Mpeg decoder for Vista

[mkanet]

There is a known issue in sageTV with Nvidia based hardware acceleration in sageTV with VMR9 in Vista which causes jerky video; usually, with no sound (on some 1080i material). This happens on all mpeg2 decoders except for non-hardware assisted video decoders like sageTV's. This has been tested with Cyberlink's latest DVD decoder, Nvidia Puervideo decoder, including the MS Mpeg2 decoder mentioned in this thread. This is reproducible on the Nvidia 85xx series display adapters using the latest offical NVidia drivers. There is no known fix for this except getting an ATI video card.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by mkanet

There is a known issue in sageTV with Nvidia based hardware acceleration in sageTV with VMR9 in Vista which causes jerky video; usually, with no sound (on some 1080i material). This happens on all mpeg2 decoders except for non-hardware assisted video decoders like sageTV's. This has been tested with Cyberlink's latest DVD decoder, Nvidia Puervideo decoder, including the MS Mpeg2 decoder mentioned in this thread. This is reproducible on the Nvidia 85xx series display adapters using the latest offical NVidia drivers. There is no known fix for this except getting an ATI video card.

Interesting. I thought people here had reported great success with sage, purevideo and vista? There are sveral threads here on the topic.

thx
mike

[mkanet]

I wouldnt call it great success. There are people who get it to work with the above mentioned exceptions. SageTV engineering already knows of the criteria necessary to reproduce this behavior.

Originally Posted by mikesm

Interesting. I thought people here had reported great success with sage, purevideo and vista? There are sveral threads here on the topic.

thx
mike

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by mkanet

I wouldnt call it great success. There are people who get it to work with the above mentioned exceptions. SageTV engineering already knows of the criteria necessary to reproduce this behavior.

Any ETA for a fix?

Thanks,
mike

[mkanet]

Hi Mike and happy 4th! Unfortunately SageTV doesn’t give ETAs. The good news is they are fully aware of the problem and they can reproduce it. I'm not too optimistic they will fix this relatively big problem anytime soon.

Thanks,
Michael

Originally Posted by mikesm

Any ETA for a fix?

Thanks,
mike

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Hi Mike and happy 4th! Unfortunately SageTV doesn’t give ETAs. The good news is they are fully aware of the problem and they can reproduce it. I'm not too optimistic they will fix this relatively big problem anytime soon.

Thanks,
Michael

Well, they should mod their system requirements page to show it doesn't work under Vista.

Thanks
mike

[bialio]

Originally Posted by mkanet

There is a known issue in sageTV with Nvidia based hardware acceleration in sageTV with VMR9 in Vista which causes jerky video; usually, with no sound (on some 1080i material). This happens on all mpeg2 decoders except for non-hardware assisted video decoders like sageTV's. This has been tested with Cyberlink's latest DVD decoder, Nvidia Puervideo decoder, including the MS Mpeg2 decoder mentioned in this thread. This is reproducible on the Nvidia 85xx series display adapters using the latest offical NVidia drivers. There is no known fix for this except getting an ATI video card.

For what its worth :

I have a Nvidia 8500GT card, use VMR9, and the Nvidia Purevide Decoder on Vista Business. My video quality is PERFECT - on all HD sources. I'm very picky about HD picture quality, and the above combination is working extremely well for me......

btl.

[mightyt]

Originally Posted by mikesm

Interesting. I thought people here had reported great success with sage, purevideo and vista? There are sveral threads here on the topic.

thx
mike

Might check Post #2 ... I have all three working fine (sage, purevideo and vista) even with shows stored on my NAS. I am using standard def though ... Not sure if that makes a difference for you.

[mkanet]

Right... please look at the criteria mentioned above... "on some 1080i material"

Originally Posted by mightyt

Might check Post #2 ... I have all three working fine (sage, purevideo and vista) even with shows stored on my NAS. I am using standard def though ... Not sure if that makes a difference for you.