hi dundurs, here goes an ilucidation about video renders:

WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/...#Video_rendering_filters
VMR (Video Mixing Renderer) - Windows XP

Windows XP introduced a new filter called the Video Mixing Renderer 7 (VMR-7 or sometimes just referred to as VMR). The number 7 was because VMR-7 only used DirectDraw version 7 to render the video and did not have the option to use GDI drawing. The main new feature of VMR-7 was the ability to mix multiple streams and graphics with alpha blending, allowing applications to draw text and graphics over the video and support custom effects. It also featured a "windowless mode" (access to the composited image before it is rendered) which fixed the problems with access to the window handle. VMR-7 was only officially released for Windows XP.

DirectX 9 included VMR-9. This version uses Direct3D 9 instead of DirectDraw, allowing developers to transform video images using the Direct3D pixel shaders. It is available for all Windows platforms as part of the DirectX 9 redistributable. As VMR-7 it provides a Windowless Mode. However, unlike Overlay mixer or VMR-7 it does not support video ports.

WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/...#Enhanced_Video_Renderer
EVR (Enhanced Video Renderer) - Windows Vista/7

Media Foundation uses the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) for rendering video content, which acts as a mixer as well. It can mix up to 16 simultaneous streams, with the first stream being a reference stream. All but the reference stream can have per-pixel transparency information, as well as any specified z-order. The reference stream cannot have transparent pixels, and has a fixed z-order position, at the back of all streams. The final image is composited onto a single surface by coloring each pixel according to the color and transparency of the corresponding pixel in all streams.

Internally, the EVR uses a mixer object for mixing the streams. It can also deinterlace the output and apply color correction, if required. The composited frame is handed off to a presenter object, which schedules them for rendering onto a Direct3D device, which it shares with the DWM and other applications using the device. The frame rate of the output video is synchronized with the frame rate of the reference stream. If any of the other streams (called substreams) have a different frame rate, EVR discards the extra frames (if the substream has a higher frame rate), or uses the same frame more than once (if it has a lower frame rate).

hope it can help you...

regards,
melody
www.espiritosanto.cc

Thanks for your suggestion, I will try that and let you know. However, I guess there is a reason why Martin has blocked this filter :)

Regarding VMR9 vs. EVR this probably is could be a longlasting dicussion. My priority is to deliver the best quality possible through FMLE, hence I was wondering if EVR is optimised for working with FMLE.

hi martin,

here goes my feedback about v12:

1. mpeg-2 is wonderful, however i cant record the audio when using this codec.
2. the multicorder doesnt recognize my video sources (firewire cams and cx2388x pci-e capture (pixelview ultimate)), can you provide some help how to use the multicorder feature?
3. the problem that i had with my firewire cams seems to be fixed, now i can use my cams without any audio mixing problem.
4. the title feature is very cool but can you make only one window to edit title and text? separated boxes in a single window will improve real-time modifications.
5. im having some artifacts in virtual device, the output is not 100% clean, can you improve it and introduce 1024x576 at external device output?

the performance and stability of vmix are great. thank you martin for another BIG step forward in vmix by the new features. i hope a lot of people come and buy vmix.

regards,
melody
www.espiritosanto.cc

hi again martin,

heres a screen about multicorder feature.

http://imageshack.us/pho...ges/846/multicorder.jpg/

hope this help, regards
melody
www.espiritosanto.cc