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XBMC Eden flickering on E-450?? - eastfrisian - 2012-05-05
hi there,
just another "help me" topic from me... sorry guys
but the problem is strange... i have tested it on 3 systems with xbmc, media player and vlc player. on my htpc (acer revo, amd e-450, win 7), the video files have a bit of "flickering" or something else. in bright scenes it is just like the auto-contrast option of an hdtv. the image changes it's brightness in a fraction of a second. i've tested so far:
breaking bad s1e2 @ 09:55
htpc
xbmc: flickering blackboard in the background of mr. white
media player: everything ok
vlc: everything ok
pc:
xbmc: everything ok
media player: everything ok
vlc: everything ok
2nd pc:
xbmc: everything ok
media player: everything ok
vlc: everything ok
i have also tried the contrast-options at my hdtv, amd catalyst control center and windows 7 aero. also the vsync option in xbmc. nothing helped. also "auto refresh rate" on/off.
it's not a case of life and death, but it's a little bit annoying. sometimes you look more for the flickering bright scenes than the movie.
RE: XBMC Eden flickering on E-450?? - eastfrisian - 2012-05-05
woah, **ck catalyst control center. i hate that stupid thing.
i checked everything yesterday. every crappy option. the solution? here it is:
when xbmc is playing a video, the CCC option "automatic contrast" grab for the video playback.but ONLY in xbmc. when i play the video file with windows media player, vlc player or anything else, it doesn't. no idea why. just stupid this tool. from year to year it's getting worse.
RE: XBMC Eden flickering on E-450?? - bluray - 2012-05-05
Try these-
1. download the latest AMD driver- AMD Driver Autodetect
2. enable DXVA2 with DXVA as Render Mehtod and disable everything else in XBMC settings/video/playback
3. disable "Use a fullscreen windows rather than true fullscreen" in XBMC settings/system/video output
RE: XBMC Eden flickering on E-450?? - douver - 2012-05-06
I think I have a similar problem. The 'flickering' I see is in darkly lit scenes where there is (hard to describe) a motion type blur even with the slightest movement of peoples faces.
I have disabled every enhancement i can find in the menu of my TV and also in CCC but the problem persists.
I'm using Eden (portable install) and as this problem has only recently become evident I thought I'd install Dharma (also portable).
Problem solved with Dharma but I really would like to use Eden.
RE: XBMC Eden flickering on E-450?? - Recharge - 2012-05-06
I had the same problem. I had ccc not to autostart becuse it would minimize xbmc to the desktop but i found out that when it was running i had no flicker. I have also turned everything off that has anything to do with the picture in ccc and now if i let it run as it should the flicker is gone.... Its really strange. But the flicker is gone so im happy.