Nvidia video card users

[nitrogen_widget]

so far, everything in the 100.## driver range has caused me problems.
I will try a different decoder & bump my nividia drivers back up & see if that makes it all better.

[stustunz]

yip im coming to that conclusion aswell
will be changing back and see if i get as many crashes
its just so random when it does it is the worst thing

[nitrogen_widget]

Ok using the latest nvidia drivers & purevideo for recording playback works perfect.

Using win-DVD decoder for playback is almost perfect.
There is some banding on panning shots but it's just enough for only me to notice.

The wife doesn't notice it at all.

I will try some of the free decoders for DVD to see if there is a difference.

Strangly my cpu usage is around 75 to 80 which seems high for the system.

1.4ghz tuatlan celeron.
512mb ram.
PCI 6200
720x480 res.

[stustunz]

if cpu is high you are not using hardware decoding

purevideo is for playback by the way has nothing to do with recording

[nitrogen_widget]

if cpu is high you are not using hardware decoding

purevideo is for playback by the way has nothing to do with recording

I feel silly now.
I think I forgot to tell winDVD to use hardware decoding in it's config.

I meant watching mpeg2 recordings off my server were flawless.
I don't actually have a tuner card in this system.
I can see where my post could lead people to think that.

[stefan]

Ok using the latest nvidia drivers & purevideo for recording playback works perfect.

I am confused... which is the latest nvidia driver? It seems to me I can only find forceware to download, is that what you mean? Still... in any way, could you tell us which version of the driver you are using?

[nitrogen_widget]

I am confused... which is the latest nvidia driver? It seems to me I can only find forceware to download, is that what you mean? Still... in any way, could you tell us which version of the driver you are using?

Forceware is a combination of the driver & the config panel as far as I know.
Just like the catlyst control panel for AMD contains the drivers.
the only difference is you can download ATI's driver seperatly.

I'm using

ForceWare Release 163
Version: 163.71 WHQL drivers.

[stefan]

Thank's. Now I've got a starting point

[nitrogen_widget]

Thank's. Now I've got a starting point

A bit of advice, My system crashed when I installed the latest driver.
I'm sure this had to do with the version differences being so far apart. (I was using whatever driver installed with XP)

I had to boot up in safe mode & uninstall everything then run Driver cleaner.
I had it on my network.
I think I downloaded the last free version so you may need to search for it.

Once I removed all the remnants & rebooted I was able to install the latest driver without issue.


Edit: While PVRx2 does work with my hardware, the CPU is just too high. Much higher than just win-DVD.
I believe it has more to do with the PCI interface of my Nvidia card than the CPU.
Using GBPVR.EXE with overlay puts my CPU usage at 10 to 20% then a jump up to about %30 when the OSD comes on.

My other Client PC is a 1.2ghzt P3 with a radeon 9550 AGP & with PVRX2 I see 40 to 60% cpu. Still lower than the one with the pci 6200.

[stustunz]

with FSE your cpu will drop to like 20%
running just normal no fse mines like 50%
6800pcie nvidia
hardware accel on in both
only difference is the Fse

that is a big difference hence the reason the picture is way better
but WHY????anyone care to explain