2009-08-24, 22:47
I cannot find this issue addressed in any of the answers, so pardon me if others have talked about this. I have the following setup:
XBMC for Windows, version 9.04
1920x1080 Viewsonic monitor
NVidia GE Force 9400 GT
AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core with 4GB
Windows XP Professional SP3
Movies ripped to hard drive, no compression
Library mode
Screen set in XBMC to 1920x1080@60Hz
This doesn't happen with all my movies, but "Transsiberian" is an example. The movie plays fine, but you can see jaggies on the screen. By that I mean that the edges of the images on the screen are jagged instead of smooth. If I play the same movie from the hard drive with PowerDVD, I do not see the jaggies. Also, if I play the DVD itself using the computer's DVD-ROM drive and XBMC, I get the jaggies. Not so by playing the DVD with PowerDVD. Furthermore, I have played the DVD through a standalone DVD player, and there are no jaggies.
I am convinced the problem is with XBMC's DVD player and how it interacts with the video card. Otherwise, I love the XBMC app and how it catalogs the movies. That part is great, and I certainly don't want to be reduced to using PowerDVD as my player. I will also say that this problem happens with most of my porn movie collection (OK, go ahead and laugh!
), but that makes me believe that the quality with which the DVD's are produced may have something to do with it as well. "Transsiberian" was not a major release (and neither was the porn!), and the jaggies do not happen if I play a major release like "The Dark Knight" with XBMC. However, PowerDVD plays ALL my movies without jaggies. Thus, PowerDVD seems to be doing something when it plays back movies that XBMC is NOT doing.
Anyway, does anybody have any suggestions, besides just living with the jaggies?
XBMC for Windows, version 9.04
1920x1080 Viewsonic monitor
NVidia GE Force 9400 GT
AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core with 4GB
Windows XP Professional SP3
Movies ripped to hard drive, no compression
Library mode
Screen set in XBMC to 1920x1080@60Hz
This doesn't happen with all my movies, but "Transsiberian" is an example. The movie plays fine, but you can see jaggies on the screen. By that I mean that the edges of the images on the screen are jagged instead of smooth. If I play the same movie from the hard drive with PowerDVD, I do not see the jaggies. Also, if I play the DVD itself using the computer's DVD-ROM drive and XBMC, I get the jaggies. Not so by playing the DVD with PowerDVD. Furthermore, I have played the DVD through a standalone DVD player, and there are no jaggies.
I am convinced the problem is with XBMC's DVD player and how it interacts with the video card. Otherwise, I love the XBMC app and how it catalogs the movies. That part is great, and I certainly don't want to be reduced to using PowerDVD as my player. I will also say that this problem happens with most of my porn movie collection (OK, go ahead and laugh!
), but that makes me believe that the quality with which the DVD's are produced may have something to do with it as well. "Transsiberian" was not a major release (and neither was the porn!), and the jaggies do not happen if I play a major release like "The Dark Knight" with XBMC. However, PowerDVD plays ALL my movies without jaggies. Thus, PowerDVD seems to be doing something when it plays back movies that XBMC is NOT doing.Anyway, does anybody have any suggestions, besides just living with the jaggies?
