Horizontal lines in newest version of VLC

[trg]

Just got a new desktop with win 7 64bit. Previous laptop was vista 64 bit. Streaming to my 720p TV via hdmi on the laptop worked great, now with the new desktop im getting vertical lines. They come and go and sometimes scroll. I managed to snap a pic of it happening. Any clue on what could be the problem/solution?

http://tinypic.com/r/4tvj94/6

[paulEdangerous]

This exact same thing is happening to me. I'm using Windows XP streaming to my 720P via component cable. It seems to happen when there are certain types of movement such as panning or quick action and it seems to be worse when it is a brighter scene, such as a bright sky.

[VLC_help]

Does it help if you change video output module?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.0 ... _output.3F

[paulEdangerous]

Yes it did, I changed it to OpenGL output and it worked like a charm. Thank you very much!

[trg]

I tried different out puts aswell but had no success. Im running a nvidia gt 220 1 gig vid card if that matters. I updated drivers and still get it.

[paulEdangerous]

Turns out I was a little quick to assume it was fixed. While changing around the output module vastly improved the picture it still happens from time to time. Again, mostly when there are brighter colors and fast sequences.

Any other suggestions?

[VLC_help]

Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2) will complain something when these lines appear?

[paulEdangerous]

Here is some of the messages output while some of the lines appeared....

main debug: control type=1
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (56845467), clearing out
main warning: output PTS is out of range (56873466), clearing out
main debug: audio output is starving (390284), playing silence
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (-40263)
main warning: buffer is 40930 in advance, triggering downsampling
vout_directx debug: entering fullscreen mode
qt4 debug: Qt4: Fullscreen state changed
qt4 debug: Qt: Entering Fullscreen
main warning: resampling stopped after 6367000 usec (drift: 1014)
main warning: late picture skipped (193466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (151466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (109466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (67466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (26466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (198466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (156466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (114466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (73466 > -1997)
main warning: late picture skipped (31466 > -1997)
vout_directx debug: leaving fullscreen mode
qt4 debug: Qt4: Fullscreen state changed
qt4 debug: Qt: Entering Fullscreen
vout_directx debug: entering fullscreen mode

[VLC_help]

Does it help if you disable Full screen controller?

[paulEdangerous]

It's a little better but there are still distortions on the screen when the action is faster and and the camera is panning. It's more of a ripple across the screen now.

[AlteredState]

Was anyone successful in finding a solution to this issue? I have used two different OS' (Windows XP,7 & Ubuntu Lucid) and two different video cards (ATI Radeon HD3870 & NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250) and I still notice this problem when the camera pans left, right, up and down. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Was anyone successful in finding a solution to this issue? I have used two different OS' (Windows XP,7 & Ubuntu Lucid) and two different video cards (ATI Radeon HD3870 & NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250) and I still notice this problem when the camera pans left, right, up and down. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have only 1 line?

[AlteredState]

Sorry I was out of town for a few days. Yes, it is just one line usually through (or close to) the center.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Driver issue.

[AlteredState]

Driver issue.

I think you might be right, this issue seemed to have disappeared after my last Nvidia driver update. Just today I updated to the current Nvidia Linux 64-bit Driver 260.19.29 (using the command: nvidia-installer --update) and now the problem has returned. The horizontal line only appears on fast moving objects such as a train zooming by, camera panning or big action scenes in the video. I guess I should wait on the next Nvidia driver update?

[VLC_help]

Or use different video output module.