EDIT
If you are reading this thread for the first time, take note of the date.
This thread is now very old. So I suggest that you just read the last 10 or maybe 20 pages to find out the current best practice.
Over the time this thread has been running, there has been considerable advancement in hardware, software, and of coarse experience. So consider these early posts as early experiments with FFDShow and the hardware-software available at the time.
If you are feeling keen, you may want to read the old posts as reference. There will be information in there that you may find useful in understanding FFDShow and its use.
I started an even older thread on FFDShow resize back in June 2003.
http://archive2.avsforum.com/avs-vb/...ize+as+sharpen
Here is a link to a good illustrated starters guide for Zoom Player and FFDShow setup. Newbies should start here.
http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=ffdshowdvd_1
Regards,
Owen
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The FFDShow resize-sharpen dude.
P.S. Almost all the common questions get asked and answered within the last 10-20 pages of the thread and I considerer the asking of questions that HAVE been answered within those pages to be rude and shows a lack of effort or your part.
kejar31,
Thank your for spending the time to write this FAQ.
Just couple of things I have an issue with.
1. It is not required to resize to anywhere near 1440x 960 to get good results with Resize-Sharpen. A 25-30% increase over DVD resolution is a good starting point and work up from there depending on system speed. Bigger is not always better.
This will help a lot more people to get Resize-Sharpen working for them.
2. I would encourage people to start with Gradual denoise before the resize filter.
Or not use it at all until they can get resize running smoothly.
It is more important to have Resize with Sharpen then denoise.
There is only a slight improvement in using the denoise filter after resize so it is better to have denoise first and save the CPU to get a more optimum resize.
Regards,
Owen
If you are reading this thread for the first time, take note of the date.
This thread is now very old. So I suggest that you just read the last 10 or maybe 20 pages to find out the current best practice.
Over the time this thread has been running, there has been considerable advancement in hardware, software, and of coarse experience. So consider these early posts as early experiments with FFDShow and the hardware-software available at the time.
If you are feeling keen, you may want to read the old posts as reference. There will be information in there that you may find useful in understanding FFDShow and its use.
I started an even older thread on FFDShow resize back in June 2003.
http://archive2.avsforum.com/avs-vb/...ize+as+sharpen
Here is a link to a good illustrated starters guide for Zoom Player and FFDShow setup. Newbies should start here.
http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=ffdshowdvd_1
Regards,
Owen
___________________________
The FFDShow resize-sharpen dude.
P.S. Almost all the common questions get asked and answered within the last 10-20 pages of the thread and I considerer the asking of questions that HAVE been answered within those pages to be rude and shows a lack of effort or your part.
kejar31,
Thank your for spending the time to write this FAQ.
Just couple of things I have an issue with.
1. It is not required to resize to anywhere near 1440x 960 to get good results with Resize-Sharpen. A 25-30% increase over DVD resolution is a good starting point and work up from there depending on system speed. Bigger is not always better.
This will help a lot more people to get Resize-Sharpen working for them.
2. I would encourage people to start with Gradual denoise before the resize filter.
Or not use it at all until they can get resize running smoothly.
It is more important to have Resize with Sharpen then denoise.
There is only a slight improvement in using the denoise filter after resize so it is better to have denoise first and save the CPU to get a more optimum resize.
Regards,
Owen