X3TC doesn't like the ffdshow codecs, so if you have it installed (on its own or as part of a codec pack) you need to either uninstall it, or exclude X3TC from the programs that use it.
First you need to run the ffdshow Audio decoder configuration utility:
If you installed ffdshow on its own then it should be in Start menu/Programs/ffdshow.
If you installed it as part of a different codec pack it may be listed under the codec pack (e.g. CCCP or Vista Codecs).
You might also be able to access it directly from the Run menu (windows key + R):
'C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe ffdshow.ax,configureAudio' or
'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe ffdshow.ax,configureAudio'
Depending on your media player version and how you installed ffdshow, you may be able to access it via Windows Media Player, menu > Tools > Options, DVD, Advanced.
Failing that, run a file search for ffdshow.
In the DirectShow control tab there's a section called "Don't use ffdshow in:". Make sure the adjacent box is checked and add x3tc.exe to the list of programs (you can do this via the Edit button or just type it in the box):
First off, I'd like to thank you Carlo cause this definitely helped! But second, I'd like to point out that for net hounds like me who've downloaded codec packs, ffdshow might not be in the directory you mentioned; in fact, you may not even know you have it!
So if anyone out there is having audio hitches (I was experiencing a "jump" in video and audio every five or six seconds; at very regular intervals) and you've downloaded a lot of codecs or codec packs or are simply not sure of what you have, I recommend running a search for ffdshow.
Thanks for this little bit of info, I found it very handy. My system however is setup slightly differently perhaps due to a different version perhaps because of the codec pack CCCP.
Firstly, FDD show can be found in programs > CCCP > (filters) > FDD show audio codec config
Secodly, I believe the version of FDD show I'm using is slightly older than yours, so program excemptions are not under "Directshow Control" but under "Info & debug" in the debug section. Hope others find this helpful.
[edit]My system is a mess, so I've ended up uninstalling all my old codec packs and installing the newest version. However the above should still be vaild for users of an old FDD show version.
I was unable to find my ffdshow files so when i did a search for it all i got were 3 programs...they were do not use ffdshow, set MPG@ to use ffd show, and use ffdshow. i clicked do not use ffd show but nothing happened except a little vista circle. did i turn this off?
Dungeoncrawler wrote:I'm showing a few nero codecs associated with quicktime (not installed on my pc) in my DX log.
You might have to post the relevant part and explain what you mean - the only Nero codecs I'm aware of are installed with the Nero suite. AFAIK, the only way to remove them is to remove Nero.
I wish I'd found this earlier - I was only looking to see if there were any issues on frame rate that I didn't know about because I was just flying through Ore Belt (a bad system anyway) and there was a Paranid M7 fighting a Plutarch M7 and a few fighters with PBGs. Frame rate completely splattered (talking 1 frame every 4 seconds levels of bad) and I had to get to the Terracorp HQ to buy a new jumpdrive.
Followed the instructions, disabled FFD Show for X3tc.exe and decided to see what kind of difference it made. Gave it a decent work out by attacking the Plutarch HQ in Ore Belt with an M2, an M1 and it's fighter wing of 40 Nova Raiders... and it was perfectly playable, chugged a little teeeeeeny bit when the Plutarch HQ blew up, but that was it!
I'm not having any great issues leaving ffdshow on for audio, and music sounds absolutely horrific without it (possibly related to whatever has been previously notice with x64 Vista and Realtek audio chips). ffdshow and video certainly causes instability, though.
My FFdshow doesnt have the option to Disable it for specific programs i just have the "multiple ffdshow instances" dropdown menu. So if i chose "none - Disabled" will that do as a workaround?
TemplarThano wrote:My FFdshow doesnt have the option to Disable it for specific programs i just have the "multiple ffdshow instances" dropdown menu. So if i chose "none - Disabled" will that do as a workaround?
Crustacean Soup wrote:I'm not having any great issues leaving ffdshow on for audio, and music sounds absolutely horrific without it (possibly related to whatever has been previously notice with x64 Vista and Realtek audio chips). ffdshow and video certainly causes instability, though.
If you were to post a [url=http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/faq_answer_en.php?answer=610&version=8][b]DX[/b][b]D[/b]iag[/url] report then we'd be able to tell you. Or you could just check it yourself.
CBJ wrote:If you were to post a DXDiag report then we'd be able to tell you. Or you could just check it yourself.
I really dont know much about codecs so would really appreciate a specialist taking a look at my DxDiag file. I'll PM it so as not to take up screen space in the thread.
