Intro Videos are flickering

[moparmaniac]

I've noticed in the last couple of releases that most, but not all of my intro videos are really starting to flicker and flash a lot in GameEx. I don't remember them ever doing that before.

I d/l the MNG Player just now to make sure it wasn't my video card drivers or something and it plays these files perfectly.

I have tried various themes and that seems to make little difference.

Anyone know what might be causing this? It's kind of distracting to the eye.

I've tried turning on/off various display settings but doesn't seem to make a difference.

Help Please...thanks.

[amos_82]

I think i might have seen this, it happened to me when i used the task manager to end a game which was malfunctioning.

I think the flickering is the remnence of a program which hides the desktop. Cold be wrong tho.

I fixed it by exiting gameex & starting again.

[moparmaniac]

Could be possible but it seems to do it every time I go into GameEx.

[Tom Speirs]

Could be possible but it seems to do it every time I go into GameEx.

Its working fine for me even without Vsync, but you could try ensuring Vsync is on under Tweaks/Performance setting.

What type of files are the videos?

[Tom Speirs]

Could be possible but it seems to do it every time I go into GameEx.

Are you talking about the MAME MNG snap videos or intro videos?

[moparmaniac]

Tom, I've tried it both ways as well. My machine is a AMD XP 3000+ 1GB Ram ATI AIW 9600XT, so I got the goods to function well.

I have set Vsync both off and on and restarted GameEx and it's the same thing.

I have tried different themes as well. Some themes are causing the whole Front end screen (not just the attract vids, which I just use the little preview to the left) to quickly blink or flicker.

I went through the the previews of the 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 19XX attract vids I have; most were MNGs and I think 1 was AVI. I d/l your MNG Player and these play without a hitch in the player.

I just don't ever recall this happening before....I'm trying to retrace my steps to recall if I installed anything recently that would have affected my video display.

I'm at a loss at what to do about it...the games themselves were fine once they're loaded up so I think its gotta be something within GameEx.

[moparmaniac]

Sorry for the confusion...the Intro Video while loading GameEx work fine...it's whenever I'm inside GameEx in the game listing where the video samples for each game are played on the left of the list.

[Tom Speirs]

Sorry for the confusion...the Intro Video while loading GameEx work fine...it's whenever I'm inside GameEx in the game listing where the video samples for each game are played on the left of the list.

I have noticed the MNG videos flicker occasionaly, but its really very minor on my system.

Could you try the latest driver for your gfx card and get the latest GameEx version, just to be sure the problem still exists?

Do you have deadzone enabled?

[moparmaniac]

I just installed the latest version of ati's catalyst drivers about 2 weeks ago.

I wonder if these new driver are somehow causing this problem? I'll see if I can go back to my old drivers and see what that does.

The flickering has to be new or I would have for sure noticed them before now. Sometimes the clip will flicker 10 - 15 times it seems in a 30 second video. Very annoying.

I have a desktop video screen capure program...wonder If I windowed GameEx (possible in the newer releases right?) if I could record the flickering?

[Tom Speirs]

I just installed the latest version of ati's catalyst drivers about 2 weeks ago.

I wonder if these new driver are somehow causing this problem? I'll see if I can go back to my old drivers and see what that does.

The flickering has to be new or I would have for sure noticed them before now.  Sometimes the clip will  flicker 10 - 15 times it seems in a 30 second video. Very annoying.

I have a desktop video screen capure program...wonder If I windowed GameEx (possible in the newer releases right?) if I could record the flickering?

Yes that would all help, and to be honest other than the please wait animation I can't think of much that has changed in GameEx that would cause this, I've certainly not changed the MNG code for some time. Although I will look at it as I get the ocasional flicker with the videos myself, but nothing like your getting.

[moparmaniac]

Ok Tom, I've attached the video clip of the flickering problem. Now the video is tricky to explain but I'll try my best.

First off...I went back and reverted back to my previous version of ATI drivers. Then I d/l your latest release.

Then I ran the program at 640X480 and ran the video screen capture.

You're going to see the screen flicker in GameEX a lot..I'm sure it's probably because the program takes over the whole window.

All the flickering you see in GameEx itself is not actually doing that on my end. It is displaying fine. Just focus on the video snaps and when they flicker that's when they flicker on my Screen.

It's like it's in synch with the rest of the flickering of GameEx though when it does happen..but I'm not seeing that...I'm just seeing the actual video flickers.

I'm not programmer so please bear with me....are these files embedded in your program when displaying snaps? Is there like an overlay or underlay or something maybe that's refreshing?

Sorry if I sound like I'm nit-picking. I appreciate all your work...just kind of a puzzle to me.

[moparmaniac]

K what's the rules on file attachments? I put it in a .rar file, but not seeing it.

Tom can I upload it to you directly?

[Tom Speirs]

K what's the rules on file attachments?  I put it in a .rar file, but not seeing it.

Tom can I upload it to you directly?

Need to be under 2MB, email it to me.