MCE 2005 refresh rate change

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Anyone managed to find a fool-proof way of preventing MCE from changing the refresh rate when it feels like it? None of the registry settings I've tried have worked so far :(
 
if it's connected to an lcd then the refresh rate shouldn't change. the settings will probably be in graphics card driver settings anyway. I've never had an issue with refresh rate changes under mce 2005, got any more details?
 
It is connected to an LCD TV yes. The refresh rate changes all over the place but mainly in response to going full screen from windowed in MCE.

The PC usually runs at 50Hz refresh. If I leave it at this then MCE works without any changes or problems. If I change the refresh rate to 24Hz and start MCE windowed, it's also fine, but if I then go full screen it switches back to 50Hz. Not sure if this is because MCE just doesn't like the 24Hz refresh or not but I can't seem to stop it happening.

Basically I'm using ReClock and have a script which forces a refresh rate change. The idea is that MCE runs at 50Hz nominally but, when I start playback of a video encoded at 23.976, which is the norm for HD films, ReClock will kick in and force the refresh rate to switch to 24Hz, and will then lock the video playback to this frequency (thus speeding it up about 1%) to provide perfectly smooth playback.

This happens fine but, as soon as the script switches the refresh to 24Hz, MCE switches it straight back to 50Hz. ReClock then tries to switch it back to 24Hz again and I end up in an endless loop :(
 
I vaguely remember when I was setting up MCE 2005 that it said something in the display setup about "Always use this mode" - maybe it's that which is detecting it going to 24Hz and is automatically putting it back?
 
Don't hold your breath, I just had a niggling thought at the back of my mind on the 3rd time of reading this thread after each of the replies! ;)
 
Well I discovered the problem, it's not MCE but rather DirectDraw's refresh rate override setting that's kicking in, as configured via dxdiag.

Wrote a small proggy to change this value in the registry just prior to the refresh rate switch and this seemed to work for HD MKV files but screws up with XVids.

I'm therefore giving up on this and think I need to use something other than MCE for MKV and XVid files. I'll start another thread on that I think :)
 
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