Messages posted by THX-UltraIII

Quote: I've watched quite a few 3D blurays and have not noticed it yet but thanks for the information.

I have configured PDVD to decode audio and send it via PCM and I assume it's not doing any reclocking. THX-UltraIII you could look into a piece of software called Reclock but you may have to configure PDVD to decode Dolby and DTS audio internally like I do to make it work; I'm not sure but you could look into it.

Let PDVD do the decoding is not possible for me. I need the unmodified lossless bitstream signal in order to make my D-Box Motion Code system work. You do know that the initial purpose of reclock is not to sync audio but to get rid of the chipmunk effect?

I ll inform PDVD about this bug.

There are 2 HTPC 3D .iso solution out there that also supports menu's:

PowerDVD and Total Media Theater. TMT is dead so PDVD is the only available option....... That s why I use it

Thanks for your reply.

It are not 4 frames per seconds that is the problem with this. A movie runs at 23,976 frames per second. This means that a player has to output at 23,976 for getting no dropped or repeated frames. PowerDVD clearly outputs @24,000. This means that per second it plays 0.024 frames too many. This means that after 41.67 seconds (1:0.024=41.666...) it has played ONE frame too many and by freezing for the time of 1 frame (which means that you see the latest frame twice as long as you should see it) the player compensates for it. Most people will not notice this because they actually run their display devices@60 so then you won t notice problems because pull-down then comes in handy. However, if you want it to be perfect and your display device (so eg. ALL available Home Theater projectors) supports 23,976 you want your source to output @23,976 and not @24 like PowerDVD does. The end result of using PowerDVD with a projector that accepts 23,976 is that you can clearly see a repeated frame (little stutter) every 41-42 seconds in a movie.

I m running PowerDVD 14.

Quote: What kind of problem is it giving you? Ever hear of rounding? Is this an esoteric question?

I have no clue how far your knowledge goes and I don t mean to judge you one this but did you ever read about dropped/repeated frames?

The 23,976 vs. 24,000 issue is one of the biggests reasons why Oppo won the mediaplayer war a few years back.

PowerDVD seems to NOT support 23,976 output and this will be a 100% dealbreaker for a lot of HTPC entheusiasts.

It seems like when I run PowerDVD (14) my 3D .ISO movies are played back at 24fps. My projector also reports this. After closing PowerDVD my AMD desktop is on 1920x1080p24 profile too...... I can switch my AMD desktop to 1920x1080p23 then (which is actually 1920x1080@23,976 as you guys might know already) but PowerDVD somehow automatically switches to 24 as it seems.
This 24 vs. 23,976 problem is a common problem with standalone media players but I cannot imagine PowerDVD has no awareness of this problem?!

bummer, PDVD just lost 1 potential user.

Is this THE patch we are all waited for that supports bitstream for 5xxx cards? If so, you will have a new customer that will buy PDVD right away!