2010-01-02, 11:27
I am using Camelot Live (repack) on the original ASRock Ion 330. For the most part it works well, but I am looking for yet smoother video. My install notes/log is here.
My video is output to a Panasonic 50" V10 - a Full HD Plasma with 24p mode. My xorg.conf is the standard one with only two additions - the HWCursor False thing, and DisableTwinView. Shown in full below. Sound is output via hdmi to my Denon 2309 receiver.
I have a few questions/issues - all of which can be summed up as to how do I get the best & smoothest video for movie content and downloaded 720p TV content, with anything else being much less important.
My current settings are to output at 24p, with 'match refresh rate to source' ticked but not the new smooth video options (see below). This means most of my content plays at 24p and the odd older thing at 60hz, presumably as this is twice the encoded speed of 30fps.
When outputting at 24hz, the video is quite smooth, but not perfectly so - I notice very slight speed surges every two or three seconds maybe, noticeable in panning scenes in particular. Had this with 9.0.4 as well but really hoped to use the new smooth video options to fix it. It's not awful, but it is disconcerting - say if you see an aerial shot of a city scene, the cars just don't move smoothly, they appear to subtly speed up and slow down. The 60hz stuff (SD TV material) is very smooth.
1) None of the new smooth video options work - No matter which sync method I chose, the audio and video are significantly out if this is turned on. Is this broken with ION in general, or just mine?
2) After a reboot, I normally find the 24hz setting has been reset to 50hz and I have to change it back again. Shouldn't this stick?
3) Is 24p actually the right thing to choose for a) movies, and b) 720p TV?
4) I have tried to disable composite as seems to be recommended in some friends - if I do this like so:
...then XBMCLive boots to a login screen, not into XBMC. I have also tried it as an option under the "Screen" section, but this doesn't seem to have any effect of note.
5) I have also tried another option I have seen recommended:
under "Screen", but using this, which seems like it might be making things smoother, loses sound - or at least, it appears to invert channels or something. I can hear vocals, but they are like whispers, ambient sounds are there (but not in sync). So that doesn't seem usable.
How do other ASRock owners find this? Am I looking for too much perhaps? I saw Transformers 2 on a 200Hz LCD the other day and while it was very very smooth, it looked in no way cinematic, like it had been shot with a handycam. What I am looking for is 24p, film like, but smooth. Is this possible?
My video is output to a Panasonic 50" V10 - a Full HD Plasma with 24p mode. My xorg.conf is the standard one with only two additions - the HWCursor False thing, and DisableTwinView. Shown in full below. Sound is output via hdmi to my Denon 2309 receiver.
I have a few questions/issues - all of which can be summed up as to how do I get the best & smoothest video for movie content and downloaded 720p TV content, with anything else being much less important.
My current settings are to output at 24p, with 'match refresh rate to source' ticked but not the new smooth video options (see below). This means most of my content plays at 24p and the odd older thing at 60hz, presumably as this is twice the encoded speed of 30fps.
When outputting at 24hz, the video is quite smooth, but not perfectly so - I notice very slight speed surges every two or three seconds maybe, noticeable in panning scenes in particular. Had this with 9.0.4 as well but really hoped to use the new smooth video options to fix it. It's not awful, but it is disconcerting - say if you see an aerial shot of a city scene, the cars just don't move smoothly, they appear to subtly speed up and slow down. The 60hz stuff (SD TV material) is very smooth.
1) None of the new smooth video options work - No matter which sync method I chose, the audio and video are significantly out if this is turned on. Is this broken with ION in general, or just mine?
2) After a reboot, I normally find the 24hz setting has been reset to 50hz and I have to change it back again. Shouldn't this stick?
3) Is 24p actually the right thing to choose for a) movies, and b) 720p TV?
4) I have tried to disable composite as seems to be recommended in some friends - if I do this like so:
Code:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection...then XBMCLive boots to a login screen, not into XBMC. I have also tried it as an option under the "Screen" section, but this doesn't seem to have any effect of note.
5) I have also tried another option I have seen recommended:
Code:
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"How do other ASRock owners find this? Am I looking for too much perhaps? I saw Transformers 2 on a 200Hz LCD the other day and while it was very very smooth, it looked in no way cinematic, like it had been shot with a handycam. What I am looking for is 24p, film like, but smooth. Is this possible?
As soon as I turn of the sync playback to display, it plays at 24 fps according to the message. And while it stays at 24, it still isn't perfectly smooth (although again I should stress it's fine, it's not a serious judder or anything, just a slight unsmoothness that I don't think should be there, a slight jerkiness as described above).