Need help/advice with PDVD 12 Ultra

Joe84

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Apr 09, 2012 10:06

Hi everyone. I have this problem when watch blu rays in PDVD 12. During some movement/action scenes there are pixelations on my screen. At first I thought the problem was with PDVD 12 and tried TMT3. Still there were the same pixelations at exactly the same scenes. A friend of mine advised me to disable hardware acceleration in TMT3. I did it and it worked. I tried to disable hardware acceleration in PDVD 12 too. When done I inserted a blu ray disc in my BD drive and noticed that hardware acceleration was on by itself and I couldn't turn it off. Help me please with this issue.
Thanks beforehand.

Joe84

Newbie Joined: Apr 09, 2012 09:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Apr 09, 2012 16:36

Anyone?

M8R

Member Joined: Dec 31, 2010 18:41 Messages: 89 Offline

Apr 10, 2012 01:36

No, HW-acceleration cannot be disabled for BluRays in PDVD. Since TMT is also affected, it's not a specific PDVD isssue. You need to find out the reason for it: driver error (update driver), graphics card to weak (all discs are affected, but only scenes with a lot of movements), disc specific issue (only some discs are affected; which ones?) etc.

Joe84

Newbie Joined: Apr 09, 2012 09:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Apr 10, 2012 02:22

Quote: No, HW-acceleration cannot be disabled for BluRays in PDVD. Since TMT is also affected, it's not a specific PDVD isssue. You need to find out the reason for it: driver error (update driver), graphics card to weak (all discs are affected, but only scenes with a lot of movements), disc specific issue (only some discs are affected; which ones?) etc.

Thanks for replying. I've updated the divers. My graphics card is Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT. I've connected my PC to the HDTV (Toshiba Regza 40PB10E) via HDMI. I don't have a reciever yet. When I choose S/PIDF that problems arise. When I choose the PC speakers the playback is flawless. I've noticed that pixelations in every Blu Rays I watched. As I said only during some action/movement scenes. E.G. Terminator 2 Skynet Edition. During the mental hospital action scenes - when Arnie fires his shotgun etc. TMT3 is fine as I've disabled hardware acceleration.

M8R

Member Joined: Dec 31, 2010 18:41 Messages: 89 Offline

Apr 10, 2012 05:58

What device do you want to output the audio? If it is the TV, HDMI can deliver video + audio to it, so what is the S/PDIF for?

Joe84

Newbie Joined: Apr 09, 2012 09:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Apr 10, 2012 06:02

Quote: What device do you want to output the audio? If it is the TV, HDMI can deliver video + audio to it, so what is the S/PDIF for?

The TV. When I first connected the PC to it I couldn't get audio through HDMI. It appeared that I had to connect S/PIDF from the graphic cards to the motherboard.

M8R

Member Joined: Dec 31, 2010 18:41 Messages: 89 Offline

Apr 10, 2012 06:27

Switch from S/PDIF output to HDMI output in your BIOS settings (onboard device configuration, audio sound or something).
btw S/PDIF cannot transfer hd-audio, it will be downmixed in realtime to lower quality; maybe in action scenes with loud sound and higher audio bitrate your pc/soundcard is to slow for that or has other timing issues

EDIT: maybe also try turning off sound in PDVD (not the TV) completely testwise and watch the problematic scenes; if they are fine then, it's very likely an audio issue though i must admit having no clue how to solve it then

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Joe84

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Apr 10, 2012 06:54

Ok, thank you very much! I'll do that. I use reclock to get audio in tmt3 via S/PDIF.

Joe84

Newbie Joined: Apr 09, 2012 09:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Apr 10, 2012 10:05

I opened BIOS but couldn't find S/PIDF or HDMI. High definition audio was enabled though.

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