hello all,
i have a laptop with a busted monitor inverter, so i've decided to turn it into a lo-fi htpc. i came across mediaportal, and i love the interface, but i'm having some trouble with video playback.
basically, when i have previously watched movies on my tv through vlc media player, it looks sharp, and close to tv quality. but when i watch them in mediaportal, it looks dull, and the image seems kind of jerky. i have tried several different codecs and messed around with some mediaportal settings, but it hasn't fixed the problem.
also, there seems to be a problem with how the videos are stretched. i'm watching on a normal, old-school non-hdtv tv. so when i'm watching videos ripped from hdtv in vlc media player, it doesn't take up the whole screen--there are black bars on the top and bottom. but in mediaportal, it is either stretched to the full screen (which looks kind of weird), or its very stretched--the image is extremely "short" and there is tons of black on the top and bottom. when i set it to "original," it just looks like a normal tv image with a big black border on all sides--top and bottom, left and right. is there any way i can set mediaportal so the video will look like it does in vlc?
i have a compaq presario v2335us notebook. i'm running out from the built-in s-video out. specs and manuals for the computer are here.
thanks much for the help!
i have a laptop with a busted monitor inverter, so i've decided to turn it into a lo-fi htpc. i came across mediaportal, and i love the interface, but i'm having some trouble with video playback.
basically, when i have previously watched movies on my tv through vlc media player, it looks sharp, and close to tv quality. but when i watch them in mediaportal, it looks dull, and the image seems kind of jerky. i have tried several different codecs and messed around with some mediaportal settings, but it hasn't fixed the problem.
also, there seems to be a problem with how the videos are stretched. i'm watching on a normal, old-school non-hdtv tv. so when i'm watching videos ripped from hdtv in vlc media player, it doesn't take up the whole screen--there are black bars on the top and bottom. but in mediaportal, it is either stretched to the full screen (which looks kind of weird), or its very stretched--the image is extremely "short" and there is tons of black on the top and bottom. when i set it to "original," it just looks like a normal tv image with a big black border on all sides--top and bottom, left and right. is there any way i can set mediaportal so the video will look like it does in vlc?
i have a compaq presario v2335us notebook. i'm running out from the built-in s-video out. specs and manuals for the computer are here.
thanks much for the help!
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