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.

 

[pxmm]

In View->Options->Internal Filters you can deselect which source and transform filters you want to be handled by non-mpc filters.

May I also suggest in View->Options->Playback->Output you have EVR Custom Pres. Surface:3d, resizer:bilinear (PS 2.0)

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

 

[wesley]

both pics looks the same to me

 

[bledd]

both pics looks the same to me

look at the books/files on the desk, on the right they're jagged

as said above, disable the internal avi filter to get ffdshow in use




is that show any good? huge joaquin pheonix lookalive

 

[mrk]

yes indeed it's a very funny show

 

[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?:

 

[pxmm]

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"?

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

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:

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

 

[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.

 

[pxmm]

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

The ffdshow supplied with Vista codec pack defaults to using Xvid instead of its own codec. It's just a matter of personal taste I suppose as I can't see a difference myself.