Video Tearing/V-Sync/Triple Buffering while playing videos

[Spaz888]

I have video tearing when playing movies only. I am using an ATI 5770 Video Card but an older Dell 1907FP LCD monitor. Just the other day, I ordered online a new LCD monitor.

On my old PC running a 512 MB Nvidia AGP video card with the same monitor, I never had any video tearing issues.

I am hoping buying a monitor that is new and not 6 years old will cure the video tearing.

Any thoughts?

 

[Anteaus]

Is it possible that your player is running using 3d acceleration, similar to how Windows Aero works? You could try V-sync and see if that solves your problem.

 

[toyota]

how would the monitor have anything to do with tearing? either aero is turned off or its getting disabled and no monitor will fix that.

 

[pandemonium]

I've had problems with video tearing as well, and through several months of troubleshooting, I've found the best solution is to use MPC with Custom EVR, accurate and alternative V-synch enabled. If those alone don't work, then enable D3D fullscreen. Tearing is a thing of the past for me.

Hope that works for you!

 

[Spaz888]

i got my new Dell monitor: 1920x1080 resolution. It is still happening.

@Anteaus I am using windows media player (stock) that came with Win 7 premium. I've tried VLC player as well,same thing. V-sync enables elimates the tearing about 95% of the time

@toyota: time for you to become familiar on why video tearing occurs and how your monitor has everything to do with it, lol: http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_9.html

@pandemonium: thanks i will download media player classic and see how it goes.

 

[toyota]

i got my new Dell monitor: 1920x1080 resolution. It is still happening.

@Anteaus I am using windows media player (stock) that came with Win 7 premium. I've tried VLC player as well,same thing. V-sync enables elimates the tearing about 95% of the time

@toyota: time for you to become familiar on why video tearing occurs and how your monitor has everything to do with it, lol: http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_9.html

@pandemonium: thanks i will download media player classic and see how it goes.

everything to do with it? really? you just bought a new monitor and you still get tearing don't you? you did not have tearing with your old pc configuration but it started when you got a 5770. does that alone not give you the hint that your monitor is NOT the reason for the tearing???

I know why it occurs and again it has NOTHING to do with the monitor itself. feel free to educate me though by showing me where that article says any different.

 

[Spaz888]

hmm. i think you're ego is getting the best of you. did u read the article i gave u in my link? are u saying it's bunk? or are you just replying to get your post count high?

according to the link and other human sources, my old pc had no tearing issues bcuz the video card was not fast, it's had an 128 MB AGP card!

i know u think you know it all, but maybe you dont. Has that ever crossed your mind? the reason video tearing can occur is that monitor is too slow for the video card. Now please read that article otherwise you're no help to anyone if you don't take the time to educate yourself.

 

[toyota]

hmm. i think you're ego is getting the best of you. did u read the article i gave u in my link? are u saying it's bunk? or are you just replying to get your post count high?

according to the link and other human sources, my old pc had no tearing issues bcuz the video card was not fast, it's had an 128 MB AGP card!

i know u think you know it all, but maybe you dont. Has that ever crossed your mind? the reason video tearing can occur is that monitor is too slow for the video card. Now please read that article otherwise you're no help to anyone if you don't take the time to educate yourself.

I have read the article long before you ever posted a link to it.

so you think videos are tearing because your monitor is too slow for the video card? now you are just making a bigger fool of yourself. lol, you have no clue what you are talking about yet you are trying to be a smartass towards me? maybe one day you will figure it out so please let us know when you do.

 

[Cerb]

i know u think you know it all, but maybe you dont. Has that ever crossed your mind? the reason video tearing can occur is that monitor is too slow for the video card. Now please read that article otherwise you're no help to anyone if you don't take the time to educate yourself.

Except there's one problem...toyota's right, and you are not. You can't have a video card faster than your monitor. Their performance issues are orthogonal to each other. The TweakGuides.com article is correct, but you need to read it more closely. There's a reason your monitor's signal refresh rate (Hz) and your program's rendering speed (FPS) are not measured in the same units, despite those units being equivalent over long durations (and, in the case of video, over short durations).

IME, the best solution is MPC-HC, because video tearing crops up every now and then, even when it shouldn't, and MPC-HC has enough options to fix it for your configuration, as long as you are willing to spend 1-15 minutes working on it (1 minute: MPC-HC's default EVR sync works for you; up to 15: you need to configure a custom refresh timing).