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I have an nvidia gt520m card and a lg lcd television , I cant see any setting on the tv re colourspace.
Is there a particular config recommend for the colour space setting in the nvidia control panel, eg auto, full, or limited and likewise in the xbmc settings to avoid black crush etc?
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Settings / System / Video output / Use limited colour range (16-235)
You'll need to switch your "Settings level" to "Expert" for that option to appear. You'll find the "Settings level" at the bottom left of the settings screen.
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2014-10-22, 13:19
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-22, 13:19 by WeirdH.)
The setting of your pc / xbmc should match the setting of your tv. So if the tv doesn't have a setting for color space, you should try to find out what it's set at. Usually though, it's limited.
My tv does have a setting, I set it to limited, while setting my Nvidia control panel to ybrcr444 (dunno exact name). Setting Nvidia to RGB would require the tv to be set to 'full', but I feel like my blacks still get crushed with that.
However, when Nvidia is set to that 444 setting, my XBMC should not be set at 'limited 16-235', because this introduces a gray layer over the screen. This is how my setup works, YMMV.
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Note that XBMC's setting "limited range" does not work with dxva and also ruins colors for picture viewer on all platforms but Linux.
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2014-10-23, 00:03
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-23, 00:03 by bilbonvidia.)
Thanks chaps. I believe the lg does have this option it is listed as black level high / low. I have set both nvida and tv to full and left the option in xbmc alone and it seems ok.
On the test pattern within xbmc I presume we adjust te tv until we can see all four circles?