[Griga]

Hey, what a great tool! I didn't test all the functions yet, but it's exactly what I always wanted to have. E.g. "Copy CSLID"... it's really hard to do without this tool (searching up and down the registry or copy it manually letter by letter from GraphEdit... )

Thanks to DAvenger and Radscorpion for providing it here!

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Perhaps you could port it to DVBViewer native plugin?

Sure I could. If there was a function that can be enhanced by directly accessing the DVBViewer graph, it would make sense... but up to now I can't see such a function. However, as a stand-alone tool the filter manager can be easily integrated in the DVBViewer Plugins Menu by using the MenuCreator Plugin.

Griga

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[Klausing]

realy nice tool, but i wish me to put in the Merit manually by number.
A look at the Merit's with Zoomplayer shows that there are Merits like 0x800000 0x71000 0x600005 0x400007 ... and not only standard values
For my Nvidia decoder i see in this tool the merit 0x0000000 But in Zoomplayer i see 0x800000 and 8000000 must be right because Nvidia is my prefered decoder in the system. You can see it in the picture.
I recommend to be really carefully with this tool. Maybe not every shown Merit is right !

Steffen

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[RadScorpion]

According to what I've read from the DirectX SDK. Merit information is registered in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{Category}\Instance\{FilterCLSID} : FilterData registry key. The fact is that all the stuff is indeed written there... but there is also a "second" copy of "the same" somewhere in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\blablabla. I've also noticed that the values stored in those 2 places sometimes differ :S:S.
The next thing is that changing the merit value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT had no effect :S:S... so I'm not completely sure which value is the right one.

[RadScorpion]

OKOK... Tool updated. There was a problem with too small buffer when loading FilterData from registry and some filters failed to load. Now everything should work fine.... the links are the same.

[Klausing]

Great and fast work !!! Now it works well.
But how can i put in a nonstandard Merit value ?

Steffen

[RadScorpion]

Why would you need a nonstandard value ?
Using nonstandard values results into conflicts and incompatibilities.
If everyone used standard values there would be no need for a Filter manager at all

[Griga]

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That would be great even though the difference between standalone and plugin would be minimal. I think the best way would be to pack & upload it as a "plugin" and provide some readme file how to use it with the MenuCreator plugin.

@DAvenger: I thought about it... it's better to have it as a stand alone tool, because filters should not be unregistered while they are running.

As a plugin it could *only* be launched within the DVBViewer, and then some of the filters shown in the list will be used for sure. It will be quite expensive to disable the Unregister Button especially for those filters... stand alone is much more flexible.

@Klausing & RadScorpion: Picking a merit values from a list is much easier for most people than typing hex numbers. Nevertheless the whole thing could be enhanced by providing an additional input line, that displays the selected value as a hex number and allows to edit it.

In the way it is done now it's not clear wether the selected merit is lower or higher than another one... you first have to go the About Tab to see which value belongs to which list entry.

Griga

[crypto]

Many thanks for this cool tool. I really like the "Navigate" button, a complete new function which I never saw in any other tools.

BTW. I also think that non-standard merit values are needed some times. I have some applications, which do not work, when they do not find their filters automatically selected. This requires same tricky values.

[Griga]

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Could you or somebody upload it to the members are?

Done

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Of course, the source is available so if you have time

I tried yesterday and encountered some difficulties - parts were missing. Finally I got it compiled, but all the displayed merit values were = 0. Has the source been updated too?

I'll post a more detailled report later.

Griga

[Griga]

OK, I made it somehow...

But first: When I open the project file FilterManager.dpr, I get two errors:

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Error reading MainForm.ScreenSnap. Property ScreenSnap does not exist.
Error reading MainForm.SnapBuffer. Property SnapBuffer does not exist.

I tell Delphi (D6) to ignore it, and it doesn't seem to matter... I hope these non-existent properties are not important...

The zero merit values (see my posting above) were due to launching the filter manager in a restricted user account (stupid me ). With admin rights it works.

Finally: The file WindowsXP.res is missing in the source (or is part of D7, don't know). Without this, the filter manager looks a bit old-fashioned (see attached picture).

So I added the Merit Input Line, and it (hopefully) works. If a merit is selected from the list, it is transferred to the input line and can be edited. Same, if a filter's merit is selected in the tree view. The Set Value Button picks the merit from the input line, not from the list.

If RadScorpion agrees, I will provide this version for download.

Griga

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[Klausing]

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If a merit is selected from the list, it is transferred to the input line and can be edited

Yes, but only if you click directly on the Merit value. This could be a little bit perplexing.
Is there a way to do this if i click on the filter name?

Steffen