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Hi,

you are right, the chosen codecs has influence on the picture quality. But in your case the "problem" seems to be the video renderer.

Most players use by default overlay. MP only supports VMR9. Some older video cards have difficulties to display VMR9 in a proper way. If the settings of VMR9 are not correct the picture often looks unsharp, washed out or to bright. You may try to fiddle around with the settings of your video card.
Which driver version do you use? In latest nVidia drivers there is a section called "Video & TV" -> "Color Settings". A newer video card should give you a better VMR9 picture quality.

ffdshow is not only for already decoded videos. It can decode various codecs like DivX, XviD, etc. It will be chosen automatically by MP, if you play one of these files. The dropbox in MP settings is only for videos with MPEG content (like TV, DVD, MPEG).

I use MPV for MPEG videos and ffdshow for the rest. But I am currently considering to give nVidias Purevideo a shot, because most people report, that it provides a better picture quality.

I also use ffdshow for postprocessing (scaling up / sharpen). This is done automatically for all videos which are decoded by ffdshow and for TV and DVD I have added ffdshow raw as postprocessor. But this consumes much CPU power.

Flip.

<blockquote data-quote="FlipGer" data-source="post: 134204" data-attributes="member: 10293">Hi,you are right, the chosen codecs has influence on the picture quality. But in your case the &quot;problem&quot; seems to be the video renderer.Most players use by default overlay. MP only supports VMR9. Some older video cards have difficulties to display VMR9 in a proper way. If the settings of VMR9 are not correct the picture often looks unsharp, washed out or to bright. You may try to fiddle around with the settings of your video card.Which driver version do you use? In latest nVidia drivers there is a section called &quot;Video &amp; TV&quot; -&gt; &quot;Color Settings&quot;. A newer video card should give you a better VMR9 picture quality.ffdshow is not only for already decoded videos. It can decode various codecs like DivX, XviD, etc. It will be chosen automatically by MP, if you play one of these files. The dropbox in MP settings is only for videos with MPEG content (like TV, DVD, MPEG).I use MPV for MPEG videos and ffdshow for the rest. But I am currently considering to give nVidias Purevideo a shot, because most people report, that it provides a better picture quality.I also use ffdshow for postprocessing (scaling up / sharpen). This is done automatically for all videos which are decoded by ffdshow and for TV and DVD I have added ffdshow raw as postprocessor. But this consumes much CPU power. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Flip.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FlipGer, post: 134204, member: 10293"] Hi, you are right, the chosen codecs has influence on the picture quality. But in your case the "problem" seems to be the video renderer. Most players use by default overlay. MP only supports VMR9. Some older video cards have difficulties to display VMR9 in a proper way. If the settings of VMR9 are not correct the picture often looks unsharp, washed out or to bright. You may try to fiddle around with the settings of your video card. Which driver version do you use? In latest nVidia drivers there is a section called "Video & TV" -> "Color Settings". A newer video card should give you a better VMR9 picture quality. ffdshow is not only for already decoded videos. It can decode various codecs like DivX, XviD, etc. It will be chosen automatically by MP, if you play one of these files. The dropbox in MP settings is only for videos with MPEG content (like TV, DVD, MPEG). I use MPV for MPEG videos and ffdshow for the rest. But I am currently considering to give nVidias Purevideo a shot, because most people report, that it provides a better picture quality. I also use ffdshow for postprocessing (scaling up / sharpen). This is done automatically for all videos which are decoded by ffdshow and for TV and DVD I have added ffdshow raw as postprocessor. But this consumes much CPU power. :) Flip. [/QUOTE]