Hello.


I'm a bit of a newbie here. I've known a bit about codecs and such for a while, but I decided I'd update my codecs to improve my multimedia experience.


I installed a new version of the k-lite mega pack. I also installed ffdshow, because I had heard it could really help with quality. I think it may actually come with k-lite, but I installed it just to make sure it was up to date. And I am using Media Player Classic.

When I opened the settings, I was surprised to see how many options there were, and I'm a bit confused. Having played with a little, I know that they can definatley make a difference, but I have no idea which ones offer the best quality.

I'm basically a casual video viewer on my computer. I have a collection of music videos, but I rarely use the computer for any kind of feature-film viewing and I usually sit right at the monitor when watching videos.

Most of the videos I watch are AVI files in divx or xvid format, but there is also a lot of wmv stuff out there as well as mpeg-1/2 videos.



I'm basically wondering what settings I can use to do the following:

1. Maintain the best sharpness and clarity of video
2. Reduce the "blockyness" or other artifacts of compression. Obviously this cannot be done 100%, but if I could make them less obvious that would be great.

3. Play the video bigger than it is without it looking bad. A lot of videos are only very low resolution, so I enlarge the window. I would like it to be scalled in a manner that results in as little graininess or pixilation.

4. I have CRT monitors. I run them at 1280x1024 resolution. I am wondering what the best deinterlacing settiuns for this is

5. I am not sure if noise reduction is something I need to worry aout, because most of the videos are dvd rips or soemthing that doesn't have a lot of noise


I realize there are guides online for ffdshow, but I've found them to be a little contridictory or otherwise difficult to understand.

Anyone who could give me some guidence would be appreciated

-Steve

I suggest you to read YDY's English documentation for Media Player Classic from Guides section.

in ffdshow go in codec and select xvid as decoder for xvid format!!

select post prosessing , enable it .select full image, and enable mplayer and nic's
dont use the automatic control of the quality!!!
select all the other option in the post prosessin section!!!
better is youre cpu better the image will be!!!!
i hope i helped you!!