Green stripes across the screen (1 Viewer)

[MrHaugland]

TV-Server Version: None
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0.0
MediaPortal Skin: Bleazle
Windows Version: XP SP3
CPU Type: Intel C2D E6600
HDD: Samsung 500GB SATA
Memory: 2 x 1GB and 2 x 512MB Geil 4-4-4-12
Motherboard: Asus P5Q-EM
Video Card: Onboard Intel X4500HD
Video Card Driver: Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset. Ver. 6.14.10.5009
Sound Card: RealTek High Def Audio
Sound Card AC3: Same
Sound Card Driver: RealTek High Def Audio Ver. 5.10.0.6528
1. TV Card: None
1. TV Card Type: None
1. TV Card Driver: None
2. TV Card: None
2. TV Card Type: None
2. TV Card Driver: None
3. TV Card: None
3. TV Card Type: None
3. TV Card Driver: None
4. TV Card: None
4. TV Card Type: None
4. TV Card Driver: None
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV Decoder Filter
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA Decoder Filter
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow Video Decoder
Satelite/CableTV Provider: None
HTPC Case: Lian Li
Cooling: Only CPU - fan. Norm. load temp = 50 deg. C.
Power Supply: OCZ 500W
Remote: None
TV: Samsung 50" PS50Q97
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

As the title describes I get some green stripes across the screen, when watching movies (from Moving Pictures 0.65) or series (from MyTV-Series 2.0.3279). I have a fresh installation of MP 1, and the K-Lite Full Codec Pack.

In Moving Pictures:
Opening MP and watching a movie right away seems to work ok, but if I press ESC, go back and choose another video, then the greenish blur comes. On some movies I have to exit MP and restart it. This doesnt work on every files though. For instance, my copies of "Jerry Seinfeld: Im tellin`you for the last time" or "Titanic " always shows these green stripes

In MyTV-Series:
The same here. Opening MP fresh and choosing an episode goes fine, but if I go back and find myself another episode, then the green stuff comes. Again: this doesnt go for every episode. Some always comes with green stripes.

Anyone knows why this happens?

 

[magao]

Same issue on a laptop with X3100 graphics, same graphics driver (14.37.0.5009), XPSP3. The green artifacts are always there (TV, video, etc) with VMR9, and flicker in and out at some resolutions with EVR. However, running at 1024x768 or 800x600 with EVR it doesn't appear to happen.

I've also been using ffdshow-tryouts for all playback, so it's not a codec thing. I'm betting on a graphics driver problem. I've been intending to install one of the other drivers (e.g. 14.36.x) to see if it makes a difference - you might want to try the same thing.

[edit]OK, I just tried switching to the 14.36.5.5016 graphics drivers, and with VMR9 I'm no longer getting the problem. You can download from here (32-bit) and here (64-bit).[/edit]

 

[MrHaugland]

This seemed to do the trick alright. The link you posted was for the 64 bit OS, but found the 32bit for my OS.

 

[magao]

One other thing I've discovered is that in VMR9 mode (with 14.36.5.5016), if the video is larger than your resolution then it doesn't display the video and has lots of grey artifacts. Workarounds are EVR (again) or use ffdshow-tryouts to resize the video to screen resolution.