OT: V5 5500 Video Playback Problem

Hi all, Sorry for the OT, I have been trying to sort this problem out for some time now but am not having any luck at any of the ng's I was hoping to find the solution from so came back to good ol' RAS to see if anyone here has any idea how to solve it. Basically I have a V5 5500 which I have always been pretty happy with for running all my sims, etc. However, I have always had the occasional problem when trying to view a video file (avi, mpg, rm, etc) whereby it plays back with green vertical lines over it. This problem has gotten even worse since I upgraded my system to a 1.2ghz CPU on a VIA KT133 mb. I can get around it most times by quickly changing the colour bit setting using the 3DFX tools resolution option as this seems to clear the stripes, even if after making the change I opt not to keep the setting. However, it is getting really frustrating and I feel there must be a solution somewhere. Hope someone here can throw some light on it for me. TIA PH

Peter Hooper wrote:

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> > Hi all, > > Sorry for the OT, I have been trying to sort this problem out for some > time now but am not having any luck at any of the ng's I was hoping to > find the solution from so came back to good ol' RAS to see if anyone > here has any idea how to solve it. > > Basically I have a V5 5500 which I have always been pretty happy with > for running all my sims, etc. However, I have always had the > occasional problem when trying to view a video file (avi, mpg, rm, > etc) whereby it plays back with green vertical lines over it. This > problem has gotten even worse since I upgraded my system to a 1.2ghz > CPU on a VIA KT133 mb. > > I can get around it most times by quickly changing the colour bit > setting using the 3DFX tools resolution option as this seems to clear > the stripes, even if after making the change I opt not to keep the > setting. However, it is getting really frustrating and I feel there > must be a solution somewhere. > > Hope someone here can throw some light on it for me.

Sorry mate, can't offer any suggestions really, other than to say that I don't have any such problems running V5 cards on three different systems 1. AMD 1333 ASUS A7V133 MoBo Win2000 PRO DirectX8 SP2 Last "release" drivers from 3Dfx 2. AMD 1333, oc'ed (gaming rig :-) ASUS A7M266 Win98SE DirectX8 Last "release" drivers from 3Dfx 3. P3-866 ASUS CUBX (running at 133 FSB) Win2000 PRO DirectX8 SP2 Last "release" drivers from 3Dfx All three systems run without any special tweaks or anything, except for the gaming rig which may have the card OC'ed if I want to play a gfx intensive game or something, but generally they run with "out of the box" settings for most of the time and I have never witnessed anything like this, and I got my first V5 not too long after became available over here, so the one in my gaming rig has been carried over on a few upgrades now If you need me to look up anything in particular on either of them to help you get it sorted, let me know Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:00:05 +0200, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Peter Hooper wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Sorry for the OT, I have been trying to sort this problem out for some >> time now but am not having any luck at any of the ng's I was hoping to >> find the solution from so came back to good ol' RAS to see if anyone >> here has any idea how to solve it. >> >> Basically I have a V5 5500 which I have always been pretty happy with >> for running all my sims, etc. However, I have always had the >> occasional problem when trying to view a video file (avi, mpg, rm, >> etc) whereby it plays back with green vertical lines over it. This >> problem has gotten even worse since I upgraded my system to a 1.2ghz >> CPU on a VIA KT133 mb. >> >> I can get around it most times by quickly changing the colour bit >> setting using the 3DFX tools resolution option as this seems to clear >> the stripes, even if after making the change I opt not to keep the >> setting. However, it is getting really frustrating and I feel there >> must be a solution somewhere. >> >> Hope someone here can throw some light on it for me. > >Sorry mate, can't offer any suggestions really, other than to say that I >don't have any such problems running V5 cards on three different systems > >1. >AMD 1333 >ASUS A7V133 MoBo >Win2000 PRO >DirectX8 >SP2 >Last "release" drivers from 3Dfx > >2. >AMD 1333, oc'ed (gaming rig :-) >ASUS A7M266 >Win98SE >DirectX8 >Last "release" drivers from 3Dfx > >3. >P3-866 >ASUS CUBX (running at 133 FSB) >Win2000 PRO >DirectX8 >SP2 >Last "release" drivers from 3Dfx > >All three systems run without any special tweaks or anything, except for >the gaming rig which may have the card OC'ed if I want to play a gfx >intensive game or something, but generally they run with "out of the >box" settings for most of the time and I have never witnessed anything >like this, and I got my first V5 not too long after became available >over here, so the one in my gaming rig has been carried over on a few >upgrades now > >If you need me to look up anything in particular on either of them to >help you get it sorted, let me know > > >Beers and cheers >(uncle) Goy > >http://www.theuspits.com >http://www.teammirage.com > >"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" >--Groucho Marx--

Thanks Goy, Maybe if you could let me the settings your card is running under the 3DFX Advanced Features, Anti-Aliasing options,etc. Thx PH

