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<blockquote data-quote="charger2000" data-source="post: 84484" data-attributes="member: 15075"><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 0.2.1.0</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: WMCE 2005</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: P4 2.800</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 1GB</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Asus P4R800-V Deluxe </p><p><strong>Motherboard Chipset</strong>: ATi Radeon 9100 IGP</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: ATi 9550</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Catalyst 05.10</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Hauppauge Nova-t</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: nVIDIA Purevideo 1.02.185</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: Video composite</p><p></p><p></p><p>For a looong time I truly believed that was a limitation of the Video Composite connection from the ATi to my TV set, watching DVB-t trough WMCE 2005 was a bit frustrating, the image was a little grey and desaturated, but then I've discovered other SW to watch TV with a MUCH better quality, one of these is WinFastDTV of Leadtek (with a simple registry hack you can run it on every DVB-t card), the blacks are black, and the colors really shines, WinFastDTV uses its own codec, but you can set as preferred codec the nVIDIA codec too, and the image remains excellent. </p><p>So what's the point ? Inside MP the image looks exactly the same than inside WMCE, grey and desaturated (beware, nothing drammatic, forgive my lack of expressivity...), it's really a shame because I'm liking MP more and more...</p><p></p><p>If someone wants to make a comparison please download WinFastDTV:</p><p><a href="http://tw1965.myweb.hinet.net/WinFastDTV.htm" target="_blank">http://tw1965.myweb.hinet.net/WinFastDTV.htm</a></p><p></p><p>I have attached the reg hack to use the SW apart from Leadtek cards, PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE PROGRAM, so absolutely nothing illegal here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>please dig into this !</p><p></p><p>Nik <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="charger2000, post: 84484, member: 15075"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.1.0 [b]Windows Version[/b]: WMCE 2005 [b]CPU Type[/b]: P4 2.800 [b]Memory[/b]: 1GB [b]Motherboard[/b]: Asus P4R800-V Deluxe [b]Motherboard Chipset[/b]: ATi Radeon 9100 IGP [b]Video Card[/b]: ATi 9550 [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Catalyst 05.10 [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Hauppauge Nova-t [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: nVIDIA Purevideo 1.02.185 [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: Video composite For a looong time I truly believed that was a limitation of the Video Composite connection from the ATi to my TV set, watching DVB-t trough WMCE 2005 was a bit frustrating, the image was a little grey and desaturated, but then I've discovered other SW to watch TV with a MUCH better quality, one of these is WinFastDTV of Leadtek (with a simple registry hack you can run it on every DVB-t card), the blacks are black, and the colors really shines, WinFastDTV uses its own codec, but you can set as preferred codec the nVIDIA codec too, and the image remains excellent. So what's the point ? Inside MP the image looks exactly the same than inside WMCE, grey and desaturated (beware, nothing drammatic, forgive my lack of expressivity...), it's really a shame because I'm liking MP more and more... If someone wants to make a comparison please download WinFastDTV: [url]http://tw1965.myweb.hinet.net/WinFastDTV.htm[/url] I have attached the reg hack to use the SW apart from Leadtek cards, PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE PROGRAM, so absolutely nothing illegal here ;) please dig into this ! Nik :) [/QUOTE]
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