Setting up Media Player Classic...

[Conrad11]

Hi there,

I have been using VLC player for a while in Vista, but I tried Media Player Classic Homecinema the other day and I have to say, I quite like it.

I have installed Vista Codec Package along with MPC.

I am trying to get the quality of MPC on par with VLC but I am struggling at the moment.

On the left is VLC (Highest post processing - not that it makes much difference) and on the right is MPC:



...so how do you set it up and get decent quality from your movies? MPC doesn't appear to be using ffdshow (which i thought is what it did - no icon is shown in the taskbar).

Thanks.

 

[Conrad11]

Then start a video and choose Play->Shaders->16-235 to 0-255 (NOT ps1.1)

Fine with everything up to this point, not sure where i enter these settings. Also would I have to set this setting each time i play a video?

I have unchecked all the filters etc in MPC, but it still doesn't seem to be using ffdshow, so should i assume its using something else from the "Vista Codec Package"?

Thanks.

EDIT:

Currently how it looks, getting better I think?:

 

[Conrad11]

The 'Play->shaders' is on MPC's main screen menubar at the top and not in the options.

Yeah - its a whole new menu for me. I am using MPC Homecinema v1.1.0.0:

Ok, if you go on the Play menu bar item and then 'filters' it will show you what is being used for decoding; ffdshow may not be showing the tray icons. Also, if you look at the video decoding configuration from the vista codec pack entry on the start menu (stary->vistacodecs->32-bit tools iirc) then look at the codecs tab you can see whether ffdshow is set to decode the codec for the files you're using:[/IMG]

Ah ok, it says its using the XVID codec, I assume MPC will use the best/most appropriate codec.

Also, the two videos in the picture seem to be using different video levels, the left one 16-235 and the right 0-255. 0-255 is probably going to end up looking best for videos intended for TV

Ah ok, i'll leave it as it is then.

Thanks.