Screen Tear With Video Previews

[iano]

Hi Folks. I've noticed that when previewing my music videos the video is slightly stuttering and screen tearing occurs. This only started happening recently when i updated. I think it was there before the accurate frame skipping feature was added (8.32) and may have occured around version 8.27 / 8.28 ( in any event it just started happening over the past few days or so i've noticed). When you select the video to watch it fullscreen it seems ok though. Any ideas ?

Thanks folks.

[Tom Speirs]

Hi Ive just uploaded 8.35 which aims to address this. Could all folks who experienced slow down since I introduced the cpu throttliin and new frame skipping enhancments please test and see if its fixed for me please. Its actually the cpu reducing utlilization thats doing this I just need to get it tweaked correctly.

Thanks.

[iano]

Hi Ive just uploaded 8.35 which aims to address this. Could all folks who experienced slow down since I introduced the cpu throttliin and new frame skipping enhancments please test and see if its fixed for me please. Its actually the cpu reducing utlilization thats doing this I just need to get it tweaked correctly.

Thanks.

Just updated to 8.36 and watched a few video previews. It's improved but i still see screen tear (though not as frequent) and noticed a very slight 'chugging' on moving objects in the video preview. I forgot to mention in my last post that the track info that scrolls from right to left on the taskbar in jukebox also 'chugs' along and doesn't scroll smoothly.

Cheers,

iano.

[Tom Speirs]

Just updated to 8.36 and watched a few video previews. It's improved but i still see screen tear (though not as frequent) and noticed a very slight 'chugging' on moving objects in the video preview. I forgot to mention in my last post that the track info that scrolls from right to left on the taskbar in jukebox also 'chugs' along and doesn't scroll smoothly.

Cheers,

iano.

Can you tell me your pc specs please.

[Tom Speirs]

Can you tell me your pc specs please.

Also Im uploading 8.37 now, which will allow you to turn off the reduce CPU utliliaztion. Can you confirm its only when running in a window?

[iano]

Can you tell me your pc specs please.

Sorry about the delay in responding.

P4 3Ghz (not dual core only hyperthreading)

2Gb RAM DDR 400 megahertz

300GB Hard drive ( not sata, ide)

ArcadeVGA (AGP version based on radeon 9250 128Mb ram)

[iano]

Also Im uploading 8.37 now, which will allow you to turn off the reduce CPU utliliaztion. Can you confirm its only when running in a window?

Do you mean the 'chugging' and screen tear only occurring in video preview window ? Will down load 8.37 and check out now.

Thanks,

iano.

[Tom Speirs]

Do you mean the 'chugging' and screen tear only occurring in video preview window ? Will down load 8.37 and check out now.

Thanks,

iano.

No I mean when GameEx is running in a window as opposed to full screen.

Are you taling about Game vide previews or movies and the like.

Also could you give me a better idea of how bad this problem is, maybe 1 a 1 to 10 or something.

Cheers.

[iano]

No I mean when GameEx is running in a window as opposed to full screen.

Are you taling about Game vide previews or movies and the like.

Also could you give me a better idea of how bad this problem is, maybe 1 a 1 to 10 or something.

Cheers.

Tom i'm using an arcade monitor (Wells Gardner D9200) at 640x480. I've never run gameex in a window on it (i think if windowed it would be pretty big anyway as most xp windows seem this way running at 640x480). I was talking about video (film) previews where the quality would be much better than game preview avis. I'd say on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being worst case scenario it's probably about 3 or so). Build 8.37 actually made things worse (jerkiness & screen tear), track info scrolling in jukebox is pretty noticeable (jerky not no more than the previous build i think). Just noticed build 8.38 is up - will try that. Haven't tried turning off accurate frame skipping yet. Will try latest build to see what happens and then try turning off accurate frame skipping to see what happens.

Thanks again,

iano.

[iano]

Just tried version 8.43 (i think things improved from 8.38 on). The screen tear and unsmoothed motion now happen not that often. When it does (screen tear) it seems to depend on whats happening in the actual video preview (film) or the speed things are happening at in the video i.e. you'll only see screen tear in a fast action sequence but the screen tear effect is very subtle but still noticeable. Is the unsmoothed motion of the track info scrolling in jukebox related ? Or is it a different issue ? It's very noticeable that it's not scrolling smoothly.

Cheers,

iano.

EDIT: Just tried turning off the 'Reduce CPU Usage' option and it actually made the screen tear / choppiness much worse

[Tweak]

I am also having problems with video previews and game previews since I updated to 8.43 The video Prevew avi's Are really sluggish and stutters when i am in fullcreen and window mode in GameEX.I did not have this problem before I updated.

[Tom Speirs]

Could you please all try 8.35

Thanks.

[iano]

Could you please all try 8.35

Thanks.

Will do when i get home from work (20:00 BST)

Thanks.

[Tom Speirs]

Will do when i get home from work (20:00 BST)

Thanks.

OK, I think I have it perfect now, can you try 8.47?

[iano]

OK, I think I have it perfect now, can you try 8.47?

Hi Tom. I've been looking at my video previews (film) for half an hour or so. It is improved but screen tear/slight jerky motion still do occur but subtly. As regards screen tear - you very very rarely get a tear the full width of the screen only a small portion of the width of the screen. I noticed slight jerky motion a couple of times - when the camera was panning slowly left to right or vice vera. Scrolling track info is still jerky. Sorry to sound critical but i am looking at it with a critical eye and it still is sometimes there. Your efforts on this are appreciated.

Cheers,

iano.

EDIT: Off Topic i know (Jukebox) but the rectangular space in the taskbar in which the track info scrolls is offset to the right. The info starts scrolling from the pause button on the right and stops scrolling about a centimeter from the ? button on the left.

[Tom Speirs]

Hi Tom. I've been looking at my video previews (film) for half an hour or so. It is improved but screen tear/slight jerky motion still do occur but subtly. As regards screen tear - you very very rarely get a tear the full width of the screen only a small portion of the width of the screen. I noticed slight jerky motion a couple of times - when the camera was panning slowly left to right or vice vera. Scrolling track info is still jerky. Sorry to sound critical but i am looking at it with a critical eye and it still is sometimes there. Your efforts on this are appreciated.

Cheers,

iano.

EDIT: Off Topic i know (Jukebox) but the rectangular space in the taskbar in which the track info scrolls is offset to the right. The info starts scrolling from the pause button on the right and stops scrolling about a centimeter from the ? button on the left.

Thanks for the feedback Iano. I think I am happy for the moment that at least its not a bug as it was before. The video previes are never going to be 100% smooth, it never has been on my systems and there fast. I'll look at moving the track info a little to the left. Your right it is off.

[iano]

Thanks for the feedbac Iano. I think I am happy for the moment that at least its not a bug as it was before. The video previes are never going to be 100% smooth, it never has been on my systems and there fast. I'll look at moving the track info a little to the left. Your right it is off.

Thanks. Could you leave the option to turn off the 'Reduce Cpu Usage' in the advanced config though. Thanks again for the new features introduced at 8.28.

[Tom Speirs]

Thanks. Could you leave the option to turn off the 'Reduce Cpu Usage' in the advanced config though. Thanks again for the new features introduced at 8.28.

Yes, plan to..

Cheers.