JeffersLos

7 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

That's a pain, it may be restricted to certain Microsoft devices like Surface Pro versions or something.

There's one old but tested way to do it - the K-lite codec pack - always did the job going back a long time and it seems to still be around

 

Whether it will work with this specific player nor not is anyones guess but it's definitely worth a shot - this could solve your issue in minutes

Find it here : https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

This worked, thank you. 

3 hours ago, ukrules said:

From ChatGPT - the codec is free if you want it for free

The issue is 100% related to HEVC / H.265 usage in the file which is why it works just fine in VLC which contains the codec and not in the others - they don't want to license it for commercial use - but it is freely available.

The link to get the codec is : https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/hevc-video-extensions-from-device-manufacturer/9N4WGH0Z6VHQ

Thank you. Very informative. 

I go to that link, press install, then the MS Store opens and the Get button is greyed out, and on the top left of the screen it states This app will not work on your device. 

This is a genuine windows 11 device. 

General
Unique ID                                : 267860060923889725208777442439261797258 (0xC983F8A220AA6A3D98401A1A96E33B8A)
Complete name                            : G:xxxxx.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 1.60 GiB
Duration                                 : 56 min 57 s
Overall bit rate                         : 4 014 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 23.976 FPS
Movie name                               : xxxxx
Encoded date                             : 2021-11-26 17:24:35 UTC
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v59.0.0 ('Shining Star') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.2 + libmatroska v1.6.4

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L4@Main
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 56 min 57 s
Bit rate                                 : 3 526 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 956 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.008
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.080
Stream size                              : 1.40 GiB (88%)
Writing library                          : x265 3.5+12+14-106329cbd:[Windows][GCC 10.3.0][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings                        : cpuid=1111039 / frame-threads=3 / numa-pools=12 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1920x956 / interlace=0 / total-frames=81930 / level-idc=0 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=3 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-eob / no-eos / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / open-gop / min-keyint=23 / keyint=250 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=8 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=80 / lookahead-slices=6 / scenecut=40 / no-hist-scenecut / radl=0 / no-splice / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / no-rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=0 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / no-strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=5 / limit-refs=3 / no-limit-modes / me=3 / subme=5 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / no-frame-dup / no-hme / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=3 / selective-sao=4 / early-skip / no-rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / no-rd-refine / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=crf / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=3 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=0 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=2 / transfer=2 / colormatrix=2 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / hist-threshold=0.03 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr10 / no-hdr10-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / no-idr-recovery-sei / analysis-reuse-level=0 / analysis-save-reuse-level=0 / analysis-load-reuse-level=0 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=1 / refine-ctu-distortion=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-analysis-type=0 / copy-pic=1 / max-ausize-factor=1.0 / no-dynamic-refine / no-single-sei / no-hevc-aq / no-svt / no-field / qp-adaptation-range=1.00 / scenecut-aware-qp=0 / conformance-window-right-offset=0 / conformance-window-bottom-offset=0 / decoder-max-rate=0 / no-vbv-live-multi-pass
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : A_AAC-2
Duration                                 : 56 min 57 s
Bit rate                                 : 473 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : 20 ms
Stream size                              : 193 MiB (12%)
Title                                    : Main Audio
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : Yes

Text
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : PGS
Muxing mode                              : zlib
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 54 min 47 s
Bit rate                                 : 25.3 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 0.325 FPS
Count of elements                        : 1068
Stream size                              : 9.90 MiB (1%)
Title                                    : English
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Menu
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00:05:28.536                             : en:Chapter 02
00:16:51.802                             : en:Chapter 03
00:28:28.707                             : en:Chapter 04
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13 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Can you not get mediainfo to show what's actually going on?

Maybe, if I know what it is.

The mediainfo of what?

And get it from where?

14 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Maybe you could post a link to a video that fails.

They are files on our PC. Downloaded films and TV shows from torrent sites, MP4, MKV files etc. 

This only started around 1 month ago. 

23 minutes ago, gargamon said:

What type of videos make this happen? Please post the medianfo for one. Mediainfo is available on all platforms.

All types of video files.

Under the popup stating a codec is needed to view the video, it says show details. This is the copy and paste of that.

Stream 0

--------------------
MEDIA TYPE 0:
--------------------
[AM_MEDIA_TYPE]
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: Unknown GUID Name {31435648-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO {E06D80E3-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA}
bFixedSizeSamples: 0
bTemporalCompression: 1
lSampleSize: 3441600
cbFormat: 2612

13 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

Well thats not true.

 

Enabling Resume Playback

    Open VLC media player.
    Go to Tools > Preferences (or press Ctrl + P).
    In the Preferences window, click on Interface.
    Under Playback, check the box next to Continue playback.
    Click Save.

Thanks. Do you know how to get rid of the codec issue on GOM Player? (only the audio plays and not the video, and there's a popup saying that a codec is needed, when playing downloaded TV shows or films)

Reinstalling GOM Player doesn't fix the issue.

It plays the video of home movies, but not of TV shows or films we have downloaded. For those, the screen is black, the audio plays, and there is a popup saying additional codecs are required. 

