choppy video

[docjr]

having problems w/ pvrx2. don't know why i get very choppy video, audio's not great either. xp home system. any help is appreciated.

farmer ted


Software mpeg2
Video dec nvidia video
Audio dec nvidia
Audio rend syst default

Pvrx2.exe vid renderer
Vid rend vmr9 custom

Capture sources
Hauppauge pvr150
Direct record plugin
Schedule direct

[Haggis]

Which processor are you using? PVRX2 needs at least a 1GHz PIII class, and a video card which supports Directx9, if I remember correctly.

[stefan]

What graphics card are you using?

[wmcushing]

What graphics card are you using?

I'm having the same choppy video problem w/ PVRX2. I'm recording HD videos use the HVR-1600 and the videos play nice with VLC or Window Media, but are poor on the VMR9. I'm running a 3GHz processor and ATI 9550 (256MB). What are we missing?

[NumberFive]

I recommend downloading DScaler MPEG-2 codecs and setting the config app to use them.

Also set the config application to use VMR9 Full Screen Exclusive (FSE).

Doing so sorted out all my video troubles, but I use an Nvidia card.

[pBS]

i think the video card isn't up to it..[just barely, 9600 can barely do it]
but using Full Screen Exclusive mode is your best bet..and try using the ati decoder..

[docjr]

2.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cac
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

should i still try the DScaler MPEG-2 codecs? Is this new, i haven't changed any hardware and my pvr was great a while ago. Been away, don't know what changed. Thanks for the help.

F. Ted

[wmcushing]

Any suggestions on a solid buget performer? Less then $100. PCI or 8X. I did go cheap on the card, around $50. I'm a newbie to the whole video card arena.

[Hairy]

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

Try using GBPVR in overlay mode to see if that helps. I'm not sure if the MX440 is up to the task of PVRX2.

Any suggestions on a solid budget performer? Less then $100. PCI or 8X.

I think most of the latest offerings from either Nvidia or AMD offer hardware accelerated HD decoding (the cheapest may struggle with 1080p though). AMD have just released the mainstream 3000 series.

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3205

[docjr]

thanks, hairy, that did it. is the mx440 just to weak? what standard do i need for pvrx2? appreciate the help.

f. ted