Video redering quality

[Mrsash]

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

[Paranoid Delusion]

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?

Country usually helps here, as some epgs are country specific, the general rule is if using a xml based guide, make sure you have not got dvb-grabbing enabled for those channels you have in the xml.

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?

If you are using the Movies section, then from MP config\movies\database you should do your scan from there, if you chose to download actors as well, be aware it is then very slow, 200 files will take about 3-5 hours, depending on your internet speed.

Cannot help with the CRT, what is your graphics card, as there are lots of tweaks to get a good picture depending on the graphics processor installed..

[Mrsash]

Originally Posted by Paranoid Delusion

Country usually helps here, as some epgs are country specific, the general rule is if using a xml based guide, make sure you have not got dvb-grabbing enabled for those channels you have in the xml.

Oh sorry I am in Australia. I also tried getting the icons from the download section to work but it did not work
When I go to it there are no station icons I put in there nor on some channels i see data. And this is the epg grabbing enabled. I was to afraid to see how other plugins would work for EPG so did not try yet.

If you are using the Movies section, then from MP config\movies\database you should do your scan from there, if you chose to download actors as well, be aware it is then very slow, 200 files will take about 3-5 hours, depending on your internet speed.

Will have to check what I did here. As far as I remember I scanned everything in MP config\movies\database. And when the scan finished in the morning it showed me some files it could not get info for, I ignored it since they where not movie files but my personal stuff.

Cannot help with the CRT, what is your graphics card, as there are lots of tweaks to get a good picture depending on the graphics processor installed..

See here where I get confused. As I understand VMC uses the codec I choose via VCP 4.xx The video is beautiful on the same TV with the same 7600GT AGP graphics card. Are you saying MP uses some other renderer. If it is then it either had inferior picture or I am definitely not doing something wrong. If it aint then something is missing either way



Anyway I tried installing some other plugins and it seems to have broken my MP instal. MP loads fine but MP config gives me an error
'Failed to locate assembly 'Plugin base, version 0.9.2.39317
culture = neutral, publickey =null'
note that the config progam must be executed from/reside in the MP folder'

Its not allowing me to go to pugins section and just crashes with this message.

I knew the installation of plugins would break something because you see not all of them have the same instructions. some say put it your plugin/windows folder,some ask to just put it in the MP folder etc. To give you an example, I downloaded a plugin which had a dll files and another folder. I put the dll of the plugin in the plugin/windows folder but was scratching my head to figure out if the folder should go along with it, but wait the windows folder only contains dll's. Well now we know why it is broken.

Dont get me wrong. I do understand some of you are brilliant at this but a novice like me will need more help
When I got to your site and read about MP I was very very exited at the features it offers. And even now I desperately want it to work. you guys are doing a wonderful job. Keep it up

thanks





My modest system spec

System
Asus intel motherboard
P4 2.8 GHZ
1GB RDram
7600GT AGP graphics card
Compro T300 hybrid tuner
netgear wireless PCI card

[Paranoid Delusion]

Electronic Program Guide - MediaPortal Forum

Top 3 posts are all Aussie epg related, Big Kev does a good job of keeping things updated, but its a matter of choice and not being Oz based myself cannot comment on actually how good these are.

Which plugin are you trying to use, would always recommend getting MP basic up and running stable, before playing with the plugins.