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Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: ozamalloa on June 04, 2003, 05:13:00 AM

I tried to watch some VCD´s and Divx, but the quality is shitty.... is this happening to everyone???   how can I fix this???

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: TacoBalls on June 04, 2003, 05:18:00 AM

You could just be watching some bad rips.  What version XBMP are you using?  It is flawless for me.  Absolutely fantastic.  Maybe you should stick with your DVD player?

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: NinoBrown on June 04, 2003, 06:29:00 AM

bad rips... :ph34r:  

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: ozamalloa on June 04, 2003, 06:53:00 AM

could it be that I have to delete a ile in Tdata an uDATA..???
because I just upgraded from 2.3 to 2.4

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: hulkyh on June 04, 2003, 07:35:00 AM

no.... that are things of the saved games...


All stuff is in XBMP folder. The codecs which are 81 files in a folder called "dll ". Then if these are there then you should not have a problem. Otherwise it is indeed just a bad rip. you know that you can see on www.nforce.nl which releases are nuked of the official group releases.

here is the list that is needed in the folder DLL (81 files):

acelpdec.ax
alf2cd.acm
asusasv2.dll
asusasvd.dll
ativcr2.dll
atrac3.acm
avimszh.dll
avizlib.dll
CLRVIDDC.DLL
clrviddd.dll
CtWbJpg.DLL
divx.dll
divx_c32.ax
divxa32.acm
divxc32.dll
divxdec.ax
ffdshow.ax
ffdshow.en
huffyuv.dll
i263_32.drv
iccvid.dll
icmw_32.dll
imaadp32.acm
imc32.acm
ir32_32.dll
ir41_32.dll
ir50_32.dll
ivvideo.dll
jp2avi.dll
l3codeca.acm
l3codecx.ax
LCodcCMP.dll
lhacm.acm
libavcodec.dll
libmpeg2_ff.dll
libpostproc.dll
m3jp2k32.dll
m3jpeg32.dll
m3jpegdec.ax
mcdvd_32.dll
mcmjpg32.dll
mpg4c32.dll
mpg4ds32.ax
msadp32.acm
msg711.acm
msgsm32.acm
msh261.drv
msms001.vwp
msnaudio.acm
msrle32.dll
msscds32.ax
msvidc32.dll
mvoiced.vwp
nsrt2432.acm
pclepim1.dll
qdv.dll
qpeg32.dll
qtmlClient.dll
QuickTime.qts
QuickTimeEssentials.qtx
QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx
README.TXT
registry.dat
rt32dcmp.dll
sp5x_32.dll
tm20dec.ax
TomsMoComp_ff.dll
tsccvid.dll
tssoft32.acm
ubvmp4d.dll
vgpix32d.dll
vivog723.acm
voxmsdec.ax
vp31vfw.dll
wma9dmod.dll
wmadmod.dll
wmspdmod.dll
wmv8ds32.ax
wmv9dmod.dll
wmvdmod.dll
wmvds32.ax


This post has been edited by hulkyh: Jun 4 2003, 02:36 PM

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: nachonut on June 04, 2003, 07:48:00 AM

nice list.. guess it's time to upgrade my xbmp

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: phamtasm on June 04, 2003, 12:57:00 PM

QUOTE (hulkyh @ Jun 4 2003, 10:28 AM)

no.... that are things of the saved games... All stuff is in XBMP folder. The codecs which are 81 files in a folder called "dll ". Then if these are there then you should not have a problem. Otherwise it is indeed just a bad rip. you know that you can see on www.nforce.nl which releases are nuked of the official group releases. here is the list that is needed in the folder DLL (81 files):

Where did you get that list of codecs?  I thought XBMP only support the 5 or 6 codecs listed in the readme.txt file (inside the dll folder).

