Can't Flip

[samsc]

Thanks Richard!

Does that mean it is likely to have been the difference between the 9600 & 9800 that was the cause? Or do I still potentially have a hardware issue that explains the tearing?

Cheers

Toby

flipping was a very simple mistake i made.

tearing is something apple did in the drivers that affects things when huge or slow movies are drawn.
and you were using huge movies.
they changed something between 10.3.2 and 10.3.3
its possible i might have to change something to try and fix this.

[tharding]

Actually the movies I was using that exhibited the tearing were just stock 720 x 576 Jumpbacks in DV or PhotoJpeg.

The big Animation codec files were fine.

I did have those movies zoomed in as I was displaying over multiple screens so maybe it was the enlargement that the computer was getting upset about.

As I said, it seemed to right itself after a restart.

Cheers

Toby

[samsc]

Actually the movies I was using that exhibited the tearing were just stock 720 x 576 Jumpbacks in DV or PhotoJpeg.

As I said, it seemed to right itself after a restart.

Cheers

Toby

there seems to be a little instability after restarting in graphics timing.
i need to get you to try new software, but that will have to wait until after official release.

then maybe we can work on some beta builds.

[tharding]

No problem

Cheers

Toby

[tharding]

Okay

I tried my other machine this week with a similar setup as described above and noticed that the tearing I mentioned was happening. It is intermittent and seems the worst when I change files. It seemed to be happening whether I was zoomed in or not.

Is it possibly the transparency causing this or the use of the cylinder in visualfx?

My output was as follows:

dual outputs
-layers 1 & 4 playing a jumpback with layer 4 using "Use layer"
-layers 2 & 5 playing a still from an animation file with transparency and mapped onto the cylinder 4 x to create a slow scroll across screen. Layer 5 is also using "Use Layer"
-layers 3 & 6 with a still of a logo from an animation file with transparency not moving just split over the 2 outputs to give a logo centre screen.

The tearing is happening on Layers 1 & 4. I can't verify, because I am using "Use Layer", whether layer 4 is actually tearing or just Layer 1 i.e. whether it is the output of the card or the playback of the file itself.

Any thoughts?

Cheers

Toby

[samsc]

toby.

What disc system are you using?

R

[tharding]

10k Raptors as content drive in the second bay

[samsc]

Was this fixed for you in v3.3?

[tharding]

Yes thankyou

[samsc]

good.

is there anything else that doesnt look right?