Luminance questions

[sanderdvd]

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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 79 Guys,

After some struggles with MPC-HC audio settings it was time to take a look at my video settings last night (involving output ranges). I ve tried all sort of different settings and really don t know anymore which is the correct setting to use. Some settings I tried where:

1.
MPC-HC with VMR9 and with pixel shader 16-235 -> 0-255 [SD][HD] enabled.

2.
MPC-HC with VMR9 and with pixel shader 16-235 -> 0-255 [SD][HD] disabled.

3.
MPC-HC with EVR Custom and with pixel shader 16-235 -> 0-255 [SD][HD] enabled.

4.
MPC-HC with EVR Custom and with pixel shader 16-235 -> 0-255 [SD][HD] disabled.

Really don t know which one to use. Some settings looks darker than others but don t know which one is 'dark enough'.

I did notice that EVR acts different than VMR9.

Here s my setup:
- HTPC with XP SP3
- ATI HD4350 with 9.2 driver
- latest MPC-HC build 1005
- latest DirectX
- JVC RS2 projector as display device
- HDMI out from ATI 4350 runs through Marantz AV8003 receiver which only works as passthrough the HDMI signal to my projector.

The content I play are .mkv's, .wmv's and video_ts material. When I play .mkv's coreAVC 1.9 comes in as decoder, with Input and Output levels on Autodetect.
When playing .wmv's the standard WMV video decoder is working as filter.


Also would like to know more about my projector: it has two modes for HDMI output range:
Standard (16-235) and
Enhanced (0-255)

The manual states that I have to put it on Enhanced for PC usage but on the Enhanced setting blacks looks washed out.

Any more info needed please let me know.

Really need some more help to set everything up correct.

Cheers.