HomeCinema-HD - Quality guide for HTPC

[kast]

MPC-HC Guide with ffdshow Reclock madVR AC3filter AutoFrequency CoreAVC

I created a site about home theater PC with the goal of playing all types of video with maximum quality by using mpchc, ffdshow, reclock, ac3filter... This tutorial is accessible to everyone and I give the configuration files ready as packs.

The site is available here Tutorial Home Theater PC

A small example of what you get: Quality Comparison Before / After

I'm french so the original version of the site was in french. I started to translate it in english but my english is not very good so there must be some translation errors.

I see you soon on http://www.homecinema-hd.com

 

[el Filou]

Just a personal opinion, but from a photographic point of view (which is what cinema is about), the "after" screenshot of the Dexter opening certainly looks of lower quality (not natural at all: too much edge, contrast and saturation enhancements) than the "before" one.

Why didn't you do before/after comparisons with the other images (real scenes), and with various material instead of just faces?

I've seen you've posted a link to your guide on pretty much every french forum I know of, and while I'am all for guides on how to tweak settings and configure players, the kind of "here is how you have to digitally enhance a moving picture" which always include the same ffdshow filters sound very obnoxious to me. It has to be the umphteen one on the subject.:clap:

 

[leeperry]

yeah, spamming all the forums and adding a big "donate" button on the very top is rather annoying(when it's about using free software like MPC/Reclock/madVR)...especially when this subject has been beaten to death.

but this is a vast and complicated matter, and dumbing things down is always good

 

[kast]

I prefer the "after" screenshot of dexter and threre is no contrast and saturation enhancements, just good levels.

Maybe I'll change the others image later.

I do not force you to read it.

 

[kast]

I am sorry I did'nt want to spam the forum, I just wanted to make known my tutorial.

I will delete the donate button.

 

[leeperry]

no worries! I tried to look at the comparisons, but I dunno what "Dexter" is(some TV show?)..and I don't see any before/after comparisons, just two ugly guys in close up and Alice(most likely from a 720p rip?)

anyway yes, you may wanna brush up the english translation of your site, but it's always good to explain those things to newcomers...so congrats w/ the new site :agree:

 

[kast]

Yes dexter is a TV show and the screenshot is below.

English translation needs to be corrected and it will.

Thank you.

 

[ted209]

I just wanted to say thanks so much for the website - I have been trying to set up an optimal HTPC for a while and all the tips are buried so deep in threads with hundreds of pages!

I'm not a fan of sharpening video (the text in the Dexter shows edge enhancement artifacts), but following your tutorial it is simple to bypass this section.

One small error I noticed on the profiles page:
http://www.homecinema-hd.com/index.php?page=ffdshow_video_profiles&lang=en_US
for 1080p it states "and 16 and 576 in the bottom 2" which should be "and 16 and 1080 in the bottom 2"

Thanks again for your hard work!

 

[kast]

Thank you to report this error, it's fixed.

I'm glad I helped.

 

[kast]

Monday 15 November 2010

Changed screenshot Before / After

 

[kast]

Monday 29 November 2010

NEW - Added CoreAVC
Updated Packs v9.3

 

[kast]

There is a lots of news since the last time I updated my post.

You can go here to see the latest updates of the tutorial : News HomeCinema-HD
The tutorial is still avaible here : Tutorial HTPC

 

[kast]

There is again a lots of news since the last time I updated my post :

- Pack HomeCinema-HD N°10.2
- AutoFrequency 1.3.3.381
- madVR is recommended in the tutorial
- LAV Splitter replace haali media splitter
- Some fixes and improvements in the tutorial
- etc...

The tutorial and the packs are still avaible here : HomeCinema-HD - Tutorial HTPC - Pack
You can go here to see the latest updates of the tutorial : News HomeCinema-HD