VLC or Media Player Classic ?

MPC hc 80%
VLC 20%

VLC controls/options are just hard too get too in comparision and its nice too be able too play 1080p mkvs all can be done no sweat wth MPC hc, but yeah for isos/corrupted files or any other odd file that just dont open VLCs the best for that.
 
Gonna remove MPC-HC, can't get it to stop freezing. Really odd, been using it for years [MPC], but won't play nicely on my new system.
 
You only need to use that mode if you have odd codecs or an oddly set up screen/video driver or are outputting to an oddly configured TV set.

t darkens the picture even more.

By default the stock setting is neutral (standard) exactly how it should be.

The default VLC setting is to wash the colours out for some reason using overlays so disabling that option puts it in the same scale as any other player following the standard.
 
Khaaan! said:
You only need to use that mode if you have odd codecs or an oddly set up screen/video driver or are outputting to an oddly configured TV set.

t darkens the picture even more.

By default the stock setting is neutral (standard) exactly how it should be.

The default VLC setting is to wash the colours out for some reason using overlays so disabling that option puts it in the same scale as any other player following the standard.
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is that the Accelerated Video output (overlay ) box to be unchecked ?:confused:
 
My understanding was most TV and film is filmed for TV 16-235 colours not 0-255 that PC monitors use. Without the shader blacks aren't black they are more grey. Looks better with it on for me.
 
Khaaan! said:
VLC?

"Use Hardware YUV > RGB Conversions" under "Video"
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I,m a bit puzzled about these video settings what are meant to be checked in the Video settings ? by default these are all checked ? :confused:

Use Hardware YUV > RGB Conversions
Window Decorations
Accelerated Video output (Overlay )
 
Uncheck the YUV one I mentioned, Videos will look normal instead of washed out.

Fanatic said:
My understanding was most TV and film is filmed for TV 16-235 colours not 0-255 that PC monitors use. Without the shader blacks aren't black they are more grey. Looks better with it on for me.
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But that does indeed make the shaded areas of a movie too black and loses out vital details in such areas which is ever more amplified on films where the dark plays a big role but details are still meant to be visible (Alien movies for example or Riddick)

Quick example:

VLC (stock settings) vs MPC-HC (stock):
mpc_vs_vlc.jpg


MPC-H with 16-255 > 0-255 shader:
mpc_0255.jpg


To me the first MPC-HC screen (stock) looks closest to how I see films on the 46" HDTV downstairs, the last (using shaders) is too dark. Blacks do look black without the use of shaders (my screen is calibrated) but vital details are perfectly visible in dark shaded areas whereas they are almost invisible using the shader conversion.

Now the reason screen 1 looks normal and best is because MPC is already outputting for 0-255 so no shaders should be needed to be enabled.

See here:
mpc_0255_2.jpg


That's the default option^ - selecting 16-235 gives the same washed out look that VLC suffers using its stock setting.
 
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I used to use KMPlayer with CoreAVC for MKVs. KMP's SuperSpeed mode was the only thing I found that allowed smooth 720p playback on an AthlonXP 3200+.

However, after upgrading I now use MPC-HC and my 4870 for HD, and pretty much exclusively watch stuff in HD now.
 
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