To tear or not?

BlueMak · Dec 29, 2007, 04:21 PM

Noticing some excessive tearing from left to right while playing video files, about 50% of the time. Usualy when the camera pans left or right, but not only then. So I was thinking the problem may be with my monitor or graphics card. BUT, whenever I use PowerDVD 6, (the only powerdvd I have) the problem just goes away. When I go back to any other player, there it is again. What's going on? What is so different about PowerDVD 6 that doesn't have this problem?
Problem with VLC, Media Player Classic, etc.

OutOfRange · Dec 29, 2007, 05:43 PM

Possibly PowerDVD uses a different method for the video overlay ?

The only two things I know (besides defective hardware or cables) that can cause your problem is a missconfiguration with the Phase on older LCD Screens or a mismatch with the refresh rate. (Problem is: IMHO that would also be visible in PowerDVD)

swimtech · Dec 29, 2007, 07:03 PM

Yeah, I would think a refresh rate issue...

PowerDVD is likely using it's own internal setting that is most compatible with the display and the material (video, non-interlaced, is 60hz), whereas the other players are using the driver/Windows settings. Check for a difference...

RoyBatty · Dec 29, 2007, 07:08 PM

A few more thoughts:
Maybe PowerDVD is using DXVA and the other players don't. Try to set different renderers (overlay/WMR7/9/EVR) maybe some of them will work. There is also a modified "anti-tearing" MPC build: Media Player Classic – Homecinema

Dec 29, 2007, 04:21 PM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	To tear or not? Noticing some excessive tearing from left to right while playing video files, about 50% of the time. Usualy when the camera pans left or right, but not only then. So I was thinking the problem may be with my monitor or graphics card. BUT, whenever I use PowerDVD 6, (the only powerdvd I have) the problem just goes away. When I go back to any other player, there it is again. What's going on? What is so different about PowerDVD 6 that doesn't have this problem? Problem with VLC, Media Player Classic, etc. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 29, 2007, 05:43 PM	#2
OutOfRange DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: CH:\Wasseramt Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Possibly PowerDVD uses a different method for the video overlay ? The only two things I know (besides defective hardware or cables) that can cause your problem is a missconfiguration with the Phase on older LCD Screens or a mismatch with the refresh rate. (Problem is: IMHO that would also be visible in PowerDVD) __________________

Dec 29, 2007, 07:03 PM	#3
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Yeah, I would think a refresh rate issue... PowerDVD is likely using it's own internal setting that is most compatible with the display and the material (video, non-interlaced, is 60hz), whereas the other players are using the driver/Windows settings. Check for a difference... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 29, 2007, 07:08 PM	#4
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	A few more thoughts: Maybe PowerDVD is using DXVA and the other players don't. Try to set different renderers (overlay/WMR7/9/EVR) maybe some of them will work. There is also a modified "anti-tearing" MPC build: Media Player Classic – Homecinema