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Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:39 am
by red_one
Playing 1080p video with the following settings in SplashPro, the video plays smoothly. Average CPU load is 30-40%.

Best Quality (1080i -> 1080p): Enabled
Motion2: +10
Detail Boost: 8
Motion2 Ultra 1080p: Disabled

When I enable Motion2 Ultra 1080p, the video plays semi-smoothly. There are noticeable video stutters every few minutes. The CPU load remains the same, between 30-40%.

Question, what am I really missing when "Motion2 Ultra 1080p" is disabled? What is its purpose? Does it have a different function versus "Motion2" setting in "Playback Options"?

My notebook spec: Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz (2 Cores/4 Threads), 4GB RAM, Intel HD 4000 Graphics, Windows 8. Connected to external Full HD (1080) LED monitor via HDMI port.

Thanks.

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:12 pm
by vivan
When Ultra is disabled and MotionĀ² is enabled - than 1080p content is downscaled to 720p before all the processing.

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:17 am
by red_one
Hi Vivian.

Does this mean that the 1080p video is downscaled to 720p for processing, and then upscaled back to 1080p for playback?

Or is it kept at 720p for playback?

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:35 am
by vivan
red_one wrote:and then upscaled back to 1080p for playback?
Yes. In the end it's scaled to the video window size - e.g. to 1080p if you're outputting 1080p.
So the chain for 1080p is:
non-Ultra: video file -> decoded video -> downscaling to 720p -> processing -> scaling to window.
Ultra: video file -> decoded video -> processing -> scaling to window.

Basically that means that if you have same videos with different resoultions (720p and 1080p), than with non-Ultra MotionĀ² 1080p video would not look better than 720p one. That is the price for lowering CPU load (2 times less pixels to process -> less load). With Ultra turned on CPU load should be 1.5-2 times higher. So that's strange that in your case it remains the same...

Cpu load depends on content (e.g. static scene requires much less computation) and it can vary a lot. I'm having about 70-80% maximum CPU load when playing 1080p with Ultra turned on on i5-2410m (2 cores + HT, up to 2.9Ghz BUT Sandy Bridge, not Ivy Bridge). I think your CPU (that is slower by 30%, judging by the benchmarks) is not fast enough. Can you re-check if CPU load is near 100% at moments when video is shuttering?

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:37 pm
by picaadi
does motion2 ultra work on a quad core q8300 2,5ghz .....I mean smoothly?

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:15 pm
by radi
picaadi wrote:does motion2 ultra work on a quad core q8300 2,5ghz .....I mean smoothly?
The best way to check this is to download the free trial ;)

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:28 pm
by picaadi
PS: will there something to be done with those artefacts in motion 2?

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:13 pm
by radi
picaadi wrote:PS: will there something to be done with those artefacts in motion 2?
When do you experience these artefacts?

Re: Motion2 Ultra 1080p

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:35 pm
by picaadi
when I`m playing Motion 60p with or no ultra turn on :(