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[aurora]

Hi All,

I have GBPVR (.9x) with a PVR-150 calling the InterVideo Non CSS Decoder for playback using vmr9. When replaying a recording or when in timeshift mode the quality of the video play back is poor and includes some stuttering. Artifacts occur on both LCD monitor and TV (Card: Nvidia GeForce MMX 440). I do not have the same issues with WinTV or play back of the Mpegs in Real or WMP. Spent 4 days on this now, and believe I have tried everything posted here to fix including:

- Updating bits per second captured for live tv and medium quality (Variable 6500 to 10000)
- Turning off preview mode
- Using old and new copieds of native utilities dll
- Installing klite codecs (first removing all existing)
- Installing new drivers and software for pvr-150
- Installing new InterVideo Decoder from Hauppage
- Installing WinDVD 6 and using as the playback mechanism
- Using cyberlink utilities as playback mechanism
- Sharpness registry setting to 7

I think this sums it all up, system details: Win2k, 2Ghz P4, 256M, 120G 7500RPM HD, ASUS motherboard. I am using very good cables and eliminated all splitters into card to see if this was an issue. Know problem is not my video card as playback with WMP works great. Issues occur on both the Coax in and the composite in.

Understand from what I have read that GBPVR just calls another utility to playback the mpeg. So the problem is not actually GBPVR but the software I have installed, or how GBPVR is interacting with it, but can not find the source of the issue to resolve.

Any help or suggestions are most appreciated. Would be happy to send or post logs, if someone can direct me to them, search did not come up with anything that looked correct. Really like this software, just need to get over this one issue.

Thanks in Advance!

Mark

[aurora]

Hi Tipster

I have the latest drivers off the nvidia web site. The Card is a NVidia GeForce MX 440, Driver version 6.6.9.3 Dated 10/29/2004. I have dual view installed, but am not currently using it.

Mark

[aurora]

I got some improvement on this issue last night. If anyone sees a similar problem this is what I did:

- Uninstall and delete all PVR software/drivers and uninstll card.
- Uninstall and remove all GBPVR files
- Uninstall all codecs
- Uninstall Cyberlink software
- Clean registry to get rid of all old entries.

I then reinstalled every thing aside from the cyberlink stuff. Also updated to directX 9.0c.

I am still seeing some stuttering, but that might be due to hard drive or memory.