NHRaider
14th July 2007, 12:05
I have a new HTPC and would like to ask a good way to configure the video settings.
I have PowerDVD Ultra 7.3 and it plays both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD flawlessly from both a backup (AnyDVD) or disk.
I have MANY .avi files ranging in size from 700MB to 1.4GB to 2.2GB. I previously used a Helios X-5000 media player which upscaled nicely on the 73" Mistubishi Diamond DLP TV. However, these files don't play as nicely on the PC as the Helios. Lots of grain (especially on blacks/grey) when it displays on the TV (1080p) ... This is prevalent with PDVD, WMP, TheaterTek, and the default player within Vista Media Center. The only player that doesn't have this black/grey grain issue is the VLC player.
My preference is to find the configuration settings that would allow TheaterTek 2.5 (TT) to be my default since it works nicely with MyMovies within Media Center. FFDShow can be used with TT but I can't seem to get the settings to fix this grain problem. I would like to make sure I take advantage of HW acceleration etc. but visual is most important.
Also, I will play ISO and AVI from TT so I'd like to configure them seperately in TT, if possible.
One last point is that I do have some High Def encodes in .mkv. I play them in VLC since it's the only player that will play these types. I haven't changed the extention to .avi so they can play in all players since I didn't know if I can have another video setting in TT for resize for .mkv.
Here is my setup.
73" Mistusbishi Diamond Series DLP
Windows Vista Ultimate
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
2.0 GB RAM (will be adding 2.0GB more)
8600GTS Graphics Card
Vista Codec Package
Any recommendations on where to start?
I have PowerDVD Ultra 7.3 and it plays both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD flawlessly from both a backup (AnyDVD) or disk.
I have MANY .avi files ranging in size from 700MB to 1.4GB to 2.2GB. I previously used a Helios X-5000 media player which upscaled nicely on the 73" Mistubishi Diamond DLP TV. However, these files don't play as nicely on the PC as the Helios. Lots of grain (especially on blacks/grey) when it displays on the TV (1080p) ... This is prevalent with PDVD, WMP, TheaterTek, and the default player within Vista Media Center. The only player that doesn't have this black/grey grain issue is the VLC player.
My preference is to find the configuration settings that would allow TheaterTek 2.5 (TT) to be my default since it works nicely with MyMovies within Media Center. FFDShow can be used with TT but I can't seem to get the settings to fix this grain problem. I would like to make sure I take advantage of HW acceleration etc. but visual is most important.
Also, I will play ISO and AVI from TT so I'd like to configure them seperately in TT, if possible.
One last point is that I do have some High Def encodes in .mkv. I play them in VLC since it's the only player that will play these types. I haven't changed the extention to .avi so they can play in all players since I didn't know if I can have another video setting in TT for resize for .mkv.
Here is my setup.
73" Mistusbishi Diamond Series DLP
Windows Vista Ultimate
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
2.0 GB RAM (will be adding 2.0GB more)
8600GTS Graphics Card
Vista Codec Package
Any recommendations on where to start?