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Request for Wiki Link to madVR Guide
astromo:
I've upgraded my unit with some extra graphics grunt, so went in search of the madVR guide:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=80253.0
to give it a whirl.
6233638 has put together a fantastic piece of wiki-ness but when I went hunting for it, there was no entry in the obvious spot:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Category:Frequently_Asked_Questions
Nor was there a link that I could see in the Red October write up.
Is this an oversight or is it intended for some reason that eludes me?
If I'm the only one that thinks this is worthwhile, then fair enough, leave it alone.. ;)
jmone:
Done - I've added the link to the thread on the Red October Wiki Page - http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Red_October#More
JimH:
I added this caution to your edit:
"JRiver recommends using Red October HQ without any modifications for all but advanced users."
Most users should not make changes to the default madVR settings, and the changes themselves can sometimes cause problems. DirectShow was one of our biggest support problems before Red October and the problems disappeared once we made the switch.
If there are settings that should be tweaked, please propose and discuss them.
6233638:
--- Quote from: JimH on December 08, 2013, 07:43:54 am ---Most users should not make changes to the default madVR settings, and the changes themselves can sometimes cause problems. DirectShow was one of our biggest support problems before Red October and the problems disappeared once we made the switch.
If there are settings that should be tweaked, please propose and discuss them.
--- End quote ---
The problem is that madVR's scaling settings range from Bilinear which is low quality, but will run perfectly well on integrated graphics, to Jinc scaling with an anti-ringing filter which can require a gaming-class GPU to run smoothly, and there's a big range in-between those two. When you are in the medium quality scaling options, you usually have to trade-off between sharpness and aliasing or ringing artifacts, and this is user preference more than anything else. (I prefer to sacrifice some sharpness to avoid ringing/aliasing)
Media Center's display mode switcher is not as advanced as the one in madVR, and does not account for things like film mode (where madVR can reclock a 25fps film to 24p) so you still have to enter the madVR config to set that.
There is also an upcoming feature to deband the image, which people may want to use, but it's not something I would want to leave enabled in a preset, as it depends on the quality of your source material.
I have not done a clean install of Media Center for a while so I'm unsure about what your madVR defaults are, but I think it would be useful to offer something in the way of presets for madVR - you could easily have five different levels of quality setting.
This might actually be the best way to handle it, as a "lowest" quality setting would be a good way for people to see if their system could even handle madVR at all, before trying the higher quality settings.
I'm happy to have a look over what the MC19 madVR defaults are and make some suggestions, or come up with five quality presets.
jmone:
--- Quote from: JimH on December 08, 2013, 07:43:54 am ---I added this caution to your edit:
"JRiver recommends using Red October HQ without any modifications for all but advanced users."
--- End quote ---
Thanks
--- Quote ---I'm happy to have a look over what the MC19 madVR defaults are and make some suggestions, or come up with five quality presets.
--- End quote ---
There was some discussion on this a while ago... and while it makes sense I guess the appeal is not broad enough (and those that care about these settings can work though them).
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