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DVD overlay "sparkle" artifacting?

post #1 of 6
4/10/06 at 11:27pm
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This one’s got me stumped on my M6807.

I always keep my DVD software player with hardware acceleration turned on. Last week I noticed that now I have colored sparkle artifacts spread through out the screen during playback.

This occurs only on DVD overlay from ANY source but on no other screens such as games or such. I can only kill the sparkles by dropping back to turning hardware acceleration off. I have reinstalled video drivers and Direct 3D just in case.

So, possible software corruption or ATI 9600 problems?

Anyone? TIA!

Mike
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post #2 of 6
4/11/06 at 12:45am
Have you tried another DVD player, like VLC? Could be a MPEG decoder problem.
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post #3 of 6
4/11/06 at 5:11am
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Originally Posted by mag86
I always keep my DVD software player with hardware acceleration turned on.
Um, turn if off for better video quality. The software does a much better job of doing the decoding. Sounds like you need some new video drivers. ATI's website for the Catalyst 6.3 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...e&folderID=293 On the next page choose Notebooks with ATI Graphics.
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post #4 of 6
4/12/06 at 9:44pm
Hi
I just upgraded to the newest ATI video driver and now get a DirectX error message when I try to load Call of Duty. Any ideas?
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post #5 of 6
4/12/06 at 10:06pm
Sorry, should let you know I have an M6805. No problem running Call of Duty until I upgraded the ATI driver today.
Tried upgrading DirectX and still no good. Uninstall/Reinstall my game?
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post #6 of 6
4/13/06 at 5:44am
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Originally Posted by drum
Sorry, should let you know I have an M6805. No problem running Call of Duty until I upgraded the ATI driver today.
Tried upgrading DirectX and still no good. Uninstall/Reinstall my game?
Look at my latest post in "Latest Video Drivers" thread regarding 6.4

cheers ...
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