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    Blocky/horrible video quality with G1S

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by LARM, Dec 6, 2007.

  1. LARM

    LARM Notebook Enthusiast

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    Am I the only one who notices this? Is there a fix for it? The image quality when watching divx/dvd on my W3J was great...not perfect, but pretty close. In comparison, the quality of the G1S on divx/dvd is really really bad. Everything is blocky...sort of like how old Nintendo games are. I hope it's just not the new larger resolution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
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  2. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    are you sure it's not just a codec issue? for example FDDshow can enable post-processing deblocking for Divx/XVid. Are you playing the exact same video on both? could be just a bad rip/encode.
     
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    Yeh, I've tried several different divx movies...I've installed xvid/divx codec, but they still all look much worse than the W3J. I'm guessing, sadly, that it's because the video is stretched out a lot more than it was on the W3J which was only a 14" widescreen. I'll keep trying different things, but thought somoene else might have had a similar issue.
     
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Try downloading k-lite codec pack(or CCCP depending on your preferece) and enable deblocking from FDDshow Video Decoder, does wonders for me and my resolution is 1680 x 1050 as well.
     
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    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Does this happen only on full screen mode or always. 1680x1050 would have an impacti f you fullscreen it but otherwise not
     
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    What program do you use to view movies...divx/xvid/dvd, etc.

    I'm using VLC Player. Just installed that K-lite Codec PAck..
     
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    The K-Lite pack seems to have solved my problem. Thanks a lot. I was pretty bummed thinking my divx movies were looking so terrible.
     
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Surprisingly, Media Player Classic(not Windows Media Player Classic), it's probably the most minimal player out there. I used to use VLC as well as Zoom, but MPC runs with the least amount of memory.
     
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Yep, but I've gotten used to VLC :) Has a lot of handy options like audio +/- when the audio is not properly synchronized.
     
    E.B.E., Dec 7, 2007
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