wook Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Just wanted to create a topic on drivers for video playback. What drivers do you use? :) I've noticed almost every single driver I use has screen tearing during high motion (HD inclusive). And the drivers that don't have this 'tearing' have staggered/ jerky image quality. So, please feel free to post the driver you use, and any issues you have noticed with it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I currently use driver 177.79. It has no tearing and good image quality when I play a DVD or one of those 1080p WMV HD videos you can download for Free from Micro$oft. I don't have a Bluray or HD-DVD drive, so I can't test that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Using 169.47 here for WMV, DVD, MPEG, and H.264 (MP4) video, all with no tearing. If you have a choice between VMR and Overlay rendering, try using overlay (in both the driver and the media player) and see if that solves your tearing problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I use VMR (with no problems.) I think the overlay mode looks kind of crappy, if you bring up a menu with the black boxes where the shadow should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 You're rignt - VMR is the preferred method. I just wondered if Overlay Mode solved the tearing problem. That's my dilemma - I prefer VMR too, but I get that tearing when I use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Sorry... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wook Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Well for me.. I'm currently using 177.79 also. Using VLC player and winDVD 8 platnium i get a little screen tearing. I've tried all output settings, but nothing seemed to fix the tearing issue. Anyone have any idvice for this issue? When i use 'media player classic' V6.4.9.1 i get no tearing when playing video's. So, what i have been doing is ripping my moves to 1080p avi files. usually taking up to 3 - 3.5 Gb Lucky i have two external 1 Tb drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wook Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 overlay became very pixleated. As if the encoding was lower quality bit rate than it actually is. When using media player classic, I force DX9 output and VMR 9.0 windowsless. No tearing and very smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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