DCDivx not playing help please!
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DCDivx not playing help please!
Hi, I found your site and I really like all the dreamcast emulation here. I downloaded DCDivx and I think it's really neat, but I'm having trouble playing a movie. I followed the guide and made a 1080p blu-ray rip of twilight but it only plays at about 1 frame per 5 minutes and the sound is way off. When will the authors of DCDivx fix this?
Re: DCDivx not playing help please!
I hate to say it, but it's hardly a help channel anymore. Usually if anyone comes in for help no one is willing to do anything.
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Re: DCDivx not playing help please!
Your problem isn't the DCDivx software, it's that the movie's special effects are simply too intense for the decoder to handle. For one, the DC has to use FXPP to turn the normal color-filled footage and convert it into a crappy washed-out grey overcast, for realism. It also has trouble rendering HDR lighting of thousands of little light sources that bounce off the vampire's sparkly chest.
As for the audio, I would need a better description of 'way off.' Are you hearing long uncomfortable pauses followed by disjointed conversations that sound nonsensical? Because if you are, that's not a technical problem, that's a creativity problem.
As for the audio, I would need a better description of 'way off.' Are you hearing long uncomfortable pauses followed by disjointed conversations that sound nonsensical? Because if you are, that's not a technical problem, that's a creativity problem.
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Re: DCDivx not playing help please!
Should I try a different movie then, like New Moon or Eclipse?melancholy wrote:Your problem isn't the DCDivx software, it's that the movie's special effects are simply too intense for the decoder to handle. For one, the DC has to use FXPP to turn the normal color-filled footage and convert it into a crappy washed-out grey overcast, for realism. It also has trouble rendering HDR lighting of thousands of little light sources that bounce off the vampire's sparkly chest.
As for the audio, I would need a better description of 'way off.' Are you hearing long uncomfortable pauses followed by disjointed conversations that sound nonsensical? Because if you are, that's not a technical problem, that's a creativity problem.
Does gypplay support 3D at 1080p? Or do I have to downscale it to 720p first?Juan wrote:gypplay yo
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Re: DCDivx not playing help please!
It's not a software problem; it's an issue of hardware compatibility. Trying to play Twilight at 1080p on a Dreamcast is not going to work for one very obvious reason: it's thinking. And since the Dreamcast is capable of thought, it knows better than to watch Twilight.
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Re: DCDivx not playing help please!
- Hook up your Dreamcast with a VGA cable
- Burn your movie to a DVD an put it in the Dreamcast
- While the Dreamcast is booting up, quickly open it up and put the DVD in a PC
- On the Dreamcast home-screen go to the VMU menu
- Press START five times then quickly put the VGA cable in your PC
- While holding down the Y button on a DC joypad in port 4, Press Winkey+P (Windows 7)
- Select "Projector only" or "Duplicate"
- If all goes well you should see your PC screen on your TV
- Navigate to the DVD root folder and select your movie
- Insert a Japanese copy of Sonic Adventure 2 into your Dreamcast
- Once you hear the disc motor rev up, sing Happy Birthday to You at 120BPM
- When you get to the part you should say the person's name, quickly double click your movie
If all goes well you should now have your movie playing on your Dreamcast.
- Burn your movie to a DVD an put it in the Dreamcast
- While the Dreamcast is booting up, quickly open it up and put the DVD in a PC
- On the Dreamcast home-screen go to the VMU menu
- Press START five times then quickly put the VGA cable in your PC
- While holding down the Y button on a DC joypad in port 4, Press Winkey+P (Windows 7)
- Select "Projector only" or "Duplicate"
- If all goes well you should see your PC screen on your TV
- Navigate to the DVD root folder and select your movie
- Insert a Japanese copy of Sonic Adventure 2 into your Dreamcast
- Once you hear the disc motor rev up, sing Happy Birthday to You at 120BPM
- When you get to the part you should say the person's name, quickly double click your movie
If all goes well you should now have your movie playing on your Dreamcast.
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Re: DCDivx not playing help please!
malikinam wrote:I hate to say it, but it's hardly a help channel anymore. Usually if anyone comes in for help no one is willing to do anything.
DaMadFiddler wrote:It's not a software problem; it's an issue of hardware compatibility. Trying to play Twilight at 1080p on a Dreamcast is not going to work for one very obvious reason: it's thinking. And since the Dreamcast is capable of thought, it knows better than to watch Twilight.