Sony Bravia X shuttering, Picture Qaulity

[richie_pag]

hey guys

my picture qaulity and shuttering on my sony bravia 46" X problems continue

when the camera pans left and right i get shuttering and picture qaulity is

Specs

XP MCE 05
video card: ATI 3650 HD (dvi to hdmi)
1gb ram
x 5200+ 2.4ghz
tuner: Hauppauge Nova-T-500

nvidia pure video

i dont think its a hardware issue

let me know if more info i needed

any help would be great

[vlad]

Try different mpeg2 codec. Download trial version of PowerDVD and change default codec with this utility
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...?do=file&id=35

[richie_pag]

So ill be uninstalling "nvidia pure video" and installing power dvd?

or use this Checkup Utility to change which decoder i use

cheers for that

[vlad]

No need to deinstall Purevideo.
Just install PowerDVD and use utility to change default codec.

update your NVidia drivers too.

[richie_pag]

cheers

iam using a ATI HD 3650

[krypto]

Richie, seeing your ongoing problems I'm wondering if you are correctly setting the preferred decoder. It seems that you have the same problems that you had before changing video cards, which tends to confirm your suspicion that the problem is not hardware

From memory you need to run two utilities to change codecs, one utility is used to set the codec and the other one, which you are using, sets the preferred codec in xp.

[dgaust]

What about making sure the refresh rate is set at 50hz instead of 60hz?

[vlad]

Originally Posted by krypto

From memory you need to run two utilities to change codecs, one utility is used to set the codec and the other one, which you are using, sets the preferred codec in xp.

Memory does not serves you well this time
This utility will do both.
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...?do=file&id=35

[dgaust]

The two utilities requirement applies in Vista only, and only for setting the preferred codecs as AVIVO.

For the OP, you should also consider using the ATI AVIVO codecs (avaible from your cards drivers page), as they are very good quality (and also free).

[logifuse]

Originally Posted by dgaust

you should also consider using the ATI AVIVO codecs (avaible from your cards drivers page), as they are very good quality (and also free).

Do they do FF/RW yet? Sorry, been out of the ATI loop for a while.

Thanks

Justin

[richie_pag]

thanks guys

refresh rate is set to 50 in CCC

i uninstalled pure video and installed ATI AVIVO codecs and got errors when trying to play live tv

[logifuse]

Originally Posted by richie_pag

i uninstalled pure video and installed ATI AVIVO codecs and got errors when trying to play live tv

Assuming that you selected it in deccheck, the errors would be down to no sound decoder. You'll need to set FFDShow to decode (or pass via SPDIF if that's what you need) AC3 & MPEG audio.

Justin

[richie_pag]

i have tested the ati decoder and so far pure video displays the best picture but its still not great

some shuttering and looks dull compared to the built in sony tuner

my media center is about 2 seconds from going out the window