video codecs (VLC?)

[deano7]

Is there a way to get VLC to work to play DVD's through Gameex? I do not want to spend $50 to play DVD's through Gameex. I bought Honestech DVD player but it is not working (has no sound when playing DVD's). Is there a way to get windows media player to be the default player?

What is the most inexpensive way to get Gameex to play DVD's or video files?

[Tom Speirs]

  deano7 said:

Is there a way to get VLC to work to play DVD's through Gameex? I do not want to spend $50 to play DVD's through Gameex. I bought Honestech DVD player but it is not working (has no sound when playing DVD's). Is there a way to get windows media player to be the default player?

What is the most inexpensive way to get Gameex to play DVD's or video files?

GameEx is going to support external DVD players in a future release.

[deano7]

  TSpeirs said:

GameEx is going to support external DVD players in a future release.

That will be a cool feature.

How do videos play through gameex now? I am trying to diagnose why my video plays but I have no sound through Gameex, however, I am not sure how to troubleshoot. It seems that I have to mention the video codecs in the settings, but how does gameex do the sound for vids now? The crazy thing about this is that it has worked in the past, but for some reason it works no longer.

Thanks Tom, I love your software!!!

[speedklz]

To get GameEx to play a DVD you have to install a codec. The easist way is to download the version of ffdshow that is on GameEx`s home page. There is a place under the configuration screen that allows you to pick the codec to uses. I am not home to put up the exact place to find it but when I get infront of my machine I will unless someone beats me to it.

[deano7]

Thanks, but the video codecs are working fine on my machine. It is the sound that is not working. I am sure I must just be missing the audio codecs that gameex requires, but I am not sure what that is or where I would need to find it.

Any ideas on the sound?

[bkenobi]

I remember something about setting the volume of the internal DVD player in the settings. In the Setup Wizard, search for "DVD Audio" or some variant on that. It's probably set to 0.

[daweinst]

  bkenobi said:

I remember something about setting the volume of the internal DVD player in the settings. In the Setup Wizard, search for "DVD Audio" or some variant on that. It's probably set to 0.

If you use the ffdshow codec it has it's own setup, where you can change some audio settings. It's possible that fiddling there may fix the audio.

[deano7]

I am guessing this is what you meant, er, uh Brian Kenobi? Brent Kenobi? (I get the joke now)

[MediaPlayer]

Enabled=True

AudioMode=0

I switched it to 1 and still no sound with DVD's.

I really believe that it might be something with my computer settings or something I am missing, that is why I just want to know what the process is by which Gameex produces sound. Given that DVD's play fine under windows in media player and in honestech straight up, there must be something Gameex is looking for that is not there or it is looking in the wrong place. Like I said, this did work at one point and I haven't monkey with my gameex settings, so it really shouldn't be the INI file.

Is there a document that decribes exactly how Gameex interfaces with other apps? I can't get playlists to work in Gameex either, however, they work fine in windows media player 11. I am stumped. Onxe I have these 2 things figured out, I am going to ghost my HD in case of failure and never change a thing.

[iano]

  deano7 said:

I am guessing this is what you meant, er, uh Brian Kenobi? Brent Kenobi? (I get the joke now)

[MediaPlayer]

Enabled=True

AudioMode=0

I switched it to 1 and still no sound with DVD's.

I really believe that it might be something with my computer settings or something I am missing, that is why I just want to know what the process is by which Gameex produces sound. Given that DVD's play fine under windows in media player and in honestech straight up, there must be something Gameex is looking for that is not there or it is looking in the wrong place. Like I said, this did work at one point and I haven't monkey with my gameex settings, so it really shouldn't be the INI file.

Is there a document that decribes exactly how Gameex interfaces with other apps? I can't get playlists to work in Gameex either, however, they work fine in windows media player 11. I am stumped. Onxe I have these 2 things figured out, I am going to ghost my HD in case of failure and never change a thing.

Hi. You say your playlists work with WMP11. Have you set GameEx to 'Use WMP Library' under 'Audio Settings' ?

[deano7]

  iano said:

Hi. You say your playlists work with WMP11. Have you set GameEx to 'Use WMP Library' under 'Audio Settings' ?

Yup. The jukebox works fine with WMP, but when I select playlists, it just thinks for a few seconds and then goes right back to the entire library. About 1 month ago all of this stuff worked and then I had a system crash and after rebuilding, the playlists and DVD audio just won't work. Thanks for the suggestion though!