Advanced MPC-HC Setup Guide - Page 30

I use DXVA CB + MadVR with no problems on my HD 5830. Everything plays fine including high bitrate Blu-Ray discs.

im not getting getting good peformance using a 5670. id actually like to be able to get good performance with it. as using copyback mode keeps the graphics card clocks lower

So am I missing anything by using the other option that works with AMD cards (hd2600 pro) instead of copyback?

What's the difference between dxva2 native vs. copy-back in LAV?

I am confused now. I know I have 3 options that are for hardware not CPU, one for Nvidia and then for AMD there is the one copyback and a second one which i cannot recall now sorry but I know it is also hardware unless I am super blind.

Well, I must be using native since I know I am not using the Nvidia one nor copyback because it just freezes and I get perfect playback so not sure what is going on but something is working for me.

Ah so I am not really doing much here when it comes to getting better IQ then , right?
If so, then I want to upgrade my card although it is running fine and looks very nice I will say.

Darn it...so much for my 2600 pro then!
I guess I am better of going Nvidia since it seems to work better with it right? I just need to figure out how much card I need for 1080p specifically.
Also, are you familiar with the 3dlut calibration?
I have a 3d lut for my projector but its a text file I created years ago for a different script in avisynth.

Is there any keyboard shortcut/remote command to bring up the chapter listing in an .mkv with MPC-HC.

I've looked but couldn't find any option but I figured I may be missing something.

I have mpc setup as specified with MadVR running and setting the correct frequency.

The problem I have is, when using this it does not fill the whole screen, I get black borders on the edges which could result in screen burn.

For reference I am using an ATI 5700 connected to an Anthem MRX 300 receiver (listed in MadVR) via HDMI and then a Panasonic VT30 connected via hdmi to the receiver.

The tv changes frequency fine but I cant seem to lose the black borders, if I exit MPCHC it fullscreens again fine without borders. Is there anything I can do about this.

Should it not just map the pixels 1-1?

I think the MPC-HC setting you want is called 'Touch Window From Inside'.

I tried this but these settings do not seem to do anything, when I start to play a video MADVR changes my display frequency to match but when it does so everything has a black border around it including windows screens which makes sense as it's changing settings on the video card but I don't really see how frequency relates to resolution. It's a bit weird...

Sounds like you need to check the overscan configuration in the AMD control panel.
Its really incredibly annoying that they have the Overscan configuration so non-intuitive. It resets itself for every refresh rate and is on by default, which just doesn't work well for most modern TVs.

You might be on to something, I just tried connecting the pc direct to the display to get the AVR out the chain and it did the same thing. I then tried just setting the refresh rate to 50hz in windows and it instantly left borders on the edges so it's not a MPC or MADVR issue at all. Can't the ATI card just output 1920x1080 fixed and let the display map it 1-1???

It can, but you need to tell it that manually.
There is some checkbox under the overscan options which lets you override the config for all modes, or something. Don't remember how exactly it was worded anymore.

Thanks for the suggestions, what I have done is go through all the frequencies used and turned the overscan setting on the slider to none. It seems to save it for each frequency so hopefully now it will keep it like that.

All seems to be working well now though so thanks for that! You would have thought they could have made that a little clearer in the ati settings.

Will MadVR work with Intel HD2000 built in i3-2100?

Great guide. Thank you MINDBOMB. I have been trying this for one week and it really makes a difference for blurays, which play far better than with anything else (got powerdvd ultra, that now I only use for 3d). I am no expert, but my ears and eyes can see and hear the difference. Some of the comments arguing that your proposed settings make not much difference remind me of discussions on what is the difference between mp3 and lossless compression. Delusional or not, those who can hear the difference, hear it.

One issue I had after implementing your settings was that I was unable to play DVDs - yes video, but no audio. The issue was bitstreaming in the lav audio decoder settings. Dolby Digital (at least) and Dolby Digital Plus (perhaps) need to be unticked. After testing, consider adding that to your guide.

There is one remaining issue for DVDs: once the movie is running, right clicking and giving a command (say enable subtittles) or moving the seek bar freezes all commands. I mean, the movie still runs fine -although either windowed or showing the seek bar - but you cannot rightclick, use the seek bar, access the menus or even close MPC (have to kill it with task manager) anymore. This does not happen when you open individual vob files in the movie, so I reckon the issue has to do with some glitch in the manner LAV interacts with DVD pagination.

Has anybody noticed that?

Anyway, thanks again MINDBOMB for making my movie watching so much more enjoyable.

So I finally decided to try a GTS 450 to use Cuvid instead of my HD2600 Pro with DXVA Native.
Well, first impression yesterday was not very good. It was smooth (which it was already with my previous one) but like it lacked a lot of punch to the image. I thought it was a matter of PC vs tv settings but did not look like it.
Then I started to think the problem was my contrast and brightness settings were somehow incorrect for this card...no idea why.
So I tweaked those and it started to look better..and details looks more refined (maybe I am using the sharpening in the nvidia settings)
Although in reality, changed to video playback section did nothing only the ones for desktop (the color vibration thing) worked.
So any settings I might be missing?

hey!

I found this guide yesterday and I have managed to setup everything.
However, I am not 100% sure how to setup the sound for the best quality.
I have a Creative xtreme gamer fata1ty sound card (I do not think it supports DTS) but can still take the DLL file from the Total media theater for better sound?
If yes, what settings should I choose in the LAV audio decoder?

You should give details about the rest of your computer's specs.

Cpu - I5 2500k 4.7Ghz
Motherbord - Asus p8p67 pro
Memory - 4x4Gb 1600Mhz
Storage - Intel ssd 80Gb
Grafic - Nvidia gtx 470
Soundcard - X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Os - Windows 7 ultimate sp1 x64
Speakers - Creative 5.1 THX