[ET8x00] Poor SD image after flashing to 4.1.0.16

[RogerTheTodger]

Greetings, I've had my ET8000 box for about a year and recently flashed to the latest build of OpenVix 4.1.0.16. Prior to this I believe it was on some version of 3.2.

SD has understandably never looked amazing on my 50" Blaupunkt LED, but it was watchable. However, since flashing to 4.1.0.16, SD looks even worse. The picture is very blocky with jagged edges on straight lines. There are noticeable vertical lines running faintly down the screen that move with the image. Previously SD was a bit soft and pixellated, but nothing like this.

I haven't changed any settings on the TV, other than to try disabling overscan, which made no difference. I don't think it's the HDMI cable because everything is groovy with HD.

Resolution is set to force 1080i with auto refresh rate. Adjusting the resolution and refresh rate makes no difference.

Is this a bug in image 4.1.0.16?

 

[Andy_Hazza]

If you have "Automatic Resolution" enabled in AV Settings then your TV is upscaling your picture.


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[aido]

Maybe try some of the setting changes in this thread to see if it's the same thing you're seeing here:

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?51073-Vertical-lines-on-SD-content-seems-like

 

[kryton]

Im glad somebody else has noticed this, i was beggining to think it was my tv at fault...im getting the same from my et 8000 and checking tonight it also does it on my tablet when streaming so it cant be the tv.
Ill check the settings in that thread posted above.

Edit: just ran the script posted by Abu and so far so good.

Thanks for link aido

 

[RogerTheTodger]

Maybe try some of the setting changes in this thread to see if it's the same thing you're seeing here:

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?51073-Vertical-lines-on-SD-content-seems-like

Many thanks aido, I installed the Video Enhancement plugin and changed the block noise reduction value to 0. Seems to have done the trick

 

[Rob van der Does]

Be aware that this can have (negative) consequences for HD.

 

[RogerTheTodger]

Just a little update on this issue.

It appears the Video Enhancement plugin didn't make any difference after all, the problem was soon back.

However, I think I found the actual cause was the skin. I am using the Blue HD skin, which has difficulty displaying the Video Enhancement plugin. So I switched to another skin so I could work the plugin. It appeared to be the actual changing of skins that resolved the problem. When I switched back to Blue HD, the problem eventually came back. I remembered making some screen position changes to Blue HD a while ago, so I reverted back to the position defaults and haven't seen the poor quality SD issue since.

 

[Andy_Hazza]

Blue HD is a 720p skin, whereas YouViX-Blue, Confluence, Bello are proper 1080p skins.


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[kryton]

Im using the vix media red skin.
Ive noticed you have to run the script again or alter the video setting after coming out of standby.


Gonna try a cron job for the script when ive 2 minutes to spare.

 

[RogerTheTodger]

Further update - changing skin appeared to make a difference at first but the problem soon came back.

Just tried flashing to 4.2 but same result. Going to try downgrading to 3.2 just to confirm if it is the later images causing it.

 

[IAmATeaf]

Try setting the refresh rate to auto or 60hz and see if that makes a difference. On my et10000 when set to 60hz the PQ is noticeably better.

 

[kryton]

Further update - changing skin appeared to make a difference at first but the problem soon came back.

Just tried flashing to 4.2 but same result. Going to try downgrading to 3.2 just to confirm if it is the later images causing it.

Ive tried several settings still no good.

Ive had to revert to 3.2 which works well....only problem is you lose the plugin feeds.....

Which kind of makes me feel like im forced to update but cant .
I understand why the plugin feeds have been removed for earlier versions but it dont help the situation.

I really hope this can be solved because until now vix has been spot on for me.

 

[aido]

Be aware that this can have (negative) consequences for HD.

Why would this have negative consequences Rob as all that is happening is that the default setting is being used but for whatever reason the driver seems to run with it set at the maximum setting even though the default is 0?

 

[RogerTheTodger]

Ive tried several settings still no good.

Ive had to revert to 3.2 which works well....only problem is you lose the plugin feeds.....

Which kind of makes me feel like im forced to update but cant .
I understand why the plugin feeds have been removed for earlier versions but it dont help the situation.

I really hope this can be solved because until now vix has been spot on for me.

I reverted to v3.2 yesterday and happy to report the SD quality is back to how it should be. No annoying lines down faces or excessively jagged straight lines.

The plugin feeds being disabled is proving to be an issue however. I cannot change skin or update ABM, so stuck with the BBC1 not at channel 1 problem.

So basically I'm in the same boat, damned if I do, damned if I don't. Shame, because the box has been awesome up until Vix v4 onwards.

 

[kryton]

So basically I'm in the same boat, damned if I do, damned if I don't. Shame, because the box has been awesome up until Vix v4 onwards.

Me too mate and i really want to try the new iskin :-(

I have however managed to get the very first release of 4.1 working fine, and plugins are back.
But no iskin so i suppose for now ive found my happy medium

I dont use ABM.
I use RATS channel updater....which i think was posted on WOS.

Also i didnt have any problems with skins on 3.2

EDIT: of course you wouldnt beable to change skins unless you downloaded them manualy as theres no plugins for 3.2 .

There is an enigma 2 skin section here if you wish to stay with 3.2

 

[RogerTheTodger]

Me too mate and i really want to try the new iskin :-(

I have however managed to get the very first release of 4.1 working fine, and plugins are back.
But no iskin so i suppose for now ive found my happy medium

I dont use ABM.
I use RATS channel updater....which i think was posted on WOS.

Also i didnt have any problems with skins on 3.2

Cheers bud, I'll give the original 4.1 a try.

As for skins, I just can't download them due to feeds being blocked on 3.2.

 

[kryton]

As for skins, I just can't download them due to feeds being blocked on 3.2.

Yes mate i realised after posting my reply lol.

Its a real shame the vix team are reluctant to answer these concerns because its an obvious problem, if its a deffinite driver issue then so be it, but i find it hard to beleive it cant be fixed.
If its a vendor box issue(which was suggested) then whats the answer? My et8000 is less than a year old so does that mean im entitled to a refund?
A box that i cant update is no good to me, and once feeds are pulled on 4.1 it will be useless (for me anyway)

The only problem i found with 4.1 was the openvix red-HD skin (which i like) gave problems unless i changed the video output to 720p.
All other skins worked fine.

 

[twol]

Im glad somebody else has noticed this, i was beggining to think it was my tv at fault...im getting the same from my et 8000 and checking tonight it also does it on my tablet when streaming so it cant be the tv.
Ill check the settings in that thread posted above.

Edit: just ran the script posted by Abu and so far so good.

Thanks for link aido

In a curious mood this morning, so what TV do you have?

 

[kryton]

In a curious mood this morning, so what TV do you have?

Samsung and LG.
Does it on both.

I think the only question that hasnt been answered so far is why its not happening on 4.1 and below...

Also how does running the script fix it , if it is indeed a tv problem ?
I like your curiosity lol...it may lead to getting this resolved.

 

[adm]

Samsung and LG.
Does it on both.

What does the TV think it is getting in the way of a HDMI signal from the box?

For instance, on my Samsung TV pressing the info button on the TV remote tells me the input in to the TV is HDMI at 1920 x 1080i @ 50Hz for a SD channel selected on my box. This may give an indication about the box or the TV doing the up-scaling.

Also when playing around with some of the AV settings I've experienced that some settings appear to work immediately after saving while others require a restart of the box. If messing around with settings and then putting them back to what was there originally may not restore the original setting without a box restart.