Deathbliss
19th June 2013, 09:53
I know this question is kind of general so I will elaborate.
I have a 720p video. I play it in VLC on my computer (latest build.) I have an AMD 7800 series video card. Running Windows 7 64-bit on an Intel quad-core processor. Performance is not an issue. Quality shouldn't be either, running at 1080p through HDMI hooked directly to my 32" LED LCD TV.
When I play this video and it zooms in to something like someone's face, I see lots of blocks and squares. There's some sort of strange smoothing effect going in - it's very bad up close.
Now I take this exact same video and play it in 1080p through HDMI on my KDLinks HD 680 and the skin looks almost perfectly smooth up close. I see some faint evidence of little squares but there is a major difference in video quality compared to VLC.
I know some upscaling is going on. I followed this guide at YouTube so I could play DVDs without too much problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7AcAzHdPEo
I have audio and video set to DirectX and primary devices. Latest video card drivers installed. No other AV settings touched in VLC. I want to know how to make the picture in VLC as nice as my KD Links HD680. I do not want to stream or hook the media player up or anything. I want to understand what settings I need to tweak in VLC so that HD video plays correctly, because as of right now it is not.
Appreciate the help!
I have a 720p video. I play it in VLC on my computer (latest build.) I have an AMD 7800 series video card. Running Windows 7 64-bit on an Intel quad-core processor. Performance is not an issue. Quality shouldn't be either, running at 1080p through HDMI hooked directly to my 32" LED LCD TV.
When I play this video and it zooms in to something like someone's face, I see lots of blocks and squares. There's some sort of strange smoothing effect going in - it's very bad up close.
Now I take this exact same video and play it in 1080p through HDMI on my KDLinks HD 680 and the skin looks almost perfectly smooth up close. I see some faint evidence of little squares but there is a major difference in video quality compared to VLC.
I know some upscaling is going on. I followed this guide at YouTube so I could play DVDs without too much problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7AcAzHdPEo
I have audio and video set to DirectX and primary devices. Latest video card drivers installed. No other AV settings touched in VLC. I want to know how to make the picture in VLC as nice as my KD Links HD680. I do not want to stream or hook the media player up or anything. I want to understand what settings I need to tweak in VLC so that HD video plays correctly, because as of right now it is not.
Appreciate the help!