Codecs Saf and ffdshow video profiles (1 Viewer)

[ced007]

Hello,
I use SAF since version 4 (now version 6) and I use it with the suggested MePo settings that Hoborg describes in his thread:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/saf-v6-based-on-lavf.95635/
EXCEPT that I use "ffdshow Video Decoder" and not "ffdshow DXVA Video Decoder" as H264 codec because I can then use interesting ffdshow filters and my CPU can handle it.

In this thread I want to share with you my ffdshow Video profiles, created based on this excellent tutorial:
http://www.homecinema-hd.com/intro.html

I attach a zip file with 4 profiles, that you can add to ffdshow Video (just keep the default one as set in SAF and replace the other ones by these 4).

Description of the filters used:
- Deinterlacing: YADIF method.
Used in all profiles. It will be used for interlaced video only.
- Postprocessing: fast SPP deblocking.
Used for the DivX profile only. To avoid "macroblocks".
- Deband:
Used in all profiles but with various settings. To have smoother gradient color.
- Blur & NR:
For DivX and DVD profiles only. To reduce blur and noise.
- Resize & Aspect:
Used in DivX, DVD and 720p profiles. My TV is a full HD, if you have an HD ready TV, don't use it for the 720p profile.
- Sharpen: swscaler
Used in all profiles.

Please notice that I don't use ffdshow subtitles but MPC ones.

Any feedback/comments on these profiles are welcome.

 

[doveman]

Hi

Would you say YADIF deinterlacing is better than using ATI's Vector Adaptive (which uses the GPU and thus reduces the CPU load)?

I know Live TV is interlaced (I use the PDVD12 codec for that anyway, in conjunction with ATI's Vector Adaptive deinterlacing, at least I presume it's using that) but is there much other video that's interlaced (i.e DiVX, DVD)?

 

[ced007]

TO be honest, I don't know what is better between ffdshow handling the deinterlacing or CGU.
For live TV, I also use PDVD as suggested in SAF. So in that case, yadif will be used for other video's only, and I agree that not a lot are interlaced.

 

[doveman]

Thanks. In that case, as the GPU is doing deinterlacing for TV and there's probably not much other video that'll be interlaced I'll not worry about it