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<blockquote data-quote="Darre" data-source="post: 213413" data-attributes="member: 49766">First:&nbsp; In MP config under DVD settings(for files on your hard drive you have to do it under movie settings) you can select the different &quot;zoom modes&quot;.&nbsp; You enable the ones you want.second: Playing a low-quality video is not going to look great on a big screen.&nbsp; However different codecs will do a better/worse job with it.&nbsp; &quot;Original source format&quot; is _not_ the default zoom in MP, its rarely usefull, but sometimes I use it with 720p material.&nbsp; Normally I use normal, as that will fill the screen best.thirdly: You will only get HD picture from HD sources - yes.&nbsp; But you can use (amongst others) FFdshow to upscale the video and get a somewhat more crisp image.lastly: Yes you will need some sort of codec able to decode it.&nbsp; Depending on what its encoded with.&nbsp; Many different codecs will do this for you, the most popular ones are cyberlink($), coreavc($) and FFdshow which is free =) All of these decode h.264/x.264 content, but you get HD files in .mov and xvid format as well.&nbsp; FFdshow decodes both h.264 and xvid(and alot more)Someone recently posted a very good codec guide enabling playback of most files, and it was also linked to a good upscaling guide for FFdshow.&nbsp; One of the best versions is called tryouts ffdshow(google).edit: btw you could find alot of info on how to configure MP(and even FFdshow) in the wiki.&nbsp; You find it on the front page.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darre, post: 213413, member: 49766"] First: In MP config under DVD settings(for files on your hard drive you have to do it under movie settings) you can select the different "zoom modes". You enable the ones you want. second: Playing a low-quality video is not going to look great on a big screen. However different codecs will do a better/worse job with it. "Original source format" is _not_ the default zoom in MP, its rarely usefull, but sometimes I use it with 720p material. Normally I use normal, as that will fill the screen best. thirdly: You will only get HD picture from HD sources - yes. But you can use (amongst others) FFdshow to upscale the video and get a somewhat more crisp image. lastly: Yes you will need some sort of codec able to decode it. Depending on what its encoded with. Many different codecs will do this for you, the most popular ones are cyberlink($), coreavc($) and FFdshow which is free =) All of these decode h.264/x.264 content, but you get HD files in .mov and xvid format as well. FFdshow decodes both h.264 and xvid(and alot more) Someone recently posted a very good codec guide enabling playback of most files, and it was also linked to a good upscaling guide for FFdshow. One of the best versions is called tryouts ffdshow(google). edit: btw you could find alot of info on how to configure MP(and even FFdshow) in the wiki. You find it on the front page. [/QUOTE]

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