I think my codecs are messed up

[anonymez]

all geforce/tnt2 use the same driver package. that version will do

[drfsupercenter]

Do I need to restart before installing them?

[anonymez]

before & after

[drfsupercenter]

OK it's downloading now.

[drfsupercenter]

Alright, I installed the Omega drivers.

It appears to be a slight bit better... not perfect still.


Another thing, every DivX AVI I open pops up a DivX tray icon... and it shows the DivX logo, I know this can be turned off but must I decode DivX with the real thing or should I have some other thing decode it?

I think my MPEG-2 codecs are bad too, if I try to play an SVCD MPG file in Windows Media Player it appears messed up, I will take a screenshot in a minute.

[drfsupercenter]

http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/6015/mpeg23fg.png

That music video is SVCD MPEG-2, plays fine on VLC or MPC but in Windows Media Player it does that. Any MPEG-2 does that.

So I am thinking there's something wrong with my MPEG2 codec.

[anonymez]

so do the DVD's/avi's etc look fine in VLC?

use ffdshow to decode mpeg4

[NightTran]

have you try STOIK, set to uncompress AVI ? but a file is come out to 25 GB

[drfsupercenter]

In VLC they look fine, but any sort of MPEG 2 file looks like crap in Windows Media Player (see my screenshot).

What might the problem be there?
I noticed that for DivX AVIs, in VLC it decodes it internally, but in WMP, the DivX taskbar icon shows up, hence DivX is decoding. Why is this?

[anonymez]

then the drivers issue is solved, now onto the codecs.

like i said, use ffdshow for mpeg4, based on same code, will then play just as well in wmp.

as for mpeg2, recommend dscaler5 or install intervideo/windvd. or better yet, don't bother with wmp at all

[drfsupercenter]

I know, but WMP is my default for .MPG files so I don't want to HAVE to use VLC.

Another question, can I make VLC automatically de-interlace so I don't get that motion blur?

[anonymez]

I know, but WMP is my default for .MPG files

that can be changed with right-click, open with...

Another question, can I make VLC automatically de-interlace so I don't get that motion blur?

there's a deinterlacing function in there somewhere, look around. personally i prefer mpc

[drfsupercenter]

I know but you have to do it each time (deinterlacing).
I like MPC too, but I hate that when you double click it pauses and unpauses and fullscreens it, I like VLC where it just makes it fullscreen.

[anonymez]

see deinterlacing section in VLC preferences, don't think it needs to be enabled each time

in mpc click options-->keys, pretty much all functions can be mapped to keys or key combinations

[drfsupercenter]

I know but I like double clicking.

And about WMP, here's the thing.

I like WMP's interface and stuff, so I use it unless it doesn't work. Which is why I use VLC for AVIs, because it uses overlay which is useful for large bitrates.