Live TV display mode?

[86atc250r]

Thanks for the explanation Sub. pBS - does that mean I should try Overlay with the nVidia deoders and see how it works, or overlay with cyberlink?

I'm off to do some experimenting. I've always used the nVidia decoders w/hardware accel because the video quality is SO much better, especially with anything that has a significant amount of motion. With nVidia, it looks as good as the source does without running through the computer. Without, it looks much worse & when (American) football season rolls around, the wife will be letting me know about it.

[pBS]

yea, it should work ok with nvidia, but ya never know...lol [it has it's quirks too]
it looks like no actual decoding is available, but the hard part of deinterlacing is working, i get around 50% on both procs on a p4d playing...but it looks good...
[smooth motion and good PQ]
even mpchc mpeg2 decoder looks great [software decode only] if you check he interlaced output box...[so it'll get hw deinterlacing]

from what i've read about evr,, it's just an enhanced overlay renderer anyways...no wonder they act same..

[86atc250r]

With overlay, I get the same look/feel as I do with EVR ---- that is, motion on screen is blurred or slow motion looking, scrollers are difficult to read, text is not sharp.

If I use VMR9, motion is smooth and fluid, as are scrollers, text is noticibly sharper and more defined. I've always assumed this is the effect of hardware acceleration because in GBPVR this always cleared up when I got the nVidia decoders working properly - but maybe it's not.

Are the cyberlink decoders free? If so, where to get them? any others I should try?

It's a catch 22 so far --- I can either run VMR9 w/nVidia and have good quality video -- but stretched or goofy with the onscreen trouble --- or I can get non-stretched video of poor quality.

[sub]

Its a suggestion that might not be practical for you, but if you've got Windows 7 available, then that is an option for getting EVR and hardware acceleration.

[pBS]

yea, in win7 all the modes work well...evr and vmr9 too...

[Reddwarf]

It's a catch 22 so far --- I can either run VMR9 w/nVidia and have good quality video -- but stretched or goofy with the onscreen trouble --- or I can get non-stretched video of poor quality.

Yep, that's like choosing between burning or drowning Pretty much the reason why I took the plunge to W7.

[86atc250r]

Dammit guys... LOL

I guess I may just have to upgrade my first machine to win7 then

Thanks for the update, didn't know Win7 would do EVR & Hardware Acceleration.