NOTE TO VLC USERS: VLC's soft subtitle renderer is BROKEN. What you see (White/Arial Font) is NOT what the subtitles should look like. Take a look at the picture below.
- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/VLC.PNG

Players which can decode soft subtitles properly with proper codecs:
1. Media Player Classic
2. Zoom Player
3. MPlayer

The guide below is for Media Player Classic and Zoom Player. MPlayer users, see the bottom of this post.

To PROPERLY playback soft subtitled Anime and basically every other video that you'll ever encounter, do the following:
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1. Uninstall all other codec packs. CCCP USERS: If you already have CCCP, then you don't need to follow the guide since you're already properly playing video files.

2. Download CCCP here: http://www.cccp-project.net
- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CCCP1.PNG

3. Run the installer and do a "Full Installation."

4. Once you get to the "Completing the Combined Community Codec Pack Setup Wizard," make sure that BOTH boxes are checked. Then follow the picture given below.
[Note: If you wish to use Media Player Classic instead of Zoom Player, then by all means, set it to Media Play Classic. Zoom Player is just MY preference.]
- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CCCP2.PNG

5. Open your Anime

6. ???

7. Profit!

The guide above is for PC users.
For Mac users, see here for a MPlayer guide: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=31445 [Note: DO NOT USE VLC.]
For Linux users, see here for a MPlayer guide: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=34230

Please leave all questions and comments inside of this thread. I will answer as soon as possible.

This post was edited by Meltingice on Mar 6 2008 02:01am

Can't playback H.264 because your comp is too slow? Can't playback high resolution stuff either? Fear not, CoreAVC will help!
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1 . Install CCCP and follow the guide in the post above. [Again, skip this step if you already have CCCP installed.]

2. Download CoreAVC

3. Unzip CoreAVC and follow the instructions given in the "Read me how to install.txt."
- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CoreAVC1.PNG Make sure when you get choose your components to install CoreAVC, that you uncheck the following 2 boxes.
[Note: ONLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO INSTALL CoreAVC! Ignore everything that mentions K-Lite. K-Lite is a VERY problematic codec pack.]

4. Once it is installed, go to "Start > All Programs > Combined Community Codec Pack > Filters > "FFDShow Video Decoder Configuration"
- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CoreAVC2.PNG

5. Click on the "libavcodec" which is to the right of "H.264/AVC" and change it to "disabled."
- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CoreAVC3.PNG

6. Hit "Apply" and then "OK."

7. Check to see if you are actually using CoreAVC. Open a H.264 encoded video file, right Click inside the player, and go to "Filters," and see which is decoding your H.264 video.

[Check with the one corresponding to your player]
8a. If you see either of these, then you are using CoreAVC
-- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CoreAVC4.PNG

[Check with the one corresponding to your player]
8b. If you see either of these, then you have messed up somewhere. Try again from step 1.
-- http://nuke.jrosselet.com/Playback/CoreAVC5.PNG

9. ???

10. Profit!

Generally, if your computer CAN handle H.264 without using CoreAVC, I suggest that you DO NOT use CoreAVC because FFDShow does give a slightly better picture.
Please leave all questions and comments inside of this thread. I will answer as soon as possible.

This post was edited by Meltingice on Mar 6 2008 03:06am

Hey melting for some reason even with Coreavc I cannot play h264 files all my settings are correct as you shown in thread #2
I thought hmm mybe my comp just can't handle it....
I don't think so this comp isn't that bad maybe only backdraft is it only have 256mbs of ram?
Hmm it would be great if you have eny suggestions.
and to make sure this thread won't be spammed by my stupidity maybe pm's?
computer:
intel(R)
celeron cpu 2.00GHz
242mb of ram
microsoft windows XP service pack 2
29gb's left of space on C: drive(dunno if you give a shit :X)
OHH and I run all my anime on ZOOM player Don't like eny of the others haha

This post was edited by Belldandy on Mar 25 2008 01:47pm

OH SHIT
just realized on the mac mplayer guide thing at the very bottom there is a download for mac os 10.4 only called perian (under the quicktime heading), which i am using now and it works perfectly

WORKS FUCKING PERFECTLY
thank god i found it
ty 4 guide :3

although its ironic since i just deleted the mahoromatic episodes yesterday
fuck me :/

e: it actually works sort of screwy with .mkv

This post was edited by Freeroller on Mar 25 2008 02:11pm

The bolded is actually the main reason. It looks like you can't handle 1280x720 at all. I can't really help here because the only solution would be to get a new computer. CoreAVC is the fastest H264 decoder around. Sorry ~.~

I'd like to keep it in this thread so that people with similar problems can just read, and not harrass me with silly questions.



Have you tried the MPlayer thing again? I haven't seen any complaints in that thread about x10.4.2. Try doing that again, except read the whole thing before you install.

This post was edited by Meltingice on Mar 25 2008 07:52pm

Oh haha tyvm melt I kinda figured I can't handl it :X but even if I get h264 I know how to make it avi enyways so it's no biggie just a bitch to do HAHA

This post was edited by Belldandy on Mar 25 2008 08:09pm

what makes you think i didn't >.>

If you're going to make it a .avi, why not get the .avi in the first place? Unless you mean the 1280x720.

CoreAVC decodes H264 as fast as Xvid decodes Xvid. If you change a H264/mkv 1280x720 > Xvid/avi 280x720, it'll still be choppy.



Why don't you make a post in that thread? You're posting in this thread. That thread over there is no different. Honestly, if you really don't want to register there and make a post, then I could care less if you watch broken subtitles with VLC/Quicktime. In other words...

They have the solution, I don't. If you're not going to ask for it, then you're no going to get it. You can ask me however many times you want. I don't have the answer and I'll just start ignoring you.

This post was edited by Meltingice on Mar 25 2008 11:10pm

what are you talking about, i asked you once and then i just decided to use vlc because the subs were'nt that big of a deal
and i have already found the solution, which is perian....which is what they would've recommended if i posted in there anyway

oh yea and i asked you about that mahoromatic thing and about if you thought it was because it was just the specific files since nothing else lagged and you just gave me some rude response because you hate people who use vlc for some reason
>.>

No, I remember telling you to post in ASuki, but you like... dodged. Well, whatever then.

This post was edited by Meltingice on Mar 26 2008 01:25pm