No, please post it on the forum. Screen space isn't taxed around here. Anyway, that way anyone who happens to be passing gets to help you out rather than you having to wait for whoever you PM it to.
Edit: And now of course you've already PMed it to me. Please re-post here, but this time check whether you need to post it in two parts as the one you sent me was truncated right at the interesting part!
Nero Digital:
Nero Digital Renderer,0x00100000,1,0,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital MP4 Muxer,0x00100000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital AAC Encoder,0x00100000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Subpic Encoder,0x00100000,1,3,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Watermark,0x00200000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
AMR Encoder,0x00100000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital AVC Encoder,0x00100000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Media Type Adjustment,0x00200000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital DMO Wrapper,0x00200000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital SP/ASP Encoder,0x00100000,1,1,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
VideoTee,0x00200000,1,2,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
PreviewRenderer,0x00400000,1,0,NeroDigital.dll,5.03.0010.0000
DirectShow Filters:
WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,,
WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
Nero Digital Audio Encoder 8,0x00200000,1,2,NeNDAud.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital Muxer 8,0x00200000,2,1,NeNDMux.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital File Writer 8,0x00200000,1,0,NeNDMux.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital Null Renderer 8,0x00200000,1,0,NeNDMux.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital Subpicture Enc 8,0x00200000,1,0,NeNDMux.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Digital Video Enc 8,0x00200000,1,2,NeNDVid.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Sound Switcher,0x00200000,1,1,NeSoundSwitch.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero QuickTime(tm) Audio Decoder,0x00400000,1,1,NeQTDec.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,NeFileSourceAsync.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Subpicture Decoder,0x00400000,1,1,NeSubpicture.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Full Screen Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Audio Decoder 2,0x00600000,1,1,NeAudio2.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Multiple File Output,0x00200000,2,2,WMM2FILT.dll,
WMT Black Frame Generator,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
WMT Import Filter,0x00200000,0,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Nero AV Synchronizer,0x00200000,1,1,NeAVSync.ax,5.03.0010.0000
DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Nero Frame Capture,0x00200000,1,1,NeCapture.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
WMT Interlacer,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6001.7000
Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,11.00.6001.7000
Nero Splitter,0x00600000,1,3,NeSplitter.ax,5.03.0010.0000
AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
SBE2MediaTypeProfile,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.1000.18295
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,11.00.6001.7000
Nero Vobu Generator,0x00200000,1,0,NeroVobuGenerator.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Audio Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeAudioRender.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Subtitle,0x00200000,1,1,NeSubtitle.ax,5.03.0010.0000
AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.1000.18273
WMT Format Conversion,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
9x8Resize,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.1000.18295
Nero Teletext Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeTeletext.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Video Processor,0x00200000,1,1,NeroVideoProc.ax,5.03.0010.0000
WMT Virtual Source,0x00200000,0,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Microsoft TV Captions Decoder,0x00200001,1,0,MSTVCapn.dll,6.01.1000.18273
MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
CBVA DMO wrapper filter,0x00200000,1,1,cbva.dll,6.01.1000.18273
MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6001.22167
SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero DVD Navigator,0x00600000,0,14,NeDVD.ax,5.03.0010.0000
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.1000.18273
DV Scenes,0x00200000,1,1,NVDV.dll,3.00.0007.0001
MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.1000.18273
WMT AudioAnalyzer,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Closed Captions Analysis Filter,0x00200000,2,5,cca.dll,6.06.1000.18273
Nero Resize,0x00400000,1,1,NeResize.ax,5.03.0010.0000
SBE2FileScan,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.1000.18295
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6001.7000
DV Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,NVDV.dll,3.00.0007.0001
Nero Colorspace Converter,0x00200000,1,1,NeColorspace.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Video Analyzer,0x00200000,2,0,NeVideoAnalyzer.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Stretch Video,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6001.22167
MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Audio CD Navigator,0x00200000,0,1,NeAudCD.ax,5.03.0010.0000
DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6001.18000
Nero Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeVideoRenderer.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Scene Detector 2,0x00200000,2,0,NeSceneDetector.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero FLV Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,NeFLVSplitter.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Stream Buffer Sink,0x00200000,0,0,NeSBE.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero PresentationGraphics Decoder,0x00600000,2,1,NeBDGraphic.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero MP2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeMP2AudioEnc.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6001.7000
