RE: [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have another kind of related question if anyone has any ideas...

The plasma resolution is 1366x768 (yes, not full HD... - they still had
a hefty price premium back when I bought this)...

This isn't a resolution available in Windows for the normal desktop.

However, when I ran the Mediacentre setup wizard, that native panel
resolution was available to select, so I did. I then proceeded to
perform all the screen centering etc. in Mediacentre, with the result
that now when in the mediacentre UI, the screen is perfectly scaled &
perfectly centred. (hurrah!)

But once I leave mediacentre & drop back to the Windows desktop, that
all goes to cock. - It's not a huge problem, (a tiny portion of the
screen at the extreme right edge is "lost", a tiny bit off the
bottom,
but not enough to affect the ability to use the start button, and there
is a bit of a black bar on the left side). I don't normally spend much
time outside of the MCE UI anyway, but being the perfectionist type, I'd
love to be able to have my cake and eat it, so if anyone knows how/if I
can get the windows desktop resolution to match the mediacentre setting
& thus have everything at the native pixel sizes, I'd love to hear
it...

Cheers.

Paul G.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 27 January 2009 17:52
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
>
> Could try the PowerDVD decoder - or the sonic one I used to use -
don't
> know what it's like these days but always had a good rep...
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Paul Gordon
> > Sent: 27 January 2009 17:49
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
> >
> > Good point, - I am using Asus EPU, normally set to medium power
> > saving...
> >
> > I found the vsync setting you mentioned, I turned it to
"force on"
in
> > the global settings, and then checked under the application
specific
> > settings, where as you say, there is indeed an item for windows
media
> > centre, and it shows as using the global setting (force on). A
quick
> > check with the opening sequence of Apocalypto shows the tear is
most
> > definitely still there.
> >
> > I also had a quick check into the nvidia control panel tip text,
&
it
> > "suggests" the multi-display optimisation really only
counts when
> > running dual-view mode. Clone mode is still only really
generating
> one
> > display, it just routes it to both outputs... Happy to try
anything
> to
> > fix it though, so I'll give that a go later....
> >
> > I want to try another DVD decoder, just to eliminate
possibilities
if
> > nothing else, trouble is, Media Centre is pretty sensitive to
these
> > changes, and is just as likely to barf completely...
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Paul Gale
> > > Sent: 27 January 2009 17:40
> > > To: UKHA Group
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf
> > > > Of Paul Gale
> > > > Sent: 27 January 2009 17:37
> > > > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
> > > >
> > > > > 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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