Couple of issues with PowerDVD 6

[dmuk]

Firstly, I get some tearing in the picture, like when the top half draws itself faster than the bottom, this doesnt even have to be the entire width of the screen, just a section, for example in and around the feet of lucy liu in that famous scene from kill bill DVD.

Also, for some reason now the sound has decided to go out of synch from the video, sometimes the video has to catch up (or maybe it's vice versa).
Only changes i can think i made are changin the audio output to spdif, but then there has been a time of cool runnings before this synching problem.

Thanks for any help.

Some specs

Amd athlon 2800xp
1.25gb ddr
radeon 9800pro 128mb
300gb hdd
win xp sp1

[Soopafresh]

Try Playing the DVD With MediaPlayerClassic. That will tell you if it is the player or your DVD player hardware.

[waheed]

Firstly, I get some tearing in the picture, like when the top half draws itself faster than the bottom, this doesnt even have to be the entire width of the screen, just a section, for example in and around the feet of lucy liu in that famous scene from kill bill DVD.

Also, for some reason now the sound has decided to go out of synch from the video, sometimes the video has to catch up (or maybe it's vice versa).
Only changes i can think i made are changin the audio output to spdif, but then there has been a time of cool runnings before this synching problem.

Thanks for any help.

Some specs

Amd athlon 2800xp
1.25gb ddr
radeon 9800pro 128mb
300gb hdd
win xp sp1

Does the audio out of sync occur when you are using spdif output, if yes, then its the problem with your sound card. i have a audigy 2 platinum and have exactly the same problem with powerdvd 6 (the audio being out of sync).

however, i have no picture problems. try updating your graphics card drivers, and also uninstall and reinstall powerdvd to see if the problem still persists.

you can even visit the cyberlink website and obtain lastest patches for powerdvd to see if that solves the problem.

[dmuk]

Try Playing the DVD With MediaPlayerClassic. That will tell you if it is the player or your DVD player hardware.

Yeah, it run's fine with VLC player, should have mentioned that

@waheed, Have you managed to fix the problem then? I have an audigy 2 ZS soundcard, and the TD7700 speakers with the DDTS-100 decoder connected through the digital out of the soundcard. Cheers. I'll have a tinker with Drivers and stuff.

[dmuk]

Okay, I think I've found a solution, basically I had to change the audioHQ back to SPDIF (In control panel).

I already had it set to SPDIF (the external decoder, creative DDTS-100), but for some reason it changed back.

[mattyboy]

any diff. between Powerdvd 4 (XP) and 6?