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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby Deefje » 30 Aug 2009 23:09

Does the same for me indeed, but shouldn't be that straining right? :P Only button I use untill a clip is finished is space anyhow. But, yeah it's normal, why, I dunno, but happens to me too.

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby DigDeep » 30 Aug 2009 23:15

aha cool
Ty again!

will try every setting and report if anything helps, but anyway thats 10000x times better then grain picture.

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby Harry2o » 11 Sep 2009 22:26

Yup (also registered to post in this thread),

I am facing the same problem under Windows 7 64bit with VLC 1.0.x when using default settings. I am running a Nvidia 8800GT with driver v190.62.

Switching the output mode to OpenGL (and deinterlace to Bob) makes videos with small resolution watchable in fullscreen.
720p weren't that terrible with defaults, but they're better with the above settings.

Interestingly, when I use VLC 0.8.1, I don't need to set anything. Using default settings gives me just a fine picture in fullscreen mode. Does that imply, it's not a driver but a VLC issue after all?
Whose job is it, to make fullscreen watchable _without_ having to change default video settings? VLC's or nvidia's?

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby avery » 27 Oct 2009 03:53

I too just registered to post this!


I just updated to Windows 7 64-bit. In VLC, I get grainy grainy output! I tried the OpenGL trick... it works, sort of, but video is still fuzzy at high resolution!

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby VLC_help » 27 Oct 2009 15:40

avery: You tried 1.0.3-RC?

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby arunkumargfx » 28 Oct 2009 09:51

Sir I installe dwindows seven orginal OEM Version The video quality is not so good it is pixellete.But in the same system video is exellent in xp and vista.tell me the sollution

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 28 Oct 2009 11:11

USe VLC 1.0.3 RC
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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby scire » 29 Oct 2009 14:27

I'm using W7 x64 and I'm having the same problem. I installed my new system with a 5870 (my first ATI card) and the playback on DVD's in VLC was horrible, grainy, pix-elated, and un-anti-aliased. I switched back to Nvidia and installed a GTX275 and downloaded the latest drivers from Nvidia (191.07) but I'm still getting the same problem! All the text on DVD title menu's looks horrible like there has been no anti-alias set, but I have AA and AF turned up to the max (I've been playing with it for 40 mins straight now). Also I'm using VLC 1.0.2. Any insight would be appreciated! (I've tryed the switching to OpenGl and no cigar).

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby scire » 29 Oct 2009 14:34

Also I should mention the screen tearing going on, especially in fullscreen when the mouse is visible.

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 29 Oct 2009 18:46

Did you Even READ that thread?
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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby scire » 29 Oct 2009 21:20

Did you Even READ that thread?
Yes, and I was waiting for 1.0.3RC to download when I posted that. I still have plenty of screen tearing, and I still don't feel like I'm seeing DVD quality that I should be seeing with 1.0.3RC.

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby Excalibur » 01 Nov 2009 22:10

@scire

Do you have nVidia GPU?

If you have, go for this:

Open nVidia Control Panel. Under "manage 3D settings", click on program settings. Click Add, goto Program Files(or whatever it is called on Win 7)/VideoLAN/VLC/ and pick VLC.exe
There should be vlc.exe under select program to customize under nV CP. Scroll down and set Vertical Sync to Force ON.

Then under VLC player settings, under Tools/Preferences/Video select output module to DirecX 3D video output.

You will have no more screen tearing.

That applies to all Players, and only on nV GPU.

Only if I could figure out how to do that with embeded flash on Youtube....... :D

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby VLC_help » 02 Nov 2009 14:02

Only if I could figure out how to do that with embeded flash on Youtube.......
Plugins are ran under browsers .exe, so same thing applies to firefox.exe etc.

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby AndreBal » 06 Nov 2009 01:38

I have just installed the 1.0.3 version, this solves the problem entirely, no settings required. Thank you devs!

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby Excalibur » 06 Nov 2009 13:36

Thnx VLC_help, will try that :D

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Re: Grain in Windows 7

Postby borals » 12 Nov 2009 07:16

Hi Guys,

I was looking to fix this problem for ages, as I had grain in KMPlayer.

All I had to do was use win7 codecs instead of KMPlayers.

So go Preferences---->external video decoders-------> set all to "system default".

So glad I finally fixed this, I was sick of having grainy --please stay polite-- :D


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