AVS renderer IS NOT WORKING!!!

sjpahills

17th December 2002 01:30 UTC

AVS renderer IS NOT WORKING!!!
:cry:I have tryed all the suggestions available in the 3000 threads there are and my computer will not render AVS on my desktop!!! Maybe Win98 isn't cut out for this stuff, but I am jealous of everyone who is rejoicing over their triumph and saying how cool it is! Somebody HELP!!:cry:

thepyr0x

17th December 2002 03:58 UTC

I have the same problem but I'm on 2000
not that I care, why do I need the avs desktop thing? needless cpu-eating eye candy....I don't even use the desktop...

whatboy

17th December 2002 04:12 UTC

Originally posted by thepyr0x
I have the same problem but I'm on 2000
not that I care, why do I need the avs desktop thing? needless cpu-eating eye candy....I don't even use the desktop...

gee that help.....................humm my first post in a long time, sorry dude this post also didnt help

thepyr0x

17th December 2002 04:48 UTC

seeing as whatboy insists I help...

From the AVS FAQ....
Question #4: I saw someone who had AVS running as his animated desktop background! How is this possible?

First, start AVS and open up the configuration dialog (see Q#2). Now, click the 'Settings' menu, and then 'Display'. On the right-hand side, a box labeled 'Overlay mode' should appear. Enable this, and check 'set desktop to color', you should now have an AVS desktop background.

If you don't see anything, try removing any desktop wallpaper you may have and turning off Active Desktop. Both can be done through the Display panel in the Windows Control Panel.

If you do see AVS, but it's covered in a bunch of dots, you're probably running in 16-bit colour mode (High Colour). The overlay-colour that is used can't be properly displayed in 16-bit, and so Windows draws dots of the nearest colours to give you the impression of the right colour. Try a different (slightly brighter or darker) overlay colour, or switch to 24-bit/32-bit (True Colour)

whatboy

17th December 2002 15:13 UTC

now dont you feel better after you help somebody
:)

sjpahills

17th December 2002 21:31 UTC

I've tryed that!
I read that exact thing in the FAQ and it doesn't work. Does that mean I need 32-bit?

Rocker

17th December 2002 22:51 UTC

Re: I've tryed that!

Originally posted by sjpahills
I read that exact thing in the FAQ and it doesn't work. Does that mean I need 32-bit?

shouln't it be on 24/32 bits anyway?
why settle for less when it makes NO speed differences in windows?

if your video card can't handle it then your PC is probably too old for AVS to be used for any decent use anyway.

--->moved from winamp3 disc

sjpahills

18th December 2002 02:55 UTC

I have 24 bit support in Win98 and AVS works fine normally and in fullscreen. In Linux on the same machine I get 32 bit colors, but WinAmp isn't available for Linux yet. I think I'll write an app to make it work or something.

UnConeD

18th December 2002 08:24 UTC

AVS calculates everything in 32-bit internally. Any other bitdepth on your display causes a small slowdown.

24-bit is about the worst mode to use because it doesn't have word-aligned pixels, try switching your bitdepth to 32-bit or change your display res (some cards don't support overlay > 1024x768).

And about the Win98 thing, it's YOUR computer, not Win98. Don't you think it's kind of arrogant to assume that just because you can't get something to work that it won't work at all for anyone?

sanosuke

18th December 2002 11:33 UTC

well i think it has to do with the 32bit colour, it works on my com, thought it is winxp.

i am going to try it on my win98 com and see if it could work.

sanosuke

18th December 2002 16:12 UTC

update, yes it works on win 98. i set the display to 32 bit colour. also you would have to disable active desktop.