2008-08-08, 05:56 PM
I'm getting poor video quality live tv and recordings with both analog and QAM channels. Especially the SD TV, looks out of focus and the pillar bars on my TV don't look black, they are kinda gray. Since I was getting good video quality on the same hardware before I switched from XP to Vista, I'm confident it's a codec thing.
I'm running a FOXCONN 780G mobo w/ the onboard HD3200 graphics, and a HVR 1600. I have a decent processor, 5000+ BE and 2G of ram.
Questions:
1) With my fresh install of Vista Business, what codecs am I currently using? I have not installed anything on the computer except Vista, GBPVR, WinTV, Firefox, and a few other random -not-media-related- things.
2) For my hardware, what codecs will likely give the best results? I'm hoping someone with a similar setup can share there experience.
Let me mention that I don't enjoy trying to remove codecs once there isntalled. Seems like I can never fully remove them. Thats why I'm starting this thread before I even TRY a codec, I want to test the waters as much as I can before diving in.
With all that said, I'm currently leaning towards FFDSHOW or FFDSHOW tryouts, even though I did not like it on my XP machine (could never get the SPDIF out to work). But I am open to other options and everyones advice!
Thanks.
I'm running a FOXCONN 780G mobo w/ the onboard HD3200 graphics, and a HVR 1600. I have a decent processor, 5000+ BE and 2G of ram.
Questions:
1) With my fresh install of Vista Business, what codecs am I currently using? I have not installed anything on the computer except Vista, GBPVR, WinTV, Firefox, and a few other random -not-media-related- things.
2) For my hardware, what codecs will likely give the best results? I'm hoping someone with a similar setup can share there experience.
Let me mention that I don't enjoy trying to remove codecs once there isntalled. Seems like I can never fully remove them. Thats why I'm starting this thread before I even TRY a codec, I want to test the waters as much as I can before diving in.
With all that said, I'm currently leaning towards FFDSHOW or FFDSHOW tryouts, even though I did not like it on my XP machine (could never get the SPDIF out to work). But I am open to other options and everyones advice!
Thanks.