$425 for used HD300's. crazy

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

I have a i7, 16gb, gtx 580 video card and my HD300 is way more stable and play everything bit perfect. It wont browse covers as fast my client pc but i wont have to pick up the mouse to make a change on windows to be able to watch anything, like changing resolution to 24p and the aspect ratio adjustment on the HD300 is always a perfect fit

I've got a button on my remote that switches between 24p and 60p through girder.. I don't even own a keyboard and mouse for my living room client.

[gabrielcab]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I've got a button on my remote that switches between 24p and 60p through girder.. I don't even own a keyboard and mouse for my living room client.

Any guide of how to do this?

[Fuzzy]

Not much of a guide. Girder can be configured to do pretty much anything you want from pretty much any type of input. I have a remote button mapped to toggle between 24 and 60 hz, and use 12noon's display changer to change it. In reality, I don't use it very often, as I also have it switch to 24hz when launching TMT5, then back to 60 when exiting.

[gabrielcab]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Not much of a guide. Girder can be configured to do pretty much anything you want from pretty much any type of input. I have a remote button mapped to toggle between 24 and 60 hz, and use 12noon's display changer to change it. In reality, I don't use it very often, as I also have it switch to 24hz when launching TMT5, then back to 60 when exiting.

Thanks as always Fuzzy, i will take a look into that site you posted looks interesting. I have the latest TMT5 but it wont change the resolution.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

Thanks as always Fuzzy, i will take a look into that site you posted looks interesting. I have the latest TMT5 but it wont change the resolution.

Actually the latest tmt5 automatically changes between 24fps and 60fps based on the source. Works well on my htpc, but that is using the tmt player.

[Fuzzy]

Yeah, that is a very recent adition. Mine is still set to proactively set it to 24 when TMT5 is running (this is done by my watchexternally.bat file), then back to 60 when going back.

[mitchedo]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Actually the latest tmt5 automatically changes between 24fps and 60fps based on the source. Works well on my htpc, but that is using the tmt player.

Any idea how to get the stuttering to stop? I had to disable the 24p switch in TMT5. I was getting a serious stutter every 41.6 seconds on the button (or as close as my fingers could come to hitting the button on time).

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by mitchedo

Any idea how to get the stuttering to stop? I had to disable the 24p switch in TMT5. I was getting a serious stutter every 41.6 seconds on the button (or as close as my fingers could come to hitting the button on time).

Can't help you there sounds video card/driver issue. I am using integrated sandybridge graphics without any 24fps issues on current tmt5 and intel fw/drivers.

[mitchedo]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Can't help you there sounds video card/driver issue. I am using integrated sandybridge graphics without any 24fps issues on current tmt5 and intel fw/drivers.

It's my limited understanding that this is due to the difference between 24 Hz and 23.976. Every 40 seconds or so, there's a burp of audio and video as the framerate re-syncs.

It's odd that yours works and mine does not. There is an article written in January at Anandtech that says ATI 5000 series cards (which I have) support 23.976 and there is a hardware bug in the Intel GPU's that does not allow it. Perhaps it was fixed in Sandy Bridge. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/t...-2100-tested/7

Perhaps I can fix it by manually selecting the refresh rate. ...or perhaps your TV handles it and mine does not.

[Fuzzy]

That is where ReClock comes into play. It will lock playback to the video refresh clock, so you don't have the catch-up blip. Obviously, it's more ideal if you can run your video at 23.976, but ReClock makes the 24Hz output imperceptible.

[palehorse]

Which auction site was it?

[mitchedo]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

That is where ReClock comes into play. It will lock playback to the video refresh clock, so you don't have the catch-up blip. Obviously, it's more ideal if you can run your video at 23.976, but ReClock makes the 24Hz output imperceptible.

I did download and install ReClock, and ran a quick test. I must've not gotten it configured correctly because it didn't help.

I uninstalled it. My SageTV server serves up one TV set (a financial decision at the time). It was a long (several months) and difficult process to get the playback of recorded TV and BD rips playing perfectly within SageTV on the server. I'm loathe to change anything until such time as I get the gumption to make the switch to WMC and reinstall the OS in the server. I even disabled Java updates. ...thinking about disabling Windoze updates as well.

I looked in Catalyst Control Center, and the 23Hz option is there, but whenever I select it, it reverts to the 24Hz setting. I wonder if my TV is telling the driver it can't do 23.976. At any rate, BD rips play fine in TMT at 60Hz.

I'd really rather just buy another HD300 (or two), but alas, I cannot. Those HD300's are AMAZING little boxes!