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<blockquote data-quote="LJG" data-source="post: 854520" data-attributes="member: 120269">My main monitor is a Sony 40EX503 LCD TV, this is connected via HDMI to my Yamaha RX-A810 amp, which in turn is connected via HDMI to my HTPC's ATI HD6450 graphics / sound card. My second monitor is a 7 inch Lilliput Screen connected via USB.&nbsp;I am running the TV at 1920 x 1080 @ 50hz and the Lilliput is 800 x 480 @ 60hz. I have the text and font size set to 150% in the OS (Windows 7 32 bit) which means that MediaPortal under 'Start Screen Selector' is showing them both as 1280 x 720 and 533 x 320 respectively.&nbsp;The problem I have is that I cannot achieve completely smooth playback when the Lilliput monitor is connected. If I check the renderer graph and statistics (shift + 1) during playback, the red line is jumping around all over the place when the Lilliput is connected, but is relatively smooth when it isn't. It looks like the dshowhelper is trying to synch to the Lilliput monitor rather than the TV and this is causing stutter?&nbsp;I have manually configured the auto refresh rate changer by using presets in the ATI CCC, and adding the links to them in the MediaPortal configuration. I have confirmed that these are working by running MediaPortal in windowed mode and checking that the the refresh rate is actually changing as it should (it is).&nbsp;I have attached the logs to this post. I am new to MediaPortal so if you need any more info, just let me know.&nbsp;I would really appreciate any help with this, as I have spent hours trying to fix and it is very frustrating, I use the 7 inch monitor with LCD Smartie and VirtualDLL to show MePo stats during each session and really want to keep it if I can.&nbsp;Many thanks&nbsp;lisa</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LJG, post: 854520, member: 120269"] My main monitor is a Sony 40EX503 LCD TV, this is connected via HDMI to my Yamaha RX-A810 amp, which in turn is connected via HDMI to my HTPC's ATI HD6450 graphics / sound card. My second monitor is a 7 inch Lilliput Screen connected via USB. I am running the TV at 1920 x 1080 @ 50hz and the Lilliput is 800 x 480 @ 60hz. I have the text and font size set to 150% in the OS (Windows 7 32 bit) which means that MediaPortal under 'Start Screen Selector' is showing them both as 1280 x 720 and 533 x 320 respectively. The problem I have is that I cannot achieve completely smooth playback when the Lilliput monitor is connected. If I check the renderer graph and statistics (shift + 1) during playback, the red line is jumping around all over the place when the Lilliput is connected, but is relatively smooth when it isn't. It looks like the dshowhelper is trying to synch to the Lilliput monitor rather than the TV and this is causing stutter? I have manually configured the auto refresh rate changer by using presets in the ATI CCC, and adding the links to them in the MediaPortal configuration. I have confirmed that these are working by running MediaPortal in windowed mode and checking that the the refresh rate is actually changing as it should (it is). I have attached the logs to this post. I am new to MediaPortal so if you need any more info, just let me know. I would really appreciate any help with this, as I have spent hours trying to fix and it is very frustrating, I use the 7 inch monitor with LCD Smartie and VirtualDLL to show MePo stats during each session and really want to keep it if I can. Many thanks lisa [/QUOTE]

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