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I have recently built a HTPC (details below) in which I’m using the on board Intel 4600 graphics. All my blu rays are folder rips (AnyDVD) , the majority of which play perfectly OK. However, all the VC1 format movies are unwatchable with severe blocking and flashing artefacts. I’ve tried various different video and audio settings and have been through various video trouble shooting guides like Thead 1 above (e.g. reducing the audio to stereo has no beneficial effect).
The cpu is not being overworked (10-15%) when playing VC1 BRs. Also, they play OK when fed to TMT6 which I downloaded on trial. I don't want to down the external player route or add a graphic card if poss. Anyone else have similar problems? Any advice on a fix greatly appreciated.
System:
Intel Core i5-4670T(2.30GHz) HD4600 graphics
ASRock Z87E-ITX motherboard
8Gb RAM
Windows 8.1
XBMC 12.2 Frodo (now XBMC Gotham – latest monthly)
HTPC is linked to a Meridian 621 which then goes through a Lumagen scaler to one of my displays, a Pioneer KRL37v TV. Linking the HTPC directly to the display makes no difference.
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Try render methode Software and disable dxva(2)
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Many thanks. That worked. Sorted
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This is an ongoing known issue with the new haswel chips. Having to disable dxva2 is not a solution that I can swallow
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Is there a consensus that turning off dxva2 is detrimental to image quality? Doing an A/B with dxva2 turned on and off, I didn't notice any noticable difference in image quality with one of my non-vc1 blu ray rips.
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there shouldn´t be noticable differences in Image Quality...
DXVA is Hardware accelerated, so when disabling DXVA ur CPU will have to do the work. This means more CPU load, more power consumption, more heat...
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While disabling dxva(2) works fine for 1080p VC1 BR rips, I can't find any setting that will allow smooth replay of 1080i VC1 (50Hz) MKV rips. Is this feasible or should I look at transcoding options?
Thanks for any help
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2014-01-05, 14:06
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-05, 14:08 by ashlar.)
Have you activated DXVA deinterlacing? On Nvidia GPUs it works correctly now.
For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you
read this first (usually it's enough to follow instructions in the second post).
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Try gotham, it plays 1080i VC1 mkv files like bbc documentary rips without showing artifacts.
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2014-01-05, 14:45
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-05, 14:46 by MadScientist.)
Thanks, but I have to disable dxva2 to get any VC1 encoded BRs remotely playable. With this disabled, DXVA deinterlacing is not an option that appears in the menu (unless I'm missing something).
And, I'm already using Gotham
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Like I have allready mentioned this is a Intel 4600 known issue. The haswels can not play vc-1 correctly its not an xbmc issue
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Thanks. Perhaps not solely a Haswell issue then?