I'm afraid that for me it falls over in the same way "Meada Centre has stopped working" etc.

Lucky1981:

I'm afraid that for me it falls over in the same way "Meada Centre has stopped working" etc.

Was that the file that xs4all posted?  There is still the possibility with the "88" change I detailed.  If the PE checksum can be modified then maybe that would work.  If that doesn't then there is definitely something more complicated going on.  Maybe there is another date check when playing back the files - not sure how this could be debugged though.

Okay, I'm a little confused now - so, which version of the file should we be trying?

Added validation in the 5D loop. D8 is now only changed to E8 when the loop counter is 0x33.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146327860/MSDTVVDEC.zip.html

xs4all:

Added validation in the 5D loop. D8 is now only changed to E8 when the loop counter is 0x33.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146327860/MSDTVVDEC.zip.html

How do you change the PE checksum?  I think my "88" change has a good chance of being effective as it makes a minimal change to the code.

Ah, so that's the one! :)

That was a test of xs4all's file. I can't make the changes myself. I will try his new file now and anything anyone else wants me to try.

Okay guys, we're in danger of missing out on an actually working dll here as we're cross talking quite a bit!!!

I have several H.264 channels (both SD and HD) and from a sat and a separate DVB-T source (not that that should make any difference, but still...).

I'm in work now for another hour and ten minutes; if any of the modded dll authors can PM me with their latest attempts, I'll test away soon as I get in the door (I live only about 5 mins from my place of work) and will post a "table" of results - I'm a software tester, so it's no bother!

The latest file posted by xsforall also failed.

asm495:

xs4all:

Added validation in the 5D loop. D8 is now only changed to E8 when the loop counter is 0x33.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146327860/MSDTVVDEC.zip.html

How do you change the PE checksum?  I think my "88" change has a good chance of being effective as it makes a minimal change to the code.

Is anyone able to give me a link to a file with the "88" change only? I can try it now.

Here is a version my DLL where I've stripped all value modifications. You'll need to go back in time to get it to work. I still make a jump is my PE section. It should not break MCE. If it breaks MCE then the files that I generate are not valid for MCE. Otherwise, I simply need to add more validation to decide when to modify D8.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146334282/MSDTVVDEC.zip.html

This Version Didn't killed MediaCenter (for the firtst time). I can see SD Channels, but the TV Setup Don't find any HD Channels (with the BETA DLL I also can't find H.264 HD Channels)

It worked at 18 august 2008
It Don't work at 18 sept. 2008

xs4all:

Here is a version my DLL where I've stripped all value modifications. You'll need to go back in time to get it to work. I still make a jump is my PE section. It should not break MCE. If it breaks MCE then the files that I generate are not valid for MCE. Otherwise, I simply need to add more validation to decide when to modify D8.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146334282/MSDTVVDEC.zip.html

As you expected, this file worked for SD and HD but only after setting that date back.

Which is good news. It means that Media Center will let me do my jump in my own code and that we can do all we want. I guess we will have to debug Media Center it-self (if possible) to find the cause of the crash.

Can anyone provide me an h.264 recoded file through rapidshare?

Just a thought, but are you absolutely certain you are changing the date and not some other bit of code and that's why it crashes?