Question on Nvidia PureVideo

[tjb]

I just recently installed an ATI 3450 graphics card in my PVR in an attempt to be able to run VMR9 Custom rendered. When I watch live TV (OTA ATSC) the PureVideo applet shows up in the system tray area as expected, and I can use it to change the PureVideo settings. But if I hit pause which goes into time delay mode, or if I watch a show that was previously recorded, the PureVideo applet disappears. Am I missing something? I would think all 3 modes of operation would be the same. Coincidentally, live TV produces a pretty good picture, but time shift mode and recordings both result in a lot of tearing.

[Dan the man]

I get the same behaviour with my integrated ATI X1250 graphics. To get rid of the tearing you'll probably have to use VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive.

I read in another post that if you set the playback Video Decoder to System Default you get the Nvidia Icon back - just tried this and it works.

Incidentally what settings are you using in Purevideo?

[tjb]

I get the same behaviour with my integrated ATI X1250 graphics. To get rid of the tearing you'll probably have to use VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive.

I read in another post that if you set the playback Video Decoder to System Default you get the Nvidia Icon back - just tried this and it works.

Incidentally what settings are you using in Purevideo?

I'll give this a try tonight. As I mentioned in another thread, on my system FSE on the 3450 is just as bad as VMR9 with regards to tearing. I'll post my settings tonight - I don't remember all the technical names.