Video Problems.

Nesagwa

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Im just going to copy and paste what I asked at AVS.

Ive been trying to configure Dscaler and my WinTV 150 to get a clearer picture for a while without a whole lot of luck.

Reading another forum I came across some better drivers for the card from shspvr, as well as the hauppage tweeker.

The ghosting problems I had before were fixed when turned the Spacial and Blur settings completely to zero.

Im not really sure where to go from here. Right now when I plug my PS2 in (with an S-Video cable) anything that moves has lines going through them. This sort of happens on DVDs when I play them in Nero Showtime too, so Im not sure what exactly the problem is.

In my PC I have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro going through DVI to a Polyview V293, the Haupage 150 capture card, Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8ghz), motherboard is an Asus K8V SE Deluxe.

I have the K-Lite codec pack installed too if that makes much difference. Not really sure how to configure any of it though.

Any help on this would be appreciated alot.

Anyone know how I can fix this?
 

thirdkind

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What do you mean by lines? Combing?

Combing is a deinterlacing artifact caused by improperly merged fields. It's most visible on object borders as jagged edges that look like teeth on a comb.

Interlaced video material like your PS2 is especially difficult to deinterlace because, unlike film, it didn't start out as a progressive source, so deinterlacing it involves a lot of guesswork. You're basically trying to recreate something that never existed.

I hate the word "comb".
 

Nesagwa

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I guess thats what it is.

Guess theres not an easy way to fix it huh.

I thought it might be something messed up in my settings or my display thingies or whatever since it does it on DVDs too.
 
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thirdkind

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Nesagwa said:
I thought it might be something messed up in my settings or my display thingies or whatever since it does it on DVDs too.

Software DVD players are traditionally bad deinterlacers. The only one I've seen do a good job is TheaterTek, and that relies on hardware deinterlacing support from recent nVidia cards (6600 and above).

If you watch a lot of DVDs on your PC, TheaterTek ($70) and a 6600gt are a good investment.
 

Nesagwa

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Nah, I just use my PS2 as a standalone one on my TV.

Just wish I could get a smooth picture from my capture card.
 

thirdkind

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Nesagwa said:
Nah, I just use my PS2 as a standalone one on my TV.

Just wish I could get a smooth picture from my capture card.

I might have been able to help you if I weren't so damn ignorant when it came to dscaler.

Since dscaler is doing the deinterlacing for your PS2, perhaps there's a setting that can be adjusted to help. Maybe some type of bias control that pushes the deinterlacing algorithm more toward the video realm.

Get any responses at AVS?
 

Nesagwa

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thirdkind said:
I might have been able to help you if I weren't so damn ignorant when it came to dscaler.

Since dscaler is doing the deinterlacing for your PS2, perhaps there's a setting that can be adjusted to help. Maybe some type of bias control that pushes the deinterlacing algorithm more toward the video realm.

Get any responses at AVS?

Nah I got about 100 views, but nobody responded and its been burried by now.

Ill see if there are any settings in the deinterlacer itself that might help, I didnt look in there yet.
 

Nesagwa

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Hmm, using the Video (Greedy, High Motion) deinterlacer (it has more options than the MoComp or LowMotion ones, I got the combing to completely go away.

Now I just have to play around with it a bit more to get rid of the slight ghosting and the pixelation (which I doubt Ill be able to get rid of).

Huzzah for now.
 

thirdkind

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Cool. I figured a video-centric deinterlacer would do the trick.
 

Stinky-Dinkins

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Attention Nesagwa,

Stop using "Nah." Asshole.

Thanks,
Tom M.
 
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"Tom M." stands for "Tom Make-believe"

Nah, don't listen to Dinkins, Nesagwa.

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