Hi all,
Sorry for being such a noob, I went through several threads but I couldn't resolve this myself, so please, help (and excuse my english).
I've set up an older PC to use as a media center; it's a modest Q6600 with an ATI2600 and 4gb RAM running v18...129. The primary monitor is 1280x1024 (4x3) and the secondary is my Panasonic plasma px80 which I've set up with a DVI2HDMI cable at 1280X720. Because of the different aspect ratio, I can only use an extended desktop. MC in Standard View starts correctly in the primary monitor. Theater view opens properly in #2, video files too, using Red October Standard+Video Clock. So far so good.
I've Enabled Automatic Display Settings and set the Default at 1280X720X32x60.
I've set the 25 fps to play at 1280X720x32X50.
Q#1 Is this setting correct?
Now, I have a lot of home videos, m2ts shot at 1920x1080 PAL (reported as 25fps in MC) and a few 1080 downloads. The problem is that the first time I try to play any one of these files, the picture is crappy. The only way to correct it is to manually Right Click>Window>Screen Resolution>1920x1080x50 (or anything else, for that matter, and then back with Right Click>Window>Screen Resolution>Desktop Settings). After that, MC remembers how to play this file. But if i FF to the next (or choose another file from my list), I have to do this all over again. And yes, it happens when I play the files both from Standard and Theater View.
Q#2 Shouldn't Auto Display Settings take care of all this? Could someone please offer their insight as to what am I doing wrong?
Q#3 Could you direct me to an MC video primer? I've found this (
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Video_Playback_Customization) but it seems to be obsolete.