themanwithapc
Active Member
Recently I've come across this forum and found the joys of using my PC as a HTPC for DVD playback, and TBH I've been blown away by the quality. However, 2 things seem to bother me about FFDshow.
1. Firstly, under FFDshow, there is a 'blur & NR' tab, which houses a setting called gradual denoise. Now a few guides/users tweaking FFDshow use this, but when I try it, all I can see with my DVD's is an absolute blurry mess. Surely these people tweaking their setups can't be seeing this, so is it me doing something wrong? Pic below
2. A lot of people recommend using the 'Resize & Aspect' settings under FFDshow too, to improve the quality of the picture. However, I've had nothing but trouble with this setting. I have an Athlon 2800+ with 1GB of Ram, and resizing (even if only to 1280x720 or 2x) reduces the movie to a stutter. This is with only Lanczos 2 turned on. Not only this but I also get huge borders all around the screen. I can't help feeling I'm doing something wrong here too.....
Lastly, I have more a general question. Whilst FFDshow is fine for DVD's, is there something similar which can be used for AVIs, WMVs etc.?
Thanks
1. Firstly, under FFDshow, there is a 'blur & NR' tab, which houses a setting called gradual denoise. Now a few guides/users tweaking FFDshow use this, but when I try it, all I can see with my DVD's is an absolute blurry mess. Surely these people tweaking their setups can't be seeing this, so is it me doing something wrong? Pic below

2. A lot of people recommend using the 'Resize & Aspect' settings under FFDshow too, to improve the quality of the picture. However, I've had nothing but trouble with this setting. I have an Athlon 2800+ with 1GB of Ram, and resizing (even if only to 1280x720 or 2x) reduces the movie to a stutter. This is with only Lanczos 2 turned on. Not only this but I also get huge borders all around the screen. I can't help feeling I'm doing something wrong here too.....
Lastly, I have more a general question. Whilst FFDshow is fine for DVD's, is there something similar which can be used for AVIs, WMVs etc.?
Thanks