Live TV display mode?

[86atc250r]

How do I make my display normal instead of like pictured?

Using latest beta of npvr, XP Pro, VMR9, nVidia decoders & Hauppauge PVR500 if that matters.

[sub]

I suspect it'll display normally if you switch to EVR, or disable hardware acceleration in the video decoder settings.

[86atc250r]

If I use EVR, the hardware acceleration appears to go away and video quality is awful, especially for watching anything with action.

Any other workarounds without having to disable the hardware acceleration of the nVidia decoders - it makes a huge difference in the quality & "fluidity" of the playback.

[sub]

Its just a bug in the nvidia drivers, and there is nothing I can do about it (without a lot of effort which I dont have time for at this stage).

[86atc250r]

One thing that is interesting is that if I view a recording in progress - the display is correct for a split second, then goes to what you see above...

[86atc250r]

Is there something different that WMP would be doing? It's using the nvidia decoders as well and doesn't exhibit this issue on the same file

[sub]

The bug only effects applications a that call VMR9's SetOutputRect() API with a value other than 0,0,1,1 (these values tell VMR9 to use all the video window for displaying video). WMP doesnt every uses values other than that since it's video always fills the Window.

Another work around is to F7 NPVR to the 'Fill' aspect ration mode (which also passes 0,0,1,1 to SetOutputRect()).

[86atc250r]

When I use F7, it works when I go to fill but the screen is stretched the full width of my 16:9 display --- in WMP when I do full screen, I have the appropriate black bars on either side.

Is WMP not using VMR9 maybe?

[sub]

WMP is using VMR9, but doesnt have to call SetOutputRect() API with values other than 0,0,1,1. Its needs in NPVR for the OSD later. WMP doesnt mix OSD graphics with the video, so instead always resizes the video window to match the shape of the video, so you never see this problem in WMP.

[pBS]

good news with latest version, Overlay with acceleration works in XP... [ati,cyberlink codecs]

also, it has transparency in osd, and f7 works as it should and osd isn't oddly positioned like evr...
and deinterlacing looks great...

i should say 'semi-acceleration' as it looks pretty high but deinterlacing is working...
pretty much exactly same as evr on my machine..