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| Thread ID: 101929 | 2009-08-01 01:49:00 | What do you watch your dvds with? | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 797059 | 2009-08-04 05:59:00 | I think its all down to the codecs you use which make it a good player or not. the annoying thing is you cant add codecs do vlc. hopefully they change that | whoselineisitanyway (15137) | ||
| 797060 | 2009-08-04 06:19:00 | That's true but so far I have never needed to | gary67 (56) | ||
| 797061 | 2009-08-04 07:04:00 | What?! VLC uses FFMPEG to play back most things, as well as x264, faad... There is very few things that VLC can *not* play, not to mention you CAN use plugins with VLC (See: the Plugins dir). |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 797062 | 2009-08-05 22:11:00 | I wonder are the codecs for your home video cam clips :D The title is what do you watch your "dvds" with .. Since putting my first own PC up this January, I haven't watched one movie on it yet, we just use the lounge. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 797063 | 2009-08-06 02:49:00 | They Don't Play DVD's Very Well, Do Some Research, Listen To My Earlier Post & Watch DVD's In The Best Quality Possible! Dam Some People Annoy Me!! Some people annoy me too.. Like those who should go back to school and learn that you don't need a capital letter at the start of every word... I used to use WinDVD but now usually use PowerDVD or VLC. Sometimes I also try to use the DVD player connected to my TV but if the DVD uses macrovision it plays havoc with my ancient equipment and looks like rubbish. End result: I have to illegally copy the DVD first to make it playable because the copy-protection that DOESN'T WORK causes any legal viewing to be a nightmare. When will these people learn that copy protection only inconveniences the legal user and makes pirates laugh? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 797064 | 2009-08-06 03:25:00 | I have to admit that the latest versions of VLC has NOT impressed me AT ALL when it comes to playing DVD's. Also don't thing video playback quality is all that great anymore either - especially when upscaling. VLC 0.8.6x was the peak of VLC development IMO. I've basically moved to Media Player Classic - Home Cinema for most of my video needs. Check out the two snips I took below comparing the quality of VLC vs MPC-HC. |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 797065 | 2009-08-06 05:16:00 | What decoder is MPC-HC usig there? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 797066 | 2009-08-06 05:40:00 | I use Media Player Classic. Has never failed on me. All regions playable. I hated Win DVD. Gave me a restrictions on what region I wanted. | vims213 (15007) | ||
| 797067 | 2009-08-06 05:50:00 | Check out the two snips I took below comparing the quality of VLC vs MPC-HC. That will be a settings issue - when set up correctly, those artifacts will go, but it's not the default (although I think it should be). |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 797068 | 2009-08-06 06:16:00 | What decoder is MPC-HC usig there? Using the built-in MPC-HC H.264 decoder. That will be a settings issue - when set up correctly, those artifacts will go, but it's not the default (although I think it should be). Do you have any suggestions as to how to setup VLC properly? It's hardly the most... informative preferences box. Hmmm.. just tried playing a DVD, and found out that S/PDIF output is STILL broken on windows! It's been like that since 0.8.6 at least :( |
Sherman (9181) | ||
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