How to Use an ArcSoft Codec with Beyond TV

Record your favorite TV shows on your PC with Beyond TV.

Beyond TV is software that is used to turn your PC into a digital video recoder. It uses Total Media Extreme by ArcSoft, which is a media hub program that combines a video player, a video recorder and editor in one program. To get the ArcSoft Codec – called the ArcSoft Video Decoder – to work with Beyond TV, you will need to set up the Total Media Extreme to accept the codec.

Things You'll Need

• HD-PVR installation disc

Instructions

1. Install Total Media Extreme, or TME, by inserting the HD-PVR installation disc into your computer. Follow the prompts to install the program.

2. Open "Beyond TV ViewScape." Click "Settings," then click "SnapStream.Net Settings." Select "Download SnapStream.net Program Guide Data," then close "ViewScape."

3. Right-click the Beyond TV tray icon. Select "Advanced Settings" and the Web Admin Page will appear. Click "Audio and Video Inputs," then click "Create New Source." Type in the requested information, then click "Save."

4. Change the video playback settings. Go to "Webadmin" and select "Settings." Click "Advanced Settings," then click "Video Playback Settings." Select "Preferred H.264 Decoder." Click "ArcSoft Video Decoder." If ArcSoft Video Decoder is not on the list, you will need to register it with the program.

5. Register the ArcSoft Video Decoder with the regsvr32 Windows register command by going to the "Start" menu. Select "Run."

   For 32-bit OS with TME, copy and paste the following into the "Run" text box without including the quotation marks:

   "regsvr32 C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme\Codec\asvid.ax"

   For 32-bit OS with TME2, copy and paste the following into the "Run" text box without including the quotation marks, leaving only a single space between regsvr32 and the start of the file location:

   "regsvr32
   C:\Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia\Extreme\DigitalTheatre\Codec\asvid.ax"

   For 64-bit OS with TME, copy and paste the following into the "Run" text box without including the quotation marks:

   "regsvr32 C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme\Codec\asvid.ax"

   For 64-bit OS with TME 2, copy and paste the following into the "Run" text box without including the quotation marks:

   "regsvr32 C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme\Codec\asvid.ax"

   Press "Enter." A dialog box will appear with a confirmation that it was registered. Click "OK."

6. Return to Beyond TV ViewScape. Click "Settings." Select "Playback Settings," then click "Preferred H.264 decoder." The codec should now be on the list.

7. Run Beyond TV ViewScape. It should now work with the ArcSoft Video Decoder.

References

• SnapStream: Setting up the HD-PVR in 4.9.3
• SnapStream: ArcSoft Decoder Missing in Beyond TV
• SnapStream: Turn Your PC Into a Powerful DVR
• ArcSoft: TotalMedia 3.5
• Microsoft: Regsvr32
• Media Smart Server: Guide: Using the Arcsoft Video Decoder with an Intel GPU