Awesome Animation on front screen - issue?

[Torque]

It's an onboard ndivida6150 so supports dx9 yes. Strangely it doesn't always do it, sometimes if I restart the prog it goes away, othertimes it doesn't!

I have the 6150 and know what you're talking about. The menu transitions were jerky (but video played fine) while I was without Internet access, therefore, an empty EPG. After about 5 minutes of using PVRX2, the menus would become smooth. After I got Internet access, sometimes the first 20 or so seconds after launching PVRX2, the menus are jerky, then it smooths out, but not always. So I wonder if the menu smoothness has any wierd correlation with size or status of EPG?

[sub]

If you have a large EPG, you may find the background loading of the EPG keeps the CPU/Disk very busy for first few minutes, which could interfere with smooth animation.

[Torque]

I have a pretty large EPG now... seems Schedules Direct does the same thing as zap2it did and puts in a bunch of channels i never requested in like the 9xxx range for my Dish network 'profile'.

[wannabepvr]

To each his own, but I can't see why you'd want it. It adds no real value and uses resources that could be better used elsewhere. Flash but no substance...

Oooohhh this sound like a reference to MS Vista. But I shouldn't further de-rail this thread any further with a debate that is already everywhere..

http://blip.tv/file/340692

[frankmcg]

Hmm, I've upgraded some hardware and 2 versions of GB-PVR since I last posted in this thread, but I'm still not getting smooth animations on the menus. It is just me?

I've now got a x2 4200 and an nvidia 8500gt installed so it's not lack of processing power, latest drivers etc all installed too. Even if I leave it for 5-10 mins after starting up (to wait for EPG updates etc) it doesn't make any difference. It does seem to be connected with restarting out of standby/hibernate though ie if I manually close GB-PVR and reload it, everything is smooth as butter!

[sgilani]

hmm.. might be worth tinkering with your Direct3D settings in the nVidia control panel and see if you can fix that problem..

[frankmcg]

I've have a look through when I get home (11 hours at work and counting!). From memory though I've got it set to quality, 32bit colour, AA and AF application controlled.

Completely off-topic but I noticed from your sig you have a 42" plasma which I assume has a native res of 1024x768. Have you tried running it at that vs 720p mode and seen any picture quality difference? Was hunting around on the web and seen a lot of recommedations to run the screen in its native resolution for better output. Can't see much difference myself though!

[86atc250r]

Just upgraded to the latest version and getting fairly jerky animations scrolling on the main menu. Anyone else getting this? I've tried launching the prog with the -fse switch but doesn't seem to make any difference.

If I'm understanding right - I noticed something similar. Usually the menu to menu animation is butter smooth on my system - but when I first start up PVRX2 it's almost like it's in slow motion to a degree (noticeable, but not real bad).

I've found that this condition will remain until I start a video - be it recorded or live. When I stop that video (even if it's immediately after starting it) all menus display fast and smooth animation again until the next time PVRX2 is restarted.

[frankmcg]

As an update on this, I tried playing around with all my direct3d settings but didn't make much difference. Problem seems connected with coming out of standby/hibernate like it's not refreshing the memory or something (I'm using FSE mode), as if I manually close the app and restart it its smooth again.

Leaving it until the epg is updated in the background like sub suggested, or playing a video doesn't make any noticable difference.

[frankmcg]

Sub - is this something you've been able to replicate on your side? I also noticed earlier in the thread you mentioned that in the next release (presumably 1.0.16 given the time of the post) that there would be a way to switch off the animations. Did you get a chance to implement this as I may do that if I can't figure out why I'm getting this jerky scrolling?