HTPC HD playback problems

pieplough

pieplough

pieplough

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Hi all,

Thought this would be the best place to get a good answer to these problems.

I specced and built a HTPC for a friend a while back.

Spec :

Silverstone SG05B Mini ITX case with 300w psu

E6320

Zotac GF9300-I-E mobo

2 gig ram

Sony slimline Blue Ray drive

Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB drive

42" LCD tv

WIN 7 64

Problem No.1 When playing some HD content such as an x264 file it just looks terrible, tearing I think its called. Is this the onboard graphics not being up to the job? Or could it be another hardware/software issue?

Problem No.2 Cant play blurays? Tried using Media player classic home cinema and VLC. Does he need a specific media player? Or does the drive need drivers etc? It didnt come with any (im clueless about bluray).

Any help on this would be most appreciated.
 
the tearing...is the image actually tearing or is it something else? if it is, try enabling v-sync in whatever player you are using.


to play bluray from a disc yes, you need a player. windvd BD, powerdvd , total mediatheatre ect. there isnt a free alternative right now unless you want to rip the blurays before hand.
 
#1 - your video isn't tearing, it'll be choppy playback. The onboard 9300 simply can't handle the offloaded HD content. Try disabling video hardware acceleration - as your CPU may do a better job on its own - or buy a discreet GPU (something like a passive HD5450 cost £30, and handles HD content admirably).
 
ill be honest, i hadn't considered that until i went searching for it and if anything, if it's choppy playback and not tearing then its probably because his media software isn using the hardware decoding.

but yeah, we need more info pieplough :)
 
james.miller said:
the tearing...is the image actually tearing or is it something else? if it is, try enabling v-sync in whatever player you are using.
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uv said:
#1 - your video isn't tearing, it'll be choppy playback. The onboard 9300 simply can't handle the offloaded HD content. Try disabling video hardware acceleration - as your CPU may do a better job on its own - or buy a discreet GPU (something like a passive HD5450 cost £30, and handles HD content admirably).
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Thanks for all the replys guys :)

The tearing looks like big blocky pixels, with some parts on the image not changing but others moving turning it into a big muddy mess.
 
Sounds like you haven't got offloading enabled, enabled DXVA in MPC-HC or use XMBC and enable DXVA. Alternatively its a bandwidth problem - are you trying to stream this over a network?

BluRay you either need to rip (dodgy ground) or purchase a commercial bluray playback product, eg PowerDVD (i made sure i bought an OEM drive which came with PDVD to save on the hassle)
 
dave-lew99 said:
Sounds like you haven't got offloading enabled, enabled DXVA in MPC-HC or use XMBC and enable DXVA. Alternatively its a bandwidth problem - are you trying to stream this over a network?
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Hi, im pretty sure that DXVA was selected in the media players options. It wasnt online content.
 
you say you put an sony blu ray drive in it ... you didnt buy it oem did you instead of retail ?

no software with it otherwise .. which considerign the saving you made was abit silly . powered dvd by itself will cost as much as the drive ( the full version that is ).
 
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