Artifacts when using Nero Showtime - PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

[stuboyle]

Problem Solved - See my last post

I recently purchased a Sony DVD Burner which came with Nero Showtime. Playing original DVD movies with Nero Showtime gives me artifacts. Playing the same movie with a player which came on one of the DVD movies resulted in no artifacts. This seems to isolate the problem being Nero Showtime.

I played with various setting in Nero Showtime but nothing seemed to help. CPU usage when playing the movie as displayed in the Windows Task Manager does not exceed 60%.

Does anyone have suggestions?

My system specs:

AMD Athlon XP 3200+
521mb PC-3500 RAM
nVidia Geforce4 Ti4600 video card
WinXP with DirectX version 9.0b

Thanks,

Stuart

[CCampbell]

What version of Nero ShowTime do you have?

Do you have the same issue with AVI or MPEG files you play using the Nero ShowTime software?

Regards,

Craig

[stuboyle]

What version of Nero ShowTime do you have?

Do you have the same issue with AVI or MPEG files you play using the Nero ShowTime software?

Regards,

Craig

Nero ShowTime version 1.5.0.25 (Obtained from the Nero InfoTool).

AVI and WMV files play fine. I don't have any MPEGs so I can't test this.

[CCampbell]

Please upgrade to our latest NeroVision 2.1.2.18, this will also upgrade you to Nero Showtime 1.5.0.37

See if this resolves your issue.

Regards,

Craig

[stuboyle]

Please upgrade to our latest NeroVision 2.1.2.18, this will also upgrade you to Nero Showtime 1.5.0.37

Upgraded per your instructions to 1.5.0.37. Still have artifacts.

[stuboyle]

I download WinDVD 6 to try and got no artifacts. Play Nero Showtime again and still had artifacts.

[stuboyle]

I saw a reference to turn-off or turning-down hardware accelation in the help files, so I tried that. This didn't work. I still have artifacts.

[CCampbell]

Hi Stuboyle,

Could you send me an Email at techsupport4@nero.com and include the file created by our Nero InfoTool utility so we can get your system configuration?

And does this occur with any source AVI, MPEG, etc as well as any DVD-Video disc? I believe you indicate it does, but I just wish to be 100% sure before we begin looking into this and try duplicating your issue.

Regards,

Craig

[stuboyle]

Craig:

Thank you very much for your assistance. I will do as you instructed.

Stuart Boyle

[stuboyle]

Craig, are you out there?

I have a Sony DRU-700A DVD RW drive. After flashing the firmware from "VY02" to "VY05", the artifact problem when playing DVD movies in Nero Showtime went away.

Now why this firmware upgrade was necessary for Nero Showtime to work correctly and not the other players I tried is beyond me.

Stuart

[tazdevl]

Craig, are you out there?

I have a Sony DRU-700A DVD RW drive. After flashing the firmware from "VY02" to "VY05", the artifact problem when playing DVD movies in Nero Showtime went away.

Now why this firmware upgrade was necessary for Nero Showtime to work correctly and not the other players I tried is beyond me.

Stuart

Because the issue could have been with the player, not the software. Always check first for firmware, software and driver updates.

[stuboyle]

Because the issue could have been with the player, not the software. Always check first for firmware, software and driver updates.

I made the mistake of assuming the software that came bundled with the DVD player would work correctly. An OEM version of Nero came with the player.

Stuart

[CCampbell]

Hi Suboyle,

Sorry for taking so long to respond.

I'm glad you were able to resolve the issue, as I was getting nowhere in my testing. And I think I lost some hair trying to duplicate the issue.

I have the same model recorder and firmware as you, but not the same Graphics card. But I could not reproduce the error. It's possible the firmware upgrade resolved an issue between the recorder and the graphics card, and possible even our software, but I'm not sure how at the moment.

I've not yet upgraded to the latest firmware as you have. I'm still going to try and obtain the Graphics card you have to see if I can get to the bottom of it just for my own knowledge.

Regards

Craig

[stuboyle]

I am not 100% sure that it was the firmware upgrade that made the difference. I should have played a movie just before the firmware flash just to make sure it was still giving me artifacts but it is too late now.

Stuart