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<blockquote data-quote="globaldonkey" data-source="post: 572036" data-attributes="member: 49844"><p><strong>Re: SAF v4.00beta (StandAlone Filters) - DXVA ready (MPEG2, H.264 and VC-1).</strong></p><p></p><p>OK Hoborg, once again I must pay homage to your codec and video genius. Your intuition was correct and it was bad video drivers. </p><p></p><p>The trick, however, was in getting rid of every last trace of the old Catalyst drivers. So I followed every last step in this tweakguide on old Catalyst removal, substituting DriverCleaner.NET for RegSupreme / RegCleaner, and using DriverCleaner to get rid of anything that started with ATI.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_3.html" target="_blank">TweakGuides.com - ATI Catalyst Tweak Guide</a></p><p></p><p>Success! I now have DXVA with deinterlacing on MPEG 2. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> One happy donkey over here. The upshot is yes, you really do need to invest in something like DriverCleaner to get rid of old Catalyst installs. Best $10 I ever spent.</p><p></p><p>Just one minor problem, and I'm not sure if it is a problem or you did it intentionally. On a completely fresh install, SAF did not add PDVD9 as an external filter to MPC-HC. I thought at one time your package did do this, but for beta 22 and 23, I had to add it manually. ffdshow was there, but not PDVD. And I did notice you turned off all the internal filters so you can get a good test comparable to the MP environment.</p><p></p><p>And a couple of questions. I notice in Beta 23 Test 5, you've added DXVA Checker. Nice work. I was also using this to try and confirm everything was ok on the DXVA front. I've attached screenshots below. Why can't I see anything on DXVA-HD tab, and why does tracing not work at all? I've turned all the options on in tracing, but never get any output when I start playing using DXVA. This behaviour remains after the clean re-install.</p><p></p><p>Just looking at DXVA checker, it looks to me like VA will only work in the NV12 colorspace, so I'm thinking that my problem was actually related to colorspace. Remember all the weird colourisation I mentioned about with VMR-9 Mixer Mode in MPC-HC? Also gone after the clean re-install.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> again, and hope this info is useful to others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="globaldonkey, post: 572036, member: 49844"] [b]Re: SAF v4.00beta (StandAlone Filters) - DXVA ready (MPEG2, H.264 and VC-1).[/b] OK Hoborg, once again I must pay homage to your codec and video genius. Your intuition was correct and it was bad video drivers. The trick, however, was in getting rid of every last trace of the old Catalyst drivers. So I followed every last step in this tweakguide on old Catalyst removal, substituting DriverCleaner.NET for RegSupreme / RegCleaner, and using DriverCleaner to get rid of anything that started with ATI. [url=http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_3.html]TweakGuides.com - ATI Catalyst Tweak Guide[/url] Success! I now have DXVA with deinterlacing on MPEG 2. :D One happy donkey over here. The upshot is yes, you really do need to invest in something like DriverCleaner to get rid of old Catalyst installs. Best $10 I ever spent. Just one minor problem, and I'm not sure if it is a problem or you did it intentionally. On a completely fresh install, SAF did not add PDVD9 as an external filter to MPC-HC. I thought at one time your package did do this, but for beta 22 and 23, I had to add it manually. ffdshow was there, but not PDVD. And I did notice you turned off all the internal filters so you can get a good test comparable to the MP environment. And a couple of questions. I notice in Beta 23 Test 5, you've added DXVA Checker. Nice work. I was also using this to try and confirm everything was ok on the DXVA front. I've attached screenshots below. Why can't I see anything on DXVA-HD tab, and why does tracing not work at all? I've turned all the options on in tracing, but never get any output when I start playing using DXVA. This behaviour remains after the clean re-install. Just looking at DXVA checker, it looks to me like VA will only work in the NV12 colorspace, so I'm thinking that my problem was actually related to colorspace. Remember all the weird colourisation I mentioned about with VMR-9 Mixer Mode in MPC-HC? Also gone after the clean re-install. :thx: again, and hope this info is useful to others. [/QUOTE]
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