Highest Quality Method of Playing DIVX/XVID

[dreamvampire]

can someone tell me what is a good quality method of playing XVID/DIVX files? i am currently using Official DIVX Decoder set to full quality along with GOM player, any other better ways? Alternatives? what about Mplayer?

[niknik]

I'm using Mplayer Classic with FFDshow, with post processing + deband + unsharpen mask. Works great for standard definition material.

[smileBhappy]

media player classic for me too

[dreamvampire]

Thanks for the settings NIKNIK, okay people if we have any special settings, lets state them down, like niknik so beginners like my self knows what to tick in specific codec,

[dreamvampire]

Aight, NikNik, you are correct, that sure do is an awesome quality, time for me to switch to FFDSHOW codec, but what about the sound settings in the decoder, which ones should i use? any good suggestions buddy?

[niknik]

Aight, NikNik, you are correct, that sure do is an awesome quality, time for me to switch to FFDSHOW codec, but what about the sound settings in the decoder, which ones should i use? any good suggestions buddy?

Regarding sound, I actually never messed much with it. When I finally got spdif out working ok (which was an adventure on its own), I never changed it. :)

[Soulhunter]

Media Player Classic [using Overlay Mixer] + FFDShow [with Deband in some cases] + Graphicscard that does proper chroma upsampling + Good CRT Monitor @ 100Hz! :D


Bye

[dreamvampire]

Hi everyone, i've been using these settings as above mentioned for a while, today i've transformed from CRT screens to LCD (yes i know i am a poor person), now i have a doubt, will these settings still be the best for the WIDESCREEN LCD which is really good at displaying 1280X720 resolution? am i on the wrong track? if there is antyhing else new in playing these AVI movies in top quality let me know people. Also i am still playing standard definition stuff, no HD needed so far for me. thanks a lot, take care everyone.:)

[niknik]

Yes, they are still valid for LCDs as well.

Though you might want to play around a bit with the color "levels" and brightness, to set a good white/black balance - as that will depend on your LCD.

But keep in mind some LCDs have dynamic contrast/brightness adjustments, so they'll change if you display a very dark scene, or a very bright scene - which might make it hard to calibrate.

[dreamvampire]

Thanks for the answers niknik, i'll try out few things with my new lcd, thanks again!