Core i7, i5 & i3 LGA1156 Processors Thread: Clarkdale Supports HD Audio Bitstreaming! - Page 82

Originally Posted by beaups

I've never lost 16-22 either. My display requires 16-235 and I've been able to see all ranges with similar display settings to my cable box...and no tweaking in the intel software.

Can't use 2086 as it outputs 0-255 over HDMI.

Found lots of settings in the registry. My guess is we could do some tweaking in there if needed.

Originally Posted by lance_60031

Would this be a fairly good build - its a combo from Newegg that would help me since I am challenged about the compatibility:


1. Antec M FusionRemote 350:$89.99
2. ASUS M4A785-M:$79.99
3. AMD HDZ720WFK3DGI:$104.99
4. G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ:$52.99
5. G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ:$52.99
6. Seagate ST31000528AS:$89.99
7. LG ELECTRONICS CH08LS10:$99.99

Would be looking to display some vids from the PC onto a 65 panny plasma.

Originally Posted by babgvant

Each driver release has clipped above 16 (i.e. 17-22ish = 16) and had issues with being too dark by default. If you override the brightness setting on the Media tab of the settings tool to the correct value for your display the clipping issue goes away. As a side effect BTB/WTW also become visible. IMO clipping BTB/WTW is not really an issue, but it's nice when it's there. The "right" brightness value for my display has changed (and not for the better in the most recent rev) b/w driver versions, which is annoying.

That said, after applying the brightness fix levels are consistent and correct for all of the content and all of the players (except the most recent rev of TMT during BD playback - which ArcSoft has acknowledged as an issue with TMT) I've tested.

Originally Posted by woody777

Can you be a bit more specific? How exactly do you override the brightness setting? How do you know what is the correct value for your display?

Originally Posted by woody777


Also, what do you do with TMT3? Toggle back and forth on your display driver settings? This is the only player besides WMC that I use. Do they plan to fix it with the next release?

Originally Posted by babgvant

If this isn't clear, LMK and I'll try to explain more.



You can calibrate to BD in TMT (using the method linked above), but then everything else is wrong. I expect that they will fix it ASAP, but I haven't heard any ETA.

Originally Posted by wordgasm

I'll have to look.. I've read what video mode you have that hdmi input set on and many other things.

Are you getting OSD when watching a BluRay thru TMT3 or another?

Originally Posted by woody777

Just to confirm... I am able to get OSD for volume and movie/music information when watching Blu-rays in TMT3.

I also unfortunately get these annoying little blue sparkles... which is why I disabled OSD in the first place. It seems to mostly affect 806 models, but a few 706s - mine included - have problems. Hope yours doesn't!

I don't really see any other settings that correspond to OSD. If it helps, I'm using the DVD input and have HDMI set to pass through.

Originally Posted by woody777

Thanks man! Do you know which versions of the Intel driver are already correct? Or is it just easier to adjust the brightness anyway? I guess either way, TMT3 will be wrong until they fix it...

Originally Posted by babgvant

I may have my AVR configured to pass enhanced instead of limited RGB (levels with my previous GPU were all jacked w/o that enabled).

Originally Posted by woody777

Thanks man! Do you know which versions of the Intel driver are already correct? Or is it just easier to adjust the brightness anyway? I guess either way, TMT3 will be wrong until they fix it...

Originally Posted by beaups

Your receiver could very well be mucking up the image and causing the loss of 16-22 you describe. I read in the ATI forums that this is happening with Denon receivers. FYI.

Originally Posted by In2Photos

What type of CPU usage should I be seeing during BD playback? My system is:

Right now I sit between 17%-30% which seems as if hardware acceleration is not happening.

Originally Posted by babgvant

0-10% depending on A/V codec. What player are you using?

Originally Posted by In2Photos

Right now I am attempting to use the built in player in MediaPortal. I'm running the SAF codec pack they support and have PDVD9 decoders assigned for the MPEG-2 and H264 options.

Originally Posted by babgvant

If it were, I wouldn't be able to configure it away on the PC (and Intel wouldn't have confirmed the issue).

Originally Posted by babgvant

If it were, I wouldn't be able to configure it away on the PC (and Intel wouldn't have confirmed the issue).

Originally Posted by armian98

Hi guys,

Does anyone use eac3to to rip the blu-rays and have the same issue as mine?
I use eac3to command lines(or Another eac3to GUI) and MakeMKV to rip my blu-rays.
But, while the mkvs made in MakeMKV plays fine, the ones made with eac3to shutters so badly like I push the Play/Pause button continuously.

Odd thing is that if I remux the mkv made in MakeMKV(which plays fine) WITHOUT any change using mkvmerge, then the resulting mkv shows the same problem with the ones made with eac3to. Shouldn't the original mkv from MakeMKV and the remuxed one without changes be exactly the same?

Also, when I play the video only mkv from eac3to before I remux it, it plays fine(, obviously without audio.)

I rip only the main video and DTSHD audio track and chapters.
It seems like the DTSHD track is the problem since when I disable the bitstream or rip the DTS core, there's no such problem.

I don't know this problem is a ripping issue or playback issue.
I use MPC-HC to play and have Windows 7 Professional with Haali, ffdshow installed.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by beaups

Of course you could configure it out with the pc. by cranking brightness on the pc you are raising the 16-22 levels up to higher levels to compensate for your receiver chopping it back off.

Originally Posted by Lawguy

You would be able to configure it away on the PC as long as no device in the chain was clipping levels (at least any more than they have been clipped).
Adjusting your AVR setting should have some effect. If you are seeing no effect than something is amiss. What kind of display do you have? Where are the brightness and contrast controls set on that display? Does it accept both video and PC levels? What is it set to?

Originally Posted by Lawguy


It seems like there is some kind of extra level expansion going on: you report that 2086 drivers (PC levels) require less adjustment than prior versions (video levels). To me, this shows that you are adjusting to reverse expansion.

Originally Posted by babgvant

I reported the opposite; 2025 and 2086 need more correction than the revs in b/w (~18.x v. ~6.x)

Originally Posted by Lawguy

Then the opposite seems true: compression, not expansion.

Can you toggle HDMI settings on your Panny?

Originally Posted by duff99

Haali and DTS-MA don't get along to well. Try disabling Haali in MPC-HC and see if it works.

Originally Posted by babgvant

If this isn't clear, LMK and I'll try to explain more.



You can calibrate to BD in TMT (using the method linked above), but then everything else is wrong. I expect that they will fix it ASAP, but I haven't heard any ETA.

Originally Posted by David602


A) Are you suggesting that the best way is to "override the application settings" and then calibrate the settings (brightness, etc.) via the Intel control panel?

OR

B) Select override application settings, leave Intel settings as-is and then calibrate using the TV's options?

Originally Posted by babgvant


A, especially if you have anything else connected to the display using the same input (i.e. everything goes through the AVR).

Originally Posted by beaups

try plugging your pc directly into the tv to see if the results are different