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Im sure someone has asked this (DVD playback)

post #1 of 14
1/8/06 at 3:55am
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ok well i was wondering if theres a media player that lets you play your dvd in the quality its in when its at low zoom to fullscreen it seems the picture gets so much more distorted when i go to fullscreen is there a way to set this to better quality

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post #2 of 14
1/8/06 at 3:56am
Try using ffshow. Pretty powerful stuff.
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post #3 of 14
1/8/06 at 2:54pm
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ffshow? i didnt find that on any download site
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post #4 of 14
1/8/06 at 5:59pm
VLC Media player is good too. Go to videohelp.com for more info and tools.
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post #5 of 14
1/8/06 at 7:02pm
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Originally Posted by NewLaptopDude
ffshow? i didnt find that on any download site
It's FFDSHOW. Try P2P instead of download sites. Many people have it, you can have it off them.
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post #6 of 14
1/8/06 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by Tommi
It's FFDSHOW. Try P2P instead of download sites. Many people have it, you can have it off them.
Oh sorry (bad typo my bad). Thanks Tommi for clearing it up.
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post #7 of 14
1/8/06 at 7:36pm
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Thank you for your recomendations and the site much appreciated
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post #8 of 14
1/9/06 at 3:18am
Well, the reason that the videos are distorting are because they are probably lower resolution than your native screen resolution. From what I know, there isn't really a way to change this, because any kind of zoom will distort lower resolution videos no matter what. The reason that lower res videos distort is also because when you "zoom", you are making them work at a higher resolution, therefore expanding it. Two of the lower resolution pixels become two, etc. Good luck though
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post #9 of 14
1/9/06 at 7:38pm
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yea my screen res is at 1920 x 1200 but i figured there might be a way to get it to be better when i go into full screen since it is a dvd
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post #10 of 14
1/9/06 at 8:30pm
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Originally Posted by NewLaptopDude
yea my screen res is at 1920 x 1200 but i figured there might be a way to get it to be better when i go into full screen since it is a dvd
More advanced scaling algorithms make the output look quite crisp--look at upscaling DVD players -> 480i source (DVD) upscaled to 1080i HDTV resolution.

The better ones do a noticeably better job than your standard scaler.

I should note however: The scaled-up source won't look as good as true video recorded @ 1920x1080 (or 1920x1200).
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post #11 of 14
1/9/06 at 8:40pm
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well i was looking somthing i can use on my computer like windows media player vlc ffdshow etc..for when i put it in full screen i cant see damn pixles
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post #12 of 14
1/9/06 at 8:45pm
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Originally Posted by NewLaptopDude
well i was looking somthing i can use on my computer like windows media player vlc ffdshow etc..for when i put it in full screen i cant see damn pixles
FFDSHOW does this (among lots of other things)--that program is tweakable!
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post #13 of 14
1/9/06 at 9:14pm
I just downloaded FFDSHOW. So basically I install it and it will improve playback in all other players? I used VLC mainly; im still trying to figure out this ffdshow.
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post #14 of 14
1/9/06 at 9:26pm
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