2009-03-25, 16:16
What amount of picture degradation are you experiencing from the original? Is the picture anywhere near HD quality?
roadster Wrote:What amount of picture degradation are you experiencing from the original? Is the picture anywhere near HD quality?
roadster Wrote:What amount of picture degradation are you experiencing from the original? Is the picture anywhere near HD quality?
Eiji Wrote:It is near HD quality. The main area of degredation is with complex colour shades or scenes which are dark with a few colour shades. You can see some pixelation in them but overall, 720p Xvids on the Xbox are FAR BETTER than SD Xvids.
SokinSan Wrote:With a magnifying glass and infrared goggles?
Eiji Wrote:No. I can see such imperfections on my 50" and 37" Plasmas.Blade Runner is an extream example, however, I just did a 4.35gb encode of it that looked pretty amazing. it is a very hard move to encode though, I will give you that.
If you want a classic example, just try Blade Runner encoded for Xbox...
ryecatcher Wrote:I really appreciate having this app brought to my attention. It will breathe new life into my trusty ol' Xbox with XBMC.
However, when it comes to getting the best quality settings possible, I'm still finding myself a bit confused by the interface and encoder settings. Is anyone willing to do a more detailed breakdown about how to set up xvid4psp to achieve maximum results? It would really help those like me who are relatively new to video and audio encoding.
Thanks again.
roadster Wrote:Can I second that?
I have an HD Ready TV, Xbox connected with an HD cable and I've just downloaded a film clip 1080p with DTS Sound.
I have xvid4psp 5, the latest version and am struggling to get the sort of quality expected.
roadster Wrote:Thanks for that, I am just in the process of giving it a try. I did re-encode the sample I have but the result was not brilliant.....perhaps its the quality of the source file. Anyway, just started crunching the main file which is 12.4 gig in size so may be a while
ryecatcher Wrote:Awesome. Thanks, SokinSan.
Now one more annoying question that someone might be able to clear up for me. I have the latest build of XBMC. I always just assumed that XBMC defaults to dvdplayer as the media player. Am I incorrect? Do I need to go into my settings and change this? I'm not even sure how to detect which player I'm using. The encodes I've tried so far have dropped frames, and this might be due to the media player.
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>dvdplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
</advancedsettings>
vettenstein Wrote:To make dvdplayer your XBMC default.
Copy/Paste this into notepad then save as advancedsettings.xml
Then put the advancedsettings.xml in the root of your UserData folder.
Code:<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>dvdplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
</advancedsettings>