Screen Tearing in media players

zdevex · 05-18-2006, 10:24 PM

I have been having a problem with screen tearing in video on QuickTime and realplayer even with v-sync always on in my graphics card settings. It is more noticeable on certain videos. I have also noticed it on my iTunes visualizer.

Any help is much appreciated.

p.s. I don't know if this is the exactly right place to post this but I figure that you guys might no more than the average joe about video players.

**koala** · 05-19-2006, 05:17 AM

Is this in fullscreen or in the media player or on webpages?

What format are the videos? avi, mpg, mov, etc

Try updating your graphics drivers.

ebackhus · 05-19-2006, 05:34 PM

What type of monitor do you have and what's the refresh rate of it?

zdevex · 05-19-2006, 06:02 PM

It happens in all modes, web page, stand alone, full screen.

The files are MPEG-4 files or .mp4 files.

I have a sony lcd with a refresh rate of 75 hz.

ebackhus · 05-21-2006, 11:13 PM

I'm thinking it may be the refresh rate of the LCD panel. Some of the older ones will tear simply because the rate at which they redraw the pixels is slow. The best ones out there are now in the range of 2ms (2 milliseconds).

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zdevex Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Screen Tearing in media players I have been having a problem with screen tearing in video on QuickTime and realplayer even with v-sync always on in my graphics card settings. It is more noticeable on certain videos. I have also noticed it on my iTunes visualizer. Any help is much appreciated. p.s. I don't know if this is the exactly right place to post this but I figure that you guys might no more than the average joe about video players.

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ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,262 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	I'm thinking it may be the refresh rate of the LCD panel. Some of the older ones will tear simply because the rate at which they redraw the pixels is slow. The best ones out there are now in the range of 2ms (2 milliseconds). __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

05-19-2006, 06:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
zdevex Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 23 OS: XP	It happens in all modes, web page, stand alone, full screen. The files are MPEG-4 files or .mp4 files. I have a sony lcd with a refresh rate of 75 hz.