Tearing in video playback

[Rubycon]

What gives with the tearing? Notebook with 9300M does it, desktops with GTX280 and GTX295 do it too! Very frustrating. I found an earlier version of K-lite from last summer and it seems better.

The latest AVCHD with Cuda works superb to kill CPU utilization while playing back 20+ Mbps AVCHD files but the tearing and jitter on the screen is horrible! Using latest 182.50 nV drivers in Vista 64 FYI.

 

[2March]

Same problem here. I had no probs with XP pro 32 but with Vista it's terrible.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Can't say I've really noticed this with my setup.
I'm using Vista 64 with MPC Home Cinema as the main player and EVR for output renderer.
For codecs, I use DXVA through MPC-HC, falling back to CoreAVC when no DXVA, and then to ffdshow for anything else.

Maybe try a different output renderer or DXVA?

Edit: 8800GT with latest nvidia drivers

 

[imported_Scoop]

It may be some codec issues, may be some other application that is in conflict with your codecs or can be anything basically. I don't have any tearing problems but I have had some due to some programs.

FRAPS was one the applications that caused tearing, well actually in games, can't remember if it teared video but it caused games which didn't have tearing to well, tear?

Other thing I noticed that actually made every video and even the desktop tear for me was Bioshock. After playing it, tearing would appear even while browsing folders from side to side.

I'm using the CCCP (combined community codec pack) and that's the only codec pack I've got and everything works like it's supposed to. I'm pretty sure your issues have to do with codec/(application) conflicts. Does it happen with every player? MPC? PowerDVD?

 

[Rubycon]

PowerDVD 8 does it too and if I close it down, open it right back it usually is gone!

 

[lopri]

ForceWare and GT200 can be funny. Ruby: Do you have Aero enabled? It's absurd but tearing and flickering disappeared on my GTX 280 when Aero was enabled. (@2D clock speed, 300/100) Forcing 3D clock frequency also fixed the tearing and flickering to some extent, when Aero was disabled.

If you haven't already, open Rivatuner or EVGA tool and monitor clock frequencies and whether it relates to tearing. Or better yet, just enable Aero and deal with it.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: lopri
... Or better yet, just enable Aero and deal with it.

Well wouldn't you just know it! If Aero is on the problem goes away completely! Also windowed 3D apps when extended full screen run much faster and with no tearing either! This IMO is a defect of Vista. I HATE aero, themes, you name it! The animations, etc. All pure garbage IMO. I should NOT have to have that rubbish turned on for full acceleration. I'm seriously considering going back to XP64 because of this! :|

Having it enabled also ends the flickering with certain menus like in this video here:

http://video.google.ca/videopl...id=3430226252913076763

 

[n7]

Why in the world would anyone want to run Vista w/o Aero?

It's so butt-ugly without, & things are faster with it enabled too.

 

[Rubycon]

I'd have a black screen with a flashing cursor if I could! :laugh:

Animations, moving menus, etc. are for the BIRDS! I remember when Win9x came out and had that crap I disabled it and have since. Vista reminds me too much of a mac. You know if computers were faster in the first place people would not have the time to (see animation like a bouncing icon!) wait for something to open. I dislike splash screens too!

To each is own, I guess. I see that Win7 has abandoned the classic start menu. That's just retarded!

 

[lopri]

Hehe.. Some of us are an*l like that. It's actually a major reason why I haven't put the GTX 280 on my work machine. It's gotta be a ForceWare issue, because my trusty HD 3850 doesn't behave like that. But ForceWare improved tremendously over the past year and once my 4890 arrives, I'll put the Geforce in my main and start working on the 'Spider' platform.

 

[Rubycon]

There's got to be a way to fix this with "best performance" settings enabled for desktop. It's ridiculous.

 

[Winterpool]

I'm not a fan of much of the Aero 'Glass' eye candy (when Microsoft tries to copy Apple aesthetically, they usually take the worst parts -- even Mac OS has much less transparency than it once did), but you need the underlying Aero graphical infrastructure to be switched on for a lot of things to work right. If I were Ruby, I'd probably keep Aero on but then disable most of the effects I find annoying. For example, I've essentially done away with the transparency on my window borders. You can always reduce or remove various animations as well.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Winterpool
I'm not a fan of much of the Aero 'Glass' eye candy (when Microsoft tries to copy Apple aesthetically, they usually take the worst parts -- even Mac OS has much less transparency than it once did), but you need the underlying Aero graphical infrastructure to be switched on for a lot of things to work right. If I were Ruby, I'd probably keep Aero on but then disable most of the effects I find annoying. For example, I've essentially done away with the transparency on my window borders. You can always reduce or remove various animations as well.

Yes I see that it can be watered down some and still work. This will be a work in progress. In XP I finally accepted the StyleXP themes but I see those no longer work in Vista. I don't mind the different buttons but hate animations. I use software frequently that has dialogue boxes and just want them to appear not fade in and out. It makes the computer look slower than it really is.