Peter Hooper wrote: > > Thanks Goy, > > Maybe if you could let me the settings your card is running under the > 3DFX Advanced Features, Anti-Aliasing options,etc. Oki......this on my AMD/Win2k machine 3D 3D Filter Quality - Auto Alpha Blending - Auto AA - 2x Level of Detail - 0 Maximum Buffered Frames - Default Mip Map Dithering - Disable Z-Buffer - Enable OGL 3D Filter Quality - Auto AA Demo Key - Disable Alpha Blending - Auto Depth Precision 16bit - Faster Depth Precision 32bit - Faster AA - Fastest Performance Glide Splash Screen - Enable Level of Detail - 0 Maximum Buffered Frames - 1 Pending Buffer Mip Map Dithering - Disable Rendering Depth - Software Controlled Triple Buffering - Disable Vsync - Disable These are all "factory default" settings of course, desktop is set to 1280x1024x32 @85hz This PC doesn't see much gaming use, on my gaming PC I go by the settings I found on www.voodoosource.net, but when I went there to find the link they have shut down the site of course, and I haven't saved those for myself even, and with the reformat I did on my gaming PC, those settings are now gone.....rats, so if anyone know where I can find those settings now, a link would be much appreciated Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Peter, I dont know if this would be relevant or not or if anyone else had this problem, but Using Windows media player (sorry this was a while back) and my voodoo2 (monster12 meg) I would get 'xactly what you are talking about on my machine, I still have that machine, but it isnt setup right now, and I always assumed it was the hercules Thrilller arguing with my voodoo2 card somehow... now I wonder if it is something to do with direct x or active x or something? I now have a Hercules gforce-mx, but I managed to just get a voodoo5 card (hoping for better GPL again!) let me know if you figure this out... thanks not any help I guess, just a FYI... "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi all, > snip

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> Basically I have a V5 5500 which I have always been pretty happy with > for running all my sims, etc. However, I have always had the > occasional problem when trying to view a video file (avi, mpg, rm, > etc) whereby it plays back with green vertical lines over it. This > problem has gotten even worse since I upgraded my system to a 1.2ghz > CPU on a VIA KT133 mb. >

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Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> Peter Hooper wrote: > > > > Thanks Goy, > > > > Maybe if you could let me the settings your card is running under the > > 3DFX Advanced Features, Anti-Aliasing options,etc. > > Oki......this on my AMD/Win2k machine > > 3D > > 3D Filter Quality - Auto > Alpha Blending - Auto > AA - 2x > Level of Detail - 0 > Maximum Buffered Frames - Default > Mip Map Dithering - Disable > Z-Buffer - Enable > > OGL > > 3D Filter Quality - Auto > AA Demo Key - Disable > Alpha Blending - Auto > Depth Precision 16bit - Faster > Depth Precision 32bit - Faster > AA - Fastest Performance > Glide Splash Screen - Enable > Level of Detail - 0 > Maximum Buffered Frames - 1 Pending Buffer > Mip Map Dithering - Disable > Rendering Depth - Software Controlled > Triple Buffering - Disable > Vsync - Disable > > These are all "factory default" settings of course, desktop is set to > 1280x1024x32 @85hz > > This PC doesn't see much gaming use, on my gaming PC I go by the > settings I found on www.voodoosource.net, but when I went there to find > the link they have shut down the site of course, and I haven't saved > those for myself even, and with the reformat I did on my gaming PC, > those settings are now gone.....rats, so if anyone know where I can find > those settings now, a link would be much appreciated > > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Many thanks Goy, I'l check these out when I get home from work. I think I may have some stuff that I saved from voodoosource.net so if I find them later on I'll let you know. Regards PH

OK Sting, If I mange to find a solution I'll pass the info onto you. Peter On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:51:48 GMT, "Sting32" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Peter, > > I dont know if this would be relevant or not or if anyone else had this >problem, but Using Windows media player (sorry this was a while back) and my >voodoo2 (monster12 meg) I would get 'xactly what you are talking about on my >machine, > >I still have that machine, but it isnt setup right now, and I always assumed >it was the hercules Thrilller arguing with my voodoo2 card somehow... now I >wonder if it is something to do with direct x or active x or something? > >I now have a Hercules gforce-mx, but I managed to just get a voodoo5 card >(hoping for better GPL again!) >let me know if you figure this out... thanks > >not any help I guess, just a FYI... > >"Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Hi all, >> > snip >> Basically I have a V5 5500 which I have always been pretty happy with >> for running all my sims, etc. However, I have always had the >> occasional problem when trying to view a video file (avi, mpg, rm, >> etc) whereby it plays back with green vertical lines over it. This >> problem has gotten even worse since I upgraded my system to a 1.2ghz >> CPU on a VIA KT133 mb. >> >snip >