This post has been edited by phamtasm: Jun 4 2003, 08:04 PM

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: rgtaa on June 04, 2003, 01:10:00 PM

all i have is 5 or 6 too ... does anyone else have 81 in that folder?

this is in dll folder of 6-2-2003    xbmp2.4

This is the README file in that dll folder:




Put supported DLL files in this ("dll") folder
Get dll's for here: http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

Currently (22/01-2003) only these DLL's are supported:

wma9dmod.dll   (File version: 9.0.0.2926)   409,720 bytes
wmadmod.dll   (File version: 9.0.0.2926)   410,216 bytes
wmspdmod.dll   (File version: 9.0.0.2926)   486,504 bytes
wmv9dmod.dll   (File version: 9.0.0.2926)   807,032 bytes
wmvdmod.dll   (File version: 9.0.0.2926)   807,528 bytes

This post has been edited by rgtaa: Jun 4 2003, 08:32 PM

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: phamtasm on June 04, 2003, 01:17:00 PM

what package is this codec in?

libavcodec.dll

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: rgtaa on June 04, 2003, 01:45:00 PM

i'm also waiting for the PRO's on the xbmp to confirm that 81 files should be in the DLL folder!
Does anyone other then HULKYT have 81 files in DLL folder for version xbmp 2.4?

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: deltop on June 04, 2003, 02:03:00 PM

The quality your getting from xbmp will depend on 2 things.

1. The connection between your xbox and tv. ie. normal video connectors, s-video or RGB. The quality increasing in that order. If your in the US you may have composite instead of RGB although I haven't looked into it in depth being in the UK myself, perhaps someone in the US could elaborate on the best setup for US people.

2. The quality of the rips.

I know for a fact that you can get extremely high quality output.

I have been downloading tv rips of the 2nd season of Smallville done by a group called Sd-6. Now these are widescreen SVCD rips taken from HDTV. Normally what I would do is play them on my dvd player and use the zoom feature on my 32" widescreen tv in order to have the letterbox picture fit the screen.

However with xbmp it automatically crops the black boarders and resizes it for anamorphic widescreen. So instead of using my tv's zoom mode it plays in true 16:9 anamorphic widescreen. Technically this should result in a slight downgrade in quality due the resizing by xbmp but the end result looks superb. Way better than ANY tv rip I've ever seen. It looks better than some dvd's I've got. It looks much better than when I play it in my dvd player and use zoom.

I've yet to experiment with any divx or xvid dvd rips but technically they should look just as good if not better due to the higher resolution.

As long as the rips themselves are good quality.

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: cannondale on June 04, 2003, 02:43:00 PM

There's actually more to it. I used XBMP 2.3 for many months and accumulated a larger collection of DivX movies. Since version 2.4 XBMP definitely has a lower quality when playing back the same DivX movies. Do the test yourself.

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: deltop on June 04, 2003, 04:51:00 PM

Hmm I'll do some checking when I get home on Sunday but if there is a problem it's likely to be with ffmpeg and not xbmp directly.

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: flattspott on June 04, 2003, 05:11:00 PM

Well I just put all those files into my dll folder and they screwed everything up. Every video I played was upside down.

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: phamtasm on June 04, 2003, 05:46:00 PM

LOL are you serious??  Thats funny...sorry.  I guess i'll have to try putting those in my dll directory to find out for myself.

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: flattspott on June 04, 2003, 07:47:00 PM

Tes I'm serious.

Title: Why Does Xbmp 2.4 Has So Low Quality
Post by: hulkyh on June 05, 2003, 04:15:00 AM

QUOTE (rgtaa @ Jun 4 2003, 10:38 PM)

i'm also waiting for the PRO's on the xbmp to confirm that 81 files should be in the DLL folder! Does anyone other then HULKYT have 81 files in DLL folder for version xbmp 2.4?

I got those files from my first version XBMP2.2 of the slayer installation. So I kept those in the updates of my xbmp. Only the folder Dll is 21 mb already.

So this is not released with the xbmp 2.4

Just download a slayer installation. It could be that you only need 6 now with all the updates, but I keep them just in case!