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VLC 2.2.1 not playing DosBox Capture Codec videos

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First post, by pjburnhill

Posted on 2016-01-18, 11:29

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Hi,

Is it just my config or is there something wrong with VLC 2.2.1 regarding DosBox Capture Codec (ZMBV) not playing back?

All I get is blank (black) screen with the in-game audio working fine. MPC-HC plays the videos fine without issues.

I've installed the ZMBV codec from DosBox install and restarted, reinstalled VLC deleting prefs+caches.. still not working.

So are others having similar issues with VLC 2.2.1 or is it just me?

Cheers,
PJ

Reply 1 of 6, by VileR

Posted on 2016-01-19, 08:38

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Not just you... it's a bug with 2.2.1, reported it myself a while ago: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/14975

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Reply 2 of 6, by pjburnhill

Posted on 2016-01-19, 13:26

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Ah, thanks!

Reply 3 of 6, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2016-05-16, 17:59

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VileRancour wrote:
Not just you... it's a bug with 2.2.1, reported it myself a while ago: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/14975

The comments suggest using VLC 2.2.3, but if anything the problem is worse in that version.

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Reply 4 of 6, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2016-07-20, 15:53

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It turns out that VLC does not like the decoded format for native DOSBox recorded video. DOSBox uses "Palettized RGB with palette element R:G:B." What I have done was to run the video through VirtualDub, use the ZMBV codec at 32-bit color depth and do whatever else I want to it. If the decoded format is "16 bits RGB" or "32 bits RGB", you should be good.

Although 32 bit increases the file size a little relative to 16 bit, when capturing VGA it is best to use 32 bit. VGA selects 256 colors from an 18-bit palette, so 16 bit color may lose a bit of fidelity.

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Reply 5 of 6, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2016-11-19, 19:28

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This issue has been fixed in the VLC 3.0 nightly builds. 3.0 also restores support for MIDI through FluidSynth, but you will need a soundfont .SF2 file. Not perfect but better than nothing.

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Reply 6 of 6, by Dominus

Posted on 2016-11-19, 19:35

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Thanks for the heads up!

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