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Old 01-17-2009, 10:32 AM
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Silky Smooth h.264 Playback???
Who has silky smooth h.264 playback on a client pc (not hd extender) within sage tv?

I have smooth playback on my client pc with h.264 (hd pvr 1080i source), but tickers are still blurry. With mpeg2 1080i and 720p everything plays perfect including smooth, readable tickers - silky smooth.

Client Specs
AMD X2 5000+ AM2 2.6ghz
DDR2-800 (2x512mb)
ASUS ATI 3650 Silent
DVI <--> HDMI Cable Out (no adaptor) 1080i TV
Chaintech AV710 (modded to Prodigy 7.1) SPDIF out

I have both Arcsoft TME and PowerDVD Deluxe codecs that I have tried. Overlay plays just fine, but VMR9 tears under certain conditions.

Any ideas?
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Old 01-18-2009, 09:21 PM
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Try enable 3D Acceleration and FSE to go with VMR9. This should eliminate the tearing.
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:00 PM
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My h.264 video is perfect on my client. Here's what I'm using:
ATI HD2600XT
Catalyst 8.12 drivers
SageTV 6.5.6 beta client (just went to 6.5.7 with no issues yet)
STB outputting 720p. I had a stutter on one of my clients with 1080i output.
EVR video Renderer
Aero enabled in Vista. I read somewhere that if Aero is not enabled, EVR does not work properly. Not sure if it's true, but but it seems to help.
Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 is set in my sagetvclient.properties as my h.264 decoder
100MB network connection, not GB.
Server is headless WHS

I am having an issue when I enable S/PDIF input on my HD-PVR, however. I get the dreaded No Signal message, but I've got a ticket opened with Sage on that.

What OS are you running? Have you tried the EVR beta?
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Old 01-20-2009, 12:45 PM
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Are you running Zone Alarm? I was able to get smooth playback by *uninstalling* Zone Alarm.
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Old 01-21-2009, 10:08 AM
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Close SageTV or SageTV Client
edit Sage.properties or SageClient.properties
Look for always_use_dshow_player=
Change false to true then try againe
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Old 01-21-2009, 05:05 PM
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I'm using overlay on Windows XP. I changed my STB to output 720p and playback is perfectly smooth. The 720P channels look awesome, but I can see a very slight image quality degredation on the 1080i channels, probably due to the inferior scaling on my STB. Thanks for your help!
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