Err… I like Skin New
But… can’t play MP4 was in 5.1 ( 5.0 play was smooth )
MP4 - h264 W:400 H:240
Frames rate 20/s bit rate 182 kbps
RUN ON : OS windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
please fix it !
thank you
i love MPCStar
You’re probably going to need to be more specific.
Please check if your file will play on other players. If it doesn’t, then you have a corrupt file.
I can play on Android [Vplayer]
but Enough to play with MPCStar. it Unplayable
There seem to be quite a few complaints like this. Unfortunately, almost none of them are coherent or remotely complete. It would be convenient to know exactly what you can’t play, and whether or not you can play other, similar content.
Instead, every detail is like pulling teeth. So here’s how it’s probably going to go:
“guy says he can’t play MP4’s”.
“Well, I tried an MP4, had no problems with it. Can’t duplicate the problem, so nothing to do.”
Instead, if you say,
“I can’t play THIS particular file, which you can get HERE, in MPCStar 5.1. I can play it in previous version 4.9, and I can play it in VLC or Media Player Classic. In 5.1 there is no audio/the picture is blank/playback is out of sync/everything is tinted purple.”
then you demonstrate a real problem that is likely to be a defect in the software instead of a configuration or installation problem. Someone else can attempt to duplicate the problem and confirm this.
Me and my roommate upgraded the player. We totally like the new MPCStar 5.1. But then came the problem, me and my roommate, who is also using it, can not play mp4 file format.
When I play it in 5.1, the video is just stagnant, a freezing picture while playing. And sometimes, when I close it, it will not respond anymore.
When I downgraded it to 5.0 and tried to play it again, it played smoothly. I also tried to play it in VLC Player and KMP Player, and it played very smoothly again.
I hope a quick fix for these will be posted.
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File used: Lady Gaga - Born This Way [2011] HD 1080p.mp4
Frame width: 1920
Frame height: 1080
Data rate: 3146 kbps
Total bitrate: 3271 kbps
Almost all my video files are in the mp4 format.
Additional information, I tried to play all kinds of video format like wmv, avi, flv, rmvb and mkv in 5.1, and it played smoothly, except for mp4. I also tested those files in another player and it played smoothly again. Something’s wrong with 5.1 when it comes to playing mp4 files.
I’ve seen a couple of other reports about mp4 files.
This looks like a possible bug.
It would be much more helpful to have a pointer to the specific file, because the issue is more likely to be in the encoding.
What do you mean by pointer?
What kluelos means is showing us where the video that doesn’t play is, be it a torrent, or hosted on a website, or wherever.
Also, Mpeg 4 is a video compression standard that could use many different codecs. Most .avi files use mpeg4, usually divx or xvid codec, as well as h264 and x264. There are dozens of different types of video that fall under the classification of mpeg 4, and most will play very well on any version of mpcStar.
If we had access to the video that doesn’t, then the developers would have something to work on. (small video files would be preferred for testing)
jjbladera, it would be better if you can provide a small part of the mp4 file so that the dev team can use it to test this problem.
Most , if not all of my mpeg4 video files which are downloaded into comp are unable to play in MPCstar5.1. Previously playable in MPCstar5.0.
When trying to play mp4 files on 5.1 , it is just a blank screen no audio / video. Program stops responding.
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Videos obtain from Youtube / Facebook via downloading using RealPlayer.
Sure, I’ll provide you with a small file. Just pm so that I can send it through email. I can’t upload it right now.
Here’s the file. I successfully uploaded it.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=943G0KL6
The video came from Facebook. I downloaded it through a download manager.
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I uploaded another video. It was made by my friend for their convention. It is in the mp4 format.
Here’s the link:
Thank you, I confirmed that this (second file provided) does not play in mpcstar 5.1 but does play in other players. This video is a standard resolution video encoded with opensource x264 codec in an .mp4 container. I’ve also confirmed that version 5.1 has no problem playing x264 video in standard or high definition in an .mkv container.
It’s definitely a bug in my opinion.
I have no problem playing either file in 5.1. (Well, apart from the subpar video quality and the essential lameness of the conception of the first one. But then, it is a commercial.)
“Hey, Tony, baby, I got this great idea for your commercial, you’re gonna love this, baby!” So this is, like, the Garden of Eden, right? And there’s Eve wandering through it, naked but she’s wearing a figleaf and this long hair hides her boobs, right? And there are all these birds and animals, and like maybe a unicorn or just a horse, right? So then up through the bushes comes Adam, right? And he’s naked with a figleaf too, right? They stare at each other, first woman, first man, right? Then Adam waves, says “Hi!” and runs off, he’s like, this flaming queen, right? And then there’s text on the screen that says ,“don’t worry, call your insurance company”. Is that dynamite? Is that killer? I’m tellin ya, that’s IT, baby!"
Both files are encoded with AVC/AAC, sometimes called .h264 or .x264
These filters put a large computational burden on a system, much more so than other kinds of encoding. They require a really powerful processor to handle because they produce smaller file sizes by doing extensive calculations to achieve better compression.
Your symptoms are classically those of an underpowered system trying to tackle AVC. My previous system was quite old, only 1.2 GHz (only. geeze!) and that’s what it did when I tried to play many AVC-encoded files. A few would play OK, but many just wouldn’t. Sometimes I had to reboot to get out of them.
Wait. My system is not that old, it has 2.10 GHz. It’s a dual core processor. I tried playing 1080p mp4 files before and it could totally play smoothly in 5.0. How is it possible that it can’t play in 5.1? Do I need a high powered processor to play even the simpliest video?
I have to agree, the second file that I tried to play froze in the first few frames. It’s not even high definition video. My computer is a core2 duo, 2.5ghz (x2) with 4gb ram running win7 ultimate.
This is definitely not a resources issue, but the fact that kluelos can play them on his system leads me to believe that 5.1 is conflicting with prior installed codecs (perhaps).
@kluelos, h264 is proprietary codec where x264 is it’s opensource cousin, much like DivX (h263) and Xvid (x263).
As for this bug, I installed mpcstar 5.1 on this system thats never had any mpcstar version, and it failed to play. I then sucessfully played a 1080p movie encoded with x264 with mpcstar 5.1 and it played flawlessly. The only difference I can see is it used mkv container, not .mp4.
Also, on a fluke of a chance that it was related to the file extension itself, I renamed file.mp4 to file.mpg. The renamed file played flawlessly in Media Player Classic, but again refused to play in mpcstar. Also, several times I had to restart mpcstar because it became unstable when trying to play and wouldn’t respond.