[vlc] Re: Using third-party MPEG decoders with vlc

[Gildas Bazin]

On Monday 04 October 2004 17:18, Chhaya, Harshal wrote:
> 
> Can I use a third-party MPEG decoder to play DVDs and HDTV files
> using vlc? This is for a Windows XP box.
> 
> I want to try a couple of commercial HDTV decoders that include
> DxVA (Directx Video Acceleration) support and claim to improve 
> playback for DVDs. I am guessing that the same features could 
> also help in playing back HDTV files.
> 
> I found three decoders - Intervideo DCD Xpack, Sonic CinePlayer 
> DVD Decoder Pack and CyberLink's PowerDVD - and all three say that
> they can be used with Windows Media Player.
> 
> I would like to try to use the same decoders with vlc.
> 
> So I can use these decoders with vlc? And since they all cost 
> the same so I would like to know if any one is better than 
> the others, especially for vlc.
> 

You can't use them. VLC doesn't support DirectShow decoders, only DMO 
decoders and afaik these aren't DMOs.

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Gildas

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