Nero Mpeg2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,NeVCR.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Frame Eater,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Nero HD Audio Mixer,0x00200000,3,1,NeHDAudioMixer.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Allocator Fix,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Microsoft DTV/DVD Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,MSDTVVDEC.dll,11.00.1000.7000
Nero PS Muxer,0x00200000,1,1,NePSMuxer.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Scene Detector,0x00200000,1,0,NeSceneDetector.ax,5.03.0010.0000
ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Elementary Stream Parser,0x00200000,1,1,NeESParser.ax,5.03.0010.0000
MPEG-2 Video Stream Analyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.1000.18295
Capture ASF Writer,0x00200000,0,0,WMM2FILT.dll,
Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Audio Transcoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeTranscoder.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Bitmap Generate,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Nero Vcd Navigator,0x00600000,0,2,NeVCD.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Proxy Sink,0x00200000,1,0,WMM2FILT.dll,
Proxy Source,0x00200000,0,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Nero Deinterlace,0x00200000,1,1,NeDeinterlace.ax,5.03.0010.0000
VPS Decoder,0x00200000,0,0,WSTPager.ax,6.06.1000.18273
WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6001.7000
Nero TS Muxer,0x00200000,1,1,NeTSMuxer.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Framerate Converter,0x00200000,1,1,NeFramerate.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero DVD Decoder,0x00600000,2,1,NeVideo.ax,5.03.0010.0000
VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.01.1000.18273
Nero Mpeg Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeMpegVideoEnc.ax,5.03.0010.0000
WMT Sample Information Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
File writer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18000
iTV Data Sink,0x00600000,1,0,itvdata.dll,6.06.1000.18273
iTV Data Capture filter,0x00600000,1,1,itvdata.dll,6.06.1000.18273
Microsoft DTV/DVD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,MSDTVADEC.dll,11.00.1000.7000
Nero Video Decoder HD,0x00200000,1,2,NeVideoHD.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero QuickTime(tm) Video Decoder,0x00400000,1,1,NeQTDec.ax,5.03.0010.0000
DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,,6.06.6001.18000
WMT DV Extract,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Nero Stream Buffer Source,0x00200000,0,0,NeSBE.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Microsoft TV Subtitles Decoder,0x00200001,1,0,MSTVCapn.dll,6.01.1000.18273
Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Nero Audio CD Filter,0x00200000,0,1,NeAudCD.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero MP3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeMp3Encoder.ax,5.03.0010.0000
AVI Draw,0x00600064,9,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Audible Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeAudible.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6001.7000
WST Pager,0x00200000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.1000.18273
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Record Queue,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.6001.18000
Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.6001.18000
WMT Log Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,11.00.6001.7000
WMT Virtual Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,WMM2FILT.dll,
StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.1000.18295
Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,,6.06.6001.18000
Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
WMT MuxDeMux Filter,0x00200000,0,0,WMM2FILT.dll,
NetBridge,0x00200000,2,0,netbridge.dll,6.01.1000.18273
AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero InteractiveGraphics Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,NeBDGraphic.ax,5.03.0010.0000
WMT Volume,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Nero Photo Source,0x00200000,0,1,NePhotoSource.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero Thumbnail Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,NeBDThumbnail.ax,5.03.0010.0000
WMT VIH2 Fix,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,11.00.6001.7000
StreamBufferSink2,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.1000.18295
AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,,6.06.6001.22167
File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Media Center Extender Encryption Filter,0x00200000,2,2,Mcx2Filter.dll,6.01.1000.18295
Nero Ogg Splitter,0x00400000,1,1,NeOggSplitter.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Nero MP4 Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,NeMP4Splitter.ax,5.03.0010.0000
AudioRecorder WAV Dest,0x00200000,0,0,,6.00.6001.18000
AudioRecorder Wave Form,0x00200000,0,0,,6.00.6001.18000
SoundRecorder Null Renderer,0x00200000,0,0,,6.00.6001.18000
Nero Sound Processor,0x00200000,1,1,NeSoundProc.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
WMT Switch Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
Nero Video Decoder,0x00600000,2,1,NeVideo.ax,5.03.0010.0000
Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.00.6001.22164
Uncompressed Domain Shot Detection Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WMM2FILT.dll,
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Nero DV Splitter,0x00200000,1,2,NeDVSplitter.ax,5.03.0010.0000
MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,,6.06.6001.22167
Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.22167
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.1000.18273
BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.1000.18273
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.1000.18273
Given that the very first post in this forum asks everyone to post a [url=http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/faq_answer_en.php?answer=610&version=8][b]DX[/b][b]D[/b]iag[/url] report, your consideration was somewhat misplaced.
OK, no sign of ffdshow in your codec list. You do however have more Nero codecs than you can shake a stick at, and as mentioned in the Common Problems sticky thread, these can cause problems too.