this file in Media Player Classic (or Media Player Classic Home Cinema). I think its 4:2:2 chroma subsampling H.264 (a friend told me that, but he is not 100% sure). What codecs or anything i need to instal? I have tryed with VLC and MPC/MPCHC but i got gray picture like this



only player that is ready to play this was PotPlayer. But i dont like them, i want to play that file in Media Player Classic (or Media Player Classic Home Cinema) .. any suggestion?

here is the little part of my video
http://www.mediafire.com/?pscaa9anapbm69r

thanx a lot for any help!

[Selur]

Plays fine here using mpc-hc (disabled the internal decoders and installed LAVFilters for decoding).
So my guess the problem is simply that MPC-HC normally tries to decode the clip via hardware decoding, which is not possible since most GPUs don't support High 4:2:2 AVC decoding, especially when it's interlaced

Video
ID                                       : 512 (0x200)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High 4:2:2@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 40s 480ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 36.0 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 36.9 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.694
Stream size                              : 174 MiB (91%)
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Cu Selur

[videobruger]

I believe that your problem may lie in that you have a bitrate of 36 Mbps which is rather high. It play in my Windows Vista/VLC 2.04 but somewhat choppy (have other processes running). Attached is the info from MediaInfo

[Selur]

Yu, playback through VLC (2.0.6) works here too.

[kasda]

Plays fine here using mpc-hc (disabled the internal decoders and installed LAVFilters for decoding).

i have just installed lavfilters right now but dont know how to activate them? otherwise its still not working



with VLC is not working, but i dont like VLC anyway.. MPC-HC would be much better choice

[Selur]

You need to:
a. disable the internal Filters for H.264 decoding (under Internal Filters; personally I disabled nearly all internal decoders and splitters)
b. add 'LAV Video Decoder' (I added also 'LAV Splitter' and 'LAV Audio'
btw. there are tons of guides (in example http://www.avsforum.com/t/1357375/advanced-mpc-hc-setup-guide) out there, simply google for:
mpc hc lavfilters

Cu Selur

[kasda]

Yes, its working now! thanx a lot Selur

[jagabo]

Many h.264 decoders don't support 4:2:2 chroma subsampling. Another solution is to use ffdshow as your h.264 decoder. LAV isn't necessary in that case (though you'll need a TS reader/splitter, either in the media player or DirectShow).