OSD with Overlay -- Not working at all

[msmith8228]

I have done some searching in the forums and the OSD should work in Overlay Renderer mode (although I understand that transparency may not function) -- the problem I am having is that in Overlay mode I do not get any OSD at all. I need to use Overlay in my particular situation as it works best with my graphics configuration (WinXP SP3 with a fairly old Nvidia Graphics card). I have reproduced this problem on four different PC clients -- so something is not right.

I have tried at least six different Video decoders -- all with the same effect -- no OSD with overlay so I am assuming that this is not an issue with decoders. Is there something simple that I am missing?

Michael

[sub]

Post the logs and I'll see if anything stands out.

[Reddwarf]

I have done some searching in the forums and the OSD should work in Overlay Renderer mode (although I understand that transparency may not function) -- the problem I am having is that in Overlay mode I do not get any OSD at all. I need to use Overlay in my particular situation as it works best with my graphics configuration (WinXP SP3 with a fairly old Nvidia Graphics card). I have reproduced this problem on four different PC clients -- so something is not right.

I have tried at least six different Video decoders -- all with the same effect -- no OSD with overlay so I am assuming that this is not an issue with decoders. Is there something simple that I am missing?

Michael

I have also seen this with an older Nvidia card, but I assumed it was because those cards have a very limited graphic memory.

[msmith8228]

Sub:

As requested -- logs are attached. The sequence used to create these was:

1. EVR renderer -- OSD working
2. VMR9 Custom renderer -- OSD working
3. Overlay renderer -- NO OSD

As indicated in my first post I have repeated these tests with at least five different video decoders -- at with the same effect -- NO OSD in Overlay mode.

Overlay works perfectly in all my other media players -- most noticeably with Zoomplayer and Sage TV

[sub]

Do you have ovtool.dll in your c:\program files\npvr directory?

[msmith8228]

sub:

No it is not -- the file is not anywhere on my disk. Should this normally be part of the NPVR install -- or do I have to download it from somewhere?

[sub]

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No it is not -- the file is not anywhere on my disk.

Try the attached. You'll need to save it to that directory, then register it (with regsvr32 c:\path\to\ovtool.dll).

Should this normally be part of the NPVR install

I thought so, but maybe I forgot to add it to the installer. No body uses overlay, so nobody has ever mentioned it being missing.

[ga_mueller]

In my area, anyway, suitable video cards can be found on sale for $20-$30 (8400gs, Nvidia 210, HD4350). This would be a really cost-effective upgrade.

But I'm guessing your interface is the problem (PCI or AGP).

[JonnyCam]

You can still get cheap AGP cards which do the job
(I use EVR with 1080i h264 decoding on my ATI HD2600 AGP card, although this is on Win7)

[msmith8228]

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That worked great -- thank you. I tried a fresh install on a test system and this file is not part of the install package for NPVR.