G450 can't play HuffYUV?

[wkulecz]

Doc tell me it isn't so!

MPEG and DV AVIs and most things that play in media player (real meadia yes, QT *.mov some do some don't, old VfW cinepak & indeo some do some don't) do play out the DVDmax TV out feature with outstanding quality (assuming quality was there to start with) but no HuffYUV!

Is there a solution? I could like this G450 very much, but if I can't get HuffYUV out the DVDmax, its going back! I can live with the WinDVD2.3 VCD playback problem I mentioned in an earlier post (machine doensn't have a DVDROM drive).

--wally.

[Dr Mordrid]

As I've noted before HuffYUV isn't really intended as a PLAYBACK format. You need a very big system to pull that off. HuffYUV is really intended for getting lossless captures you can encode (after editing) into other formats for playback.

I typically use MPEG-2, PICVideo MJPeg and DV for large format projects and MPEG-1 for small format projects.

That said I don't have any problem at all playing HuffYUV to the DVDMax TV output of my PIII/850 RT-2000 system (G400 Flex). Same goes for my PIII/850 Marvel G400 setup. I'm unaware of any difference between their DVDMax and that of the G450.

Dr. Mordrid

[wkulecz]

Doc,

The HuffYUV clips playback fine in media player, but nothing comes out the DVDmax :-(
As I said, DV and MPEG and most other codecs do so as well. Recieved a clue about WinDVD and now it is playing correctly with DVDmax.

Hate to say it, but this may be another case of Matrox having half-assed w2k drivers -- which would justify me sending it back.

Does DVDmax play your MSP6 previews? It plays my clip in the source window, but I'd rather it play the previews :-) Do you know of an ini setting to switch this?
I'd keep it if I could scrub previews in MSP6 with it.

--wally.

[Dr Mordrid]

I haven't really had time to figure out Premiere 6 with the Marvels yet. All my use has been with the RT-2000.

When I know, you'll know.

Dr. Mordrid

[wkulecz]

Media Studio 6, not Premiere 6 at the moment.

Its getting late.

--wally.

[Dr Mordrid]

Yes, it most certainly is

Actually I don't have any problem at all with MSPro6's previews going to the vidout on either the RT-2000 or Marvel G400 systems, but that's under Win98SE.

I don't have a clue as to why HuffYUV won't go to the vidout, but I doubt its related to the G450 if all the other codecs work with it. Perhaps it's a problem with the HuffYUV installation.

What rez are you using for the files?

Dr. Mordrid

[Defiler]

Yep. I ran into this same problem with my G450. I switched to the PICVideo MJPEG codec in the "20" quality mode.. File sizes are about the same as HuffYUV, and it works with DVDMax.