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RoderickGI:

--- Quote from: Gatherum on September 23, 2016, 01:03:46 am ---No, no. This is fine. While I understand Jim's sentiment, I find it a lot more sensible to consult other JRiver users about how MadVR works for them
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Actually I feel the same way somewhat, as I would like a sort of summary of assistance in getting the best out of madVR in MC on my hardware. But madVR functionality and hardware changes so often that it would be hard to do the subject justice here. Hence, the Doom9 alternative.

There is a two and a half year old madVR guide that may help a bit available here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,80253.0.html


--- Quote from: Gatherum on September 23, 2016, 01:03:46 am ---Though, that begs the question: how extensive is the (theoretical) overlap between the adoption of MC and MadVR?
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Well MC is primarily a DirectShow application, at least on Windows. It doesn't need madVR to show video, and in fact RO Standard doesn't use madVR, only RO HQ does. But MC is pretty wed to LAV Filters and madVR for high quality audio and video. I don't see that as an issue, even though Microsoft seems to be trying to move away from DirectShow, it will be around for quite some time.

millst:
I think this one is the best guide:

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=259188

Most of the rest have misinformation or are out of date.

Regardless, people should probably just stick with one of the JRiver defaults or be willing to invest the time. There is no "best" setting so if you're a videophile you just need to sit down, take the time, and decide what tradeoffs you prefer.

-tm

Gatherum:
So I tried following that guide. It's very well-written and clear. I was able to optimize a number of things, especially with regards to specifying the resolutions my display is capable of, and was even able to improve the visuals on my display in general by tinkering with the colour space settings.

Ultimately, there's just not a distinguishable difference between a super-xbr or NNEDI3-16 configuration and ROS to justify the (potential) performance hits. Maybe if I get a much more powerful video card, I can try to go crazy with it, but as it stands, ROS provides a more-than-adequate viewing experience which, once again, is a testament to how easy the folks at JRiver make it for their consumers.

I appreciate the input from all of you. Thank you so much. :)

millst:
Yep, mucking around with madVR settings is for hardcore videophiles. On content that is well-mastered, the differences are minor, at best.

It's more important to focus on luma, not chroma, since our eyes don't have as much color resolution. 16 neurons isn't enough for luma and makes things worse (artifacts).

-tm

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