NHRaider
16th July 2007, 11:08
I had this in the PC Hardware and Software category but realized it's probably in the wrong section. I had some good feedback but still have some quesitons relative to fixing grain/blocky picture. Seems like they show well until I display full screen.
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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 upconverted nicely to 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 (720p, 1080p) in .mkv. I play them in VLC since it's the only player that will play these types. I've seen that others have gotten mkv to play in PDVD but can't figure that out. Would want them to play in TheaterTek if possible.
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?
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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 upconverted nicely to 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 (720p, 1080p) in .mkv. I play them in VLC since it's the only player that will play these types. I've seen that others have gotten mkv to play in PDVD but can't figure that out. Would want them to play in TheaterTek if possible.
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?