How can I limit the framerate of video playback in media players?

[childofthetao]

Hi, how can I limit the FPS in VLC/SPlayer. The framerate goes way over my refresh rate so I get terrible tearing.

I've tried adding the player to nvidia CP and enabling vsync but that doesn't work.

 

[childofthetao]

Is there no way to enable vsync for video playback?

Surely this is a common problem?

 

[fimbles]

Try different video output modules in vlc to see if they make life any better.

Hope this helps.

 

[SNGX1275]

Maybe I don't know a whole lot about this field, but is there a good reason for/why VLC or whatever isn't playing the video at the framerate specified by the video file? Should be 29.97 or 24fps in most cases. I think I've seen some HD vids done at 60fps, but this is all controlled by how the video was encoded rather than whatever the player wants.

So I'm thinking that the tearing isn't caused by excessive framerates that need to be limited in the player, its something else.

 

[Rabbit01]

Maybe it's the codec? Have you tried something else? Like MPC-HC?

 

[childofthetao]

I've tried lots of players. My videos have always teared for a s long as I can remember.

If it isn't caused by the framerate going higher then the refresh rate what could it be? I'm totally stumped.

 

[Rabbit01]

Found something for VLC: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=71816

Post from frypan. "Just untick 'resize interface...'"

Apparently it worked for some of the folks.