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Mrsash · 2008-06-01, 06:41

I tried mediaportal and somehow the videos do not seem as clean as the VMC rendering. VMC rendering of videos is brighter and the colour is more defined. I have a CRT and the colours seemed washed out. When I went closer i could see jaggies. Anyway I tried changing codecs but it did not help. I have tried from default to nvidia to mpeg2 microsoft codec. I have vista codec pack installed which works well. Turn MP off and start VMC brilliant quality. I have tried mostly everything but almost ready to give up. Apart from this everything feels right about MP

Couple of minor issues I have realised

2. Instructions on how to get plugins to work seemlessly is a bit sparse. I seem to get EPG without any other addon for the normal 7,9,10 etc networks but for some channels it says no data?

3. I have seen several epg plugins but dont know if I should use them in conjuction or have to turn off default EPG etc
this information if it is here somewhere its not easy to figure out?

4. I dont seem to be able to figure out how to get cool looking covers in my video library. I added the folders in MP config but as I understand it its suppose to scan and download it automatically, I may be wrong or do I need to download some other plugin?

5. I have imon remote which I will try getting to work with winirc but can I use the IR reciever which came with Imon?

thanks guys

2008-06-01, 06:41	#1 (permalink)
Mrsash Portal Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Video redering quality I tried mediaportal and somehow the videos do not seem as clean as the VMC rendering. VMC rendering of videos is brighter and the colour is more defined. I have a CRT and the colours seemed washed out. When I went closer i could see jaggies. Anyway I tried changing codecs but it did not help. I have tried from default to nvidia to mpeg2 microsoft codec. I have vista codec pack installed which works well. Turn MP off and start VMC brilliant quality. I have tried mostly everything but almost ready to give up. Apart from this everything feels right about MP Couple of minor issues I have realised 2. Instructions on how to get plugins to work seemlessly is a bit sparse. I seem to get EPG without any other addon for the normal 7,9,10 etc networks but for some channels it says no data? 3. I have seen several epg plugins but dont know if I should use them in conjuction or have to turn off default EPG etc this information if it is here somewhere its not easy to figure out? 4. I dont seem to be able to figure out how to get cool looking covers in my video library. I added the folders in MP config but as I understand it its suppose to scan and download it automatically, I may be wrong or do I need to download some other plugin? 5. I have imon remote which I will try getting to work with winirc but can I use the IR reciever which came with Imon? thanks guys