Blurry high action on PVR-250

[enigmabomb]

I've got a great setup that looks flawless in low action, but in high action shots, especially in cartoons, I see onion skinning. It looks blurry and I can see motion trails. Is there a setting I can change?


Josh

[jsereda]

I have that too. I don't know of how to fix it, but if anyone finds out, I would really appreciate someone posting it.

[dequire]

This thread constantly comes up over time...I think the PVR 250 / 350 should have a dedicated sticky thread for users to share configs, etc. I am especially interested in the registry hacks, which I can not seem to find. I know many people have apparently fixed their setups so that this is no longer an issue...

My situation is the same as most everyone elses...Good typical TV viewing (news, documentaries, etc.) but cartoons and esp. sports (and esp. esp. hockey, although that may not be an issue this year ) experience tearing and blurring just enough to be noticeable (and slightly annoying). The other 'test' that people gravitate to is the scroling ticker symbols on the bottom of the Fox News page. Again, mine is slightly blurry and skips once in a while.

I am using a PVR 250 w/ GF MX440 (set to hardware decode w/ latest NV drivers) ------> S-Vid out to TV

[Bryce]

I just put in a fx5200 last night and am seeing the same thing, tarring of the image with fast left to right movements.

i found this searching the forums in this thread http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17387&highlight=fx5200

Originally Posted by ske1eter

I've noticed this in my latest configuration as well. I changed from an AIW7500 card to a Chaintech FX5200 due to the good reports I'd heard. When the image on the screen isn't moving much it's a great picture but as one of the previous posters indicated, any movement from left or right causes a tearing in the image.

Originally Posted by ske1eter

With the AIW card, it needed to use the Overlay setting and that got rid of the problem. Unfortunately, nothing has an effect with the FX5200. I've tried various decoders, de-interlacing, etc. but nothing has helped.

BTW, I'm encoding using the PVR-250 and the output to the TV is s-video. I'm really hoping for an answer to this problem.

and a fix.....

Originally Posted by ske1eter

I played with the configuration a bit more tonight after reading some other posts. What fixed my tearing problem was to force the vertical sync to 'on'. It appears that the global settings for vertical sync is set to 'application-controlled'. I changed that to be 'off'. That change didn't help as I still had the tearing. Forcing it to 'on' fixed the problem completely.

Originally Posted by ske1eter

The picture now has no tearing and the clarity is fantastic. I tweaked the image sharpening setting for the TV out which seemed to help a bit and the only thing I have to do is increase the color saturation a bit. This thing is *way* better than the ATI card I had been using.

.... your milage may vary...

[enigmabomb]

Uh oh... I'm using a GF mx440 too... pattern....

[dequire]

Originally Posted by Bryce

I just put in a fx5200 last night and am seeing the same thing, tarring of the image with fast left to right movements.

i found this searching the forums in this thread http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17387&highlight=fx5200




and a fix.....




.... your milage may vary...

Wow this worked for me!!! Should be a sticky for all NV GeForce owners! Simply change to Overlay mode and make sure V-Synch is turned on. That's it...

I'm a happy guy. Thanks to all for their hard work on this.

[enigmabomb]

This worked for me. ... for the most part. I still see minor tearing. Also, I had to change my decoder from the WinDVD one to the generic one. All I got was a black screen.