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>This PC doesn't see much gaming use, on my gaming PC I go by the >settings I found on www.voodoosource.net, but when I went there to find >the link they have shut down the site of course, and I haven't saved >those for myself even, and with the reformat I did on my gaming PC, >those settings are now gone.....rats, so if anyone know where I can find >those settings now, a link would be much appreciated >

I checked my HD but can only find the V5 FAQ stuff from voodoosource, however, I am pretty sure that I have a printed copy of the tweaks, etc. that they had on that site up in my loft somewhere... if you want I can dig it out over the weekend and scan it for you. Anyway let me know... I'm going to check out the settings you posted now to see if I can get this problem sorted out once and for all. Cheers Peter

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:46:51 +0200, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote: Well, I have checked these settings against my own and most were the same anyway but even after changing those that were different I still have the same problem. I am beginning to wonder if maybe there is something wrong with the card itself now... One thing I have also noticed today is that in the config.ini file of F1 2001 one of the settings under COMPONENTS is VIDEORAM=25 I thought the V5 5500 had 64mb of video RAM so why is it only being reported as 25?? Does this indicate a problem or am I not understanding it correctly. Anybody else with a V5 5500 and F1 2001 I would be grateful if you would check this for me so I can see whether there is a problem here. Also if you could let me know what results you get after running the f1config.exe file I would be very grateful. TIA Peter

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> >Peter Hooper wrote: >> >> Thanks Goy, >> >> Maybe if you could let me the settings your card is running under the >> 3DFX Advanced Features, Anti-Aliasing options,etc. > >Oki......this on my AMD/Win2k machine > >3D > >3D Filter Quality - Auto >Alpha Blending - Auto >AA - 2x >Level of Detail - 0 >Maximum Buffered Frames - Default >Mip Map Dithering - Disable >Z-Buffer - Enable > >OGL > >3D Filter Quality - Auto >AA Demo Key - Disable >Alpha Blending - Auto >Depth Precision 16bit - Faster >Depth Precision 32bit - Faster >AA - Fastest Performance >Glide Splash Screen - Enable >Level of Detail - 0 >Maximum Buffered Frames - 1 Pending Buffer >Mip Map Dithering - Disable >Rendering Depth - Software Controlled >Triple Buffering - Disable >Vsync - Disable > >These are all "factory default" settings of course, desktop is set to >1280x1024x32 @85hz > >This PC doesn't see much gaming use, on my gaming PC I go by the >settings I found on www.voodoosource.net, but when I went there to find >the link they have shut down the site of course, and I haven't saved >those for myself even, and with the reformat I did on my gaming PC, >those settings are now gone.....rats, so if anyone know where I can find >those settings now, a link would be much appreciated

It has two banks of 32 that equal 64.(one for each chip) It may be hair-splitting but most programs don't see the 64 as one big chunk. dave henrie "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:46:51 +0200, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Well, I have checked these settings against my own and most were the > same anyway but even after changing those that were different I still > have the same problem. > > I am beginning to wonder if maybe there is something wrong with the > card itself now... > > One thing I have also noticed today is that in the config.ini file of > F1 2001 one of the settings under COMPONENTS is VIDEORAM=25 > > I thought the V5 5500 had 64mb of video RAM so why is it only being > reported as 25?? Does this indicate a problem or am I not > understanding it correctly. > > Anybody else with a V5 5500 and F1 2001 I would be grateful if you > would check this for me so I can see whether there is a problem here. > > Also if you could let me know what results you get after running the > f1config.exe file I would be very grateful. > > TIA > > Peter > > > > >Peter Hooper wrote: > >> > >> Thanks Goy, > >> > >> Maybe if you could let me the settings your card is running under the > >> 3DFX Advanced Features, Anti-Aliasing options,etc. > > > >Oki......this on my AMD/Win2k machine > > > >3D > > > >3D Filter Quality - Auto > >Alpha Blending - Auto > >AA - 2x > >Level of Detail - 0 > >Maximum Buffered Frames - Default > >Mip Map Dithering - Disable > >Z-Buffer - Enable > > > >OGL > > > >3D Filter Quality - Auto > >AA Demo Key - Disable > >Alpha Blending - Auto > >Depth Precision 16bit - Faster > >Depth Precision 32bit - Faster > >AA - Fastest Performance > >Glide Splash Screen - Enable > >Level of Detail - 0 > >Maximum Buffered Frames - 1 Pending Buffer > >Mip Map Dithering - Disable > >Rendering Depth - Software Controlled > >Triple Buffering - Disable > >Vsync - Disable > > > >These are all "factory default" settings of course, desktop is set to > >1280x1024x32 @85hz > > > >This PC doesn't see much gaming use, on my gaming PC I go by the > >settings I found on www.voodoosource.net, but when I went there to find > >the link they have shut down the site of course, and I haven't saved > >those for myself even, and with the reformat I did on my gaming PC, > >those settings are now gone.....rats, so if anyone know where I can find > >those settings now, a link would be much appreciated >