Playback problems - bad pans, bad news ticker and lipsync out

[Graham]

Can someone please check this file to see if it's all going wrong before my PC even gets to play the file.

Playback is flawless here using budget Nvidia 7 series and Purevideo.

Thanks for the update on the Coombe Dingle mines. They are near here and I drive that way sometimes. It's good to know that the road ain't gonna sink.

[McBainUK]

Thanks, at least the tuner / source file seems ok. What kind of display hardware (TV/monitor) have you got?

I didn't actually watch this test recording so have no idea what you're talking about! But it's good to think that you got some useful info as a by-product of helping me out

[Graham]

What kind of display hardware (TV/monitor) have you got?

Samsung LCD monitor connected by DVI at 1680 x 1050.

[hoborg]

Hoborg, does this graph look ok?

Hi.
You need to post screenshot here, not grf file. I am not able to open it if i didnt have same decoders installed.

If you want my help, install unlocked SAF, then start some local video/DVD in GP-PVR, connect graphstudio, create screenshot and post here.

You can send SAF.log too, look to root on your system partition.

Then i will be able to tell you what is wrong with your setup...

EDIT:
I tested your "Copy of BBC ONE_20090707132000.ts" example on my SAF and it is working flawlesly. Your example is MPEG video with two audio tracks and subtitles.
Here is graph: (DXVA ON, CPU usage ~4-10%)

[McBainUK]

After a clean install on a test partition I now have a similar graph (see zip). Would be interested in your comments on the differences even though video playback looks good now.

What I have discovered is that my graphics card drivers (CCC) work better with 'video mode' enabled. The only problem is that it causes overscan issues but I think some config.xml tweaking can fix this.

edit: Playing with OverScanBorder... settings in the config.xml file did fix it

ps. thanks for your help and the SAF pack

[McBainUK]

Also, have you got a readme or links for all the codecs and files included in the SAF pack - it would be nice to know what it's doing.

[gEd]

After a clean install on a test partition I now have the same graph. What I have discovered is that my graphics card drivers (CCC) work better with 'video mode' enabled. The only problem is that it causes overscan issues but I think some config.xml tweaking can fix this.

One other thing, is the SAF pack and it's codecs suitable for DVD playback - including 5.1 surround sound?

I recall that Csy always recommended using video-mode but I was never convinced that it looked better, the overscan removed 10% of the image and the gbpvr menus flickered like hell. Is video mode still applicable to digital display panels as opposed to CRT?

[McBainUK]

I recall that Csy always recommended using video-mode but I was never convinced that it looked better, the overscan removed 10% of the image and the gbpvr menus flickered like hell.

Havn't noticed any flicker here (yet).

Is video mode still applicable to digital display panels as opposed to CRT?

I don't know, only got an oldish Sony CRT here.

[McBainUK]

For anyone reading this the root fix was to use Powercolor drivers instead of ATI ones.

This is true for WinXP, and Windows 7.