Maybe one month ago video files being watched on GOM Player were all only playing the audio to the files with a blank black screen, and a pop up saying we need to buy a Codec, for something like $0.99.

The exact same happened when opening the files on WMP (Windows Media Player) and others. 

A search online said that only VLC player doesn't need them because on the way the program runs. That was correct. Out of all the Media Players only VLC was showing the video screen and no pop up to buy a Codec. 

However, VLC isn't nice to use. The keyboard shortcuts are all different, it doesn't start where you left off like GOM player but at the start of a file you've already watched half of etc. So we would like to switch back to GOM player.

Are you experiencing the same issue? I've no problem paying $0.99 once off if the payment channel is easy, and ime it usually isn't, if it is a once off payment, not for every different video file we watch. Is it only us? How to get rid of it? 

TIA. 

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

What is the wife of the driver doing in the car at all?

Making sure there's nothing smelly in there. 

15 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

He was discovered at 20:00, emergency people were not called until 23:00 but the police did not come until 10:00

Why the delays?

They were test driving his Ferraris. 

I see numbers such as 3.1a, 2.4a, 5v, 10w, 35w, but don't understand about them. 

It's gotten to the stage where having one designated USB-A charging station permanently kept in the same place is needed in our condo.

There are so many items constantly being charged. Tablets, phones, S Pens, smart watches, head torch etc. 

Some cables seem to charge fast, some slow. I think there are 5amp and 10amp cables? I bought a new 10amp cable for maybe 150BAHT but it stopped working within 1 month despite it looking perfect.

I would like to buy one USB-A charging unit that plugs into a wall socket or extension lead. I presume using an extension lead doesn't affect the charging speed?

5 or 6 USB-A ports with 1 meter long cables, or thereabouts, that charge fast. 

Can somebody please give me information about what kind of unit I should look at buying, in terms of wattage or amp numbers for the unit and cables please?

TIA.

1 hour ago, SMIAI said:

It looks like a normal RJ-45 to me.

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/tag/cat6-rj45-ethernet-cable/

Thank you. I'll order one of those. 🙂 

1 hour ago, SMIAI said:

You might wish to run something like this, https://wpd.app/  to disable some of the features/spying. It just makes the selection to deny, much easier than searching through each option yourself.

Thanks.

It's resetting windows now.

One thing is the ethernet port, it's much thinner than the cables in our condominium. I guess there are new ones out that should also fit the router. Or can buy ones that are thin on one end and normal on the other end? 

7 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

 

A normal factory reset. There are always programs installed.

 

Check the quality of the screen in full daylight before committing yourself. Some might find it not bright enough. 

Thank you. 

This seems fool proof. 

I will ask him to clear it or reformat it after buying it as it already has programs etc installed.

When buying a nearly new computer, what is best to do in terms of clearing it completely so it's like a turning it on for the first time?

Just use a program such as CCleaner to uninstall all the stuff you don't want?

Or is there a better reset option?

TIA. 

I will buy this nearly new 13000THB, still with the warranty until November 2026. 16000THB in shops but no one has any in stock.

Thank you for the information and advice. 

Just to confirm one last thing.

10 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

AMD Ryzen R7-5700U (1.80 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache Up to 4.30 GHz)

An 8 core cpu with a base speed of 1.8ghz will have all 8 cores running at this speed, 8 cores all running at 1.8ghz, not all 8 cores producing only 1.8ghz between them? 

5 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

 

5 equals approx 625 MB/s

Thank you. 

14 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

The USB-C port to which you are referring will be either 5Gbps or 10Gbps.

19k down to 16k. This is interesting and I believe ticks all the boxes, even if the base speed is only 1.8ghz, but with 8 cores and 16 threads.

https://www.powerbuy.co.th/en/product/ACER-Aspire-3-Notebook-15-6-AMD-Ryzen-7-RAM-16GB-512GB-A315-44P-R11P-295120

• CPU:AMD Ryzen R7-5700U (1.80 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache Up to 4.30 GHz)

  Memory :16 TYPE:DDR4

  Hard Disk(GB):512 NVMe:RPM

  Storge Type: NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD

  Graphic Card :AMD Radeon Graphics (Integrated Graphics)

  SCREEN SIZE:15.6" 1920x1080 (FHD), IPS, 60Hz, Acer ComfyView, 45% NTSC color gamut

  Operating System:Windows 11 Home + Microsoft Office Home & Student 2021

  1 x USB Type-C port supporting: [USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps) / DisplayPort over USB-C / USB charging / DC-in port]

  3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1
• 1 x HDMI 2.1 port with HDCP support

• Bluetooth

  Wi-Fi 6

4 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

 

The USB-C port to which you are referring will be either 5Gbps or 10Gbps. ACER is 5Gbps, but the ASUS, dependent on the specific model, might be 10Gbps. 10mbps wouldn't be much good 😊

 

 

Thanks. I would guess that having 10 instead of 5 is quite important if connecting a lan cable, mouse and keyboard into it.