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[whatwhat]

Is MC able to play movies on AMD Fluid Motion 60fps? I can do with other players like Potplayer and Media Player Classic. I think it could be possible if MC has any options for internal/external video codecs and filters, but couldn't find.
If possible, how to set for it?

[tij]

I think fluid motion of AMD failed to take off ... so not many things that support it out there ... and since it failed to take off, not much have been updated by AMD probably

Fluid Motion is just another gimmick marketing for frame interpolation ... MC can do that via MadVR (Red October HQ video mode) ... and MadVR is probably one of the best post processing for video (need good GPU power though)

I never use frame interpolation on 23.97hz movies ... interpolating them to 60hz make them look too real like TV soap operas ... there is reason why movies are shot 23.97 ... well originally probably to save cost of making them ... but as side effect you get dream like effect (motion blur) that make them look unreal, so your mind don’t question if it’s real and accept it as it is ... that’s why movies are still shot at 23.97 (if 60hz gave better experience ... they would be shooting movies at 60hz by now)

[tij]

Oops ... madVR does not do frame interpolation (predicting what extra frames should look like) ... only Smooth Motion (frame blending) for cases were movie frame rate does not match monitor supported frame rates

Sorry to confuse ... most modern TV has them build in though (under different marketing names)

I recalled my brother hated HD ... cause he said it look “too real” like soap opera when looking at demos in shops ... those shop probably ran their TV with frame interpolation for him to perceive that ... but since then he never bought in HD or UHD and still think DVD is better lol

[whatwhat]

Thanks, I know the substance of such tricky techs. I simply questioned if it is available on MC as my kids prefer smoothly moving cartoon animations.

[tij]

MC can use direct show filters ... theoretically can put one in the chain that does frame interpolation (never done that myself ... so put “theoretically” lol) ... ppl say DmitriRender is a good filter for that (comparable or better than SVP player) ... but this way - it is not easy to turn it on/off

But if your TV supports it ... imho better let TV do it (easier to switch it on/off)

Can also try MadVR smooth motion ... while not truly frame interpolation ... might be good enough for cartoons ... can assign keyboard shortcut to toggle it on/off too