RE: [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another thing to check is power saving modes - are you using the ASUS
EPU-6 app etc by any chance (not sure if supported on your board or not)-
if so, try setting everything to max performance just for the tests (if
you've not done so already).

Paul.



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> Sent: 27 January 2009 17:37
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
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> > Not sure how, where, or even IF I can set vsync.. - Note that I'm
not
> > using the nVidia decoder, since Vista ultimate includes an MPEG-2
> > decoder in the OS, and I've no idea if or where there are any
> tuneable
> > parameters for that... - or is it just in the forceware driver?
>
> There's a VSync option in the nVidia control panel - but as I said,
> it's normally used to set this option on/off for 3D apps, so may not
> help - worth a punt though. It's in the "manage 3D settings"
tab - apps
> can set this themselves though and overwrite the global setting.
nVidia
> control panel (latest) also allows app specific settings. In fact mine
> has default settings for media player and media center - sounds like
it
> could be an option to check :)
>
> Setting to on can cause a drop in framerate though.
>
> nVidia control panel (at least in mine) also has settings for multi-
> display acceleration - worth looking at too.
>
> >
> > I haven't tried running only 1 screen yet, - I guess I should,
> although
> > I'd be annoyed if that turned out to be the reason/cure... - I
really
> > do
> > need both screens, since the PC is in Node 0 & the plasma is
in the
> > lounge... Also, my previous media server, which was based on less
> > powerful hardware (6600 GPU, Pentium CPU etc.) did all of this
just
> > fine.. - the difference of course was that being XP based, it was
> > running Cyberlink DVD software for the decoder...
>
> But worth it regardless to see if it's performance related or not
> possibly.
>
> Oh, and you certainly can install other DVD decoders although I've
seen
> problems in the past with multiple decoders installed - no way to tell
> windows which one to use - or at least there wasn't when I last
> looked...
>
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