RE: [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Not sure how, where, or even IF I can set vsync.. - Note that I'm
not
> using the nVidia decoder, since Vista ultimate includes an MPEG-2
> decoder in the OS, and I've no idea if or where there are any tuneable
> parameters for that... - or is it just in the forceware driver?

There's a VSync option in the nVidia control panel - but as I said, it's
normally used to set this option on/off for 3D apps, so may not help -
worth a punt though. It's in the "manage 3D settings" tab - apps
can set this themselves though and overwrite the global setting. nVidia
control panel (latest) also allows app specific settings. In fact mine has
default settings for media player and media center - sounds like it could
be an option to check :)

Setting to on can cause a drop in framerate though.

nVidia control panel (at least in mine) also has settings for multi-display
acceleration - worth looking at too.

>
> I haven't tried running only 1 screen yet, - I guess I should,
although
> I'd be annoyed if that turned out to be the reason/cure... - I really
> do
> need both screens, since the PC is in Node 0 & the plasma is in
the
> lounge... Also, my previous media server, which was based on less
> powerful hardware (6600 GPU, Pentium CPU etc.) did all of this just
> fine.. - the difference of course was that being XP based, it was
> running Cyberlink DVD software for the decoder...

But worth it regardless to see if it's performance related or not possibly.

Oh, and you certainly can install other DVD decoders although I've seen
problems in the past with multiple decoders installed - no way to tell
windows which one to use - or at least there wasn't when I last looked...


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