[Cyb3rH4Xter]

I have started using XBMC now for like 2 weeks ago and got my XBMC dedicated Htpc 2 days ago (Asrock 330HT) and have been busy fixing my movie collection, ripping dvds.
I am also using the new fantastic theme Legacy Dark.
What i can read on this forum, it seems like many people rips blu-ray (don't own any my self yet) and dvd's (as i do), and that it should say stuff like 1080p and BluRay in the mod (mediaflags).

Now here's the question:

What does the mediaflags check after in the movie file too see if it's 1080p or 720p etc...?

To get that flag, do you need to rip your bluray in high quality? (5-10gig?)

As i said i am only ripping DVD's yet, i use Handbrake for it.
I use quite good settings (1800 bitrate, Anamorphic Res Loose), i don't need better quality, and i save space.
So in XBMC it shows that i have SD quality on all my movies, can i get any higher with dvd ripping (higher settings etc.)?

Thx to all who answers

[Cyb3rH4Xter]

Anyone?

[D0nR0s4]

You could mod your skin so it just always shows HD, but technically DVDs are SD and so it shows as SD. If you rip bluerays as long as you dont scale them down it should say HD, because (I think) XBMC goes by resolution of the video (what makes sense).

[Cyb3rH4Xter]

I don't want it to show HD if it isn't, just curious to know.

[natethomas]

I believe it follows some kind of check chain. Is the width 1920 or 1280 pixels wide? If yes, HD, if no, is the height 1080 or 720? If yes, hd, if no, etc.

[JustinAiken]

Yeah... for some reason it recognizes pretty much any SD xvid file I have as 480, even though most of them are less than that...

[ronie]

What does the mediaflags check after in the movie file too see if it's 1080p or 720p etc...?

Yeah... for some reason it recognizes pretty much any SD xvid file I have as 480, even though most of them are less than that...

from the xbmc sourcecode:

Code:

if (iWidth == 0)
    return "";

  else if (iWidth < 721)
    return "480";
  // 960x540
  else if (iWidth < 961)
    return "540";
  // 1280x720
  else if (iWidth < 1281)
    return "720";
  // 1920x1080
  else
    return "1080";

so it only looks at the width of a movie and returns either 480,540,720 or 1080.

next it's up to the skin what to do with this info. some might just display these values, while others may use 'SD' to represent 480 and 540 material.


oh, DVD rips will always be SD, no matter how "good" your settings are. ;-)

[Cyb3rH4Xter]

big thx for clarification Ronie
btw, that code looks like C#.....

[JustinAiken]

Thanks for the info Ronie, most helpful!