2009-02-13, 08:15
Not sure where is the best place to start this thread, but I thought the linux section is most suitable and applies to my setup.
While watching my mkv collections (1080p tv hdmi connection to my 9400 nvidia GPU,1080p mkv, 24fps , with bitrate 10 to 15MBits), I noticed that the picture is not as crisp as I was expecting especially when I compare it with the xbox 360 playing wmvhd through components.
The best description for what I am experiencing is some pixelation (not performance pixelation) on scenes with walls and the sky. For instance, there could be a scene with someone standing next to a wall, and the person looks crisp and detailed, but the wall looks very grainy.
I have read somewhere that the dvdplayer xbmc uses does not do any post processing.
I played with all the OSD settings and nothing changed.
Could this just be the mkv compression? Is there a setting to filter out the grain and maybe add some sharpness to the picture. (oh yeah one more note, animated movies look sharper)
So the picture looks nice but it's not close to the xbox 360 wmvhd feeding my tv with 1080i, I mean theoretically, my htpc-xbmc setup and 1080p mkv are much more advanced and should look much better.
Any recommendations?
While watching my mkv collections (1080p tv hdmi connection to my 9400 nvidia GPU,1080p mkv, 24fps , with bitrate 10 to 15MBits), I noticed that the picture is not as crisp as I was expecting especially when I compare it with the xbox 360 playing wmvhd through components.
The best description for what I am experiencing is some pixelation (not performance pixelation) on scenes with walls and the sky. For instance, there could be a scene with someone standing next to a wall, and the person looks crisp and detailed, but the wall looks very grainy.
I have read somewhere that the dvdplayer xbmc uses does not do any post processing.
I played with all the OSD settings and nothing changed.
Could this just be the mkv compression? Is there a setting to filter out the grain and maybe add some sharpness to the picture. (oh yeah one more note, animated movies look sharper)
So the picture looks nice but it's not close to the xbox 360 wmvhd feeding my tv with 1080i, I mean theoretically, my htpc-xbmc setup and 1080p mkv are much more advanced and should look much better.
Any recommendations?