vlc doesnt look right

[pm4k]

I'm using vlc player. The problem happens with above moderate moment. Around the outline of whats moving the picture goes to lines. Its like a pixalation but its not not. And its not ghosting. But it may be worse as the ghosting gets worse. It goes to lines instead of pixels. I've got a LG 23" led monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824005150 and it looks really bad on there. Right now I've got it hooked up to a 42" Toshiba LCD and its still there but not as noticeable. I dont have this problem when playing games or anything. It only seems to happen when I'm playing off a dvd. I've had it happen when I'm playing back top gear in 1080i off my HD but as I type I couldn't get it to happen. And it also doesn't seem to show up in screen captures. I'll admit I only tryed a few times but couldn't get it to show up.

Any Ideas whats going on? Its really distracting since i'm a video/audiophile. Also any ideas how to clean up 'snow' in the picture. or is that just part of the upconversion process.


The fix ended up being I needed to turn on the deinterlace. But I would suggest just using wmp for dvd playback.

[AdamV]

Perhaps the device you are playing the dvd from is outputing a frequency your tv does not like. but you mentioned it does it while using other devices? I would suspect the usual...loose cables, tv settings, or the quality of the dvds whether new or downloded.

[pm4k]

the dvds are brand new and I'm using an hdmi to the 42" and dvi to the monitor. No lose wires.

I did a little more digging after I posted and I think I found out what was wrong. Keep going with suggestions. Lets see if anyone can figure it out. If not I can just post what was wrong so it will help out others. But I like the game idea better. I'm sure there are some egos around here that need a good stroke.

[Nagoshi]

Try using WMP, see if the quality is better. I noticed that VLC does not always look better than others, it seems to need some visual tweaking when playing DVDs.

[pm4k]

Originally Posted by Nagoshi

Try using WMP, see if the quality is better. I noticed that VLC does not always look better than others, it seems to need some visual tweaking when playing DVDs.

I have to say the quality is better. The colors seem deeper and the settings are automatic. I didn't need to switch over to DD it just did it. I never thought I would choose wmp over vlc ever again.

Anyone care to guess what setting I needed to change in vlc?

[Nagoshi]

Its in the video settings, where you can adjust the picture settings. I never really messed up with it since WMP works surprisingly well for DVDs. The blacks are black and that's what I want. lol

[pm4k]

hmmm I no longer have control over the volume from my computer. I have to adjust the receiver. HDMI into tv and optical out TV into receiver.

[digitaldd]

I've had good success enabling all the directx acceleration options with VLC when using it for TV output. For plain DVD playback media center does the trick.