[fehmi2029]

Hi guys
I have video playback issues as many of you the video plays pixelated
i installed latest drivers (6.14.11.1018 win xp) tried different media players different setting but videos still plays pixelated is there any fix????
i love my dell mini 10 but im disappointed with video playback

[reflex]

I have a couple questions and/or tips.

What is the resolution/format of the video? If it's a DVD, DVD .iso or MPEG (.mpg, .ts, etc), then you may need to play with deinterlacing/pulldown removal settings. It looks like low-resolution/deinterlacing problems on the brim of Woody Harrelson's hat.

Try playing the video on a different computer. Make sure the Mini's the problem, not the video.

I hope this info helps you.

[fehmi2029]

Its xvid 624x256 resolution at 1085 kbps i played same vid on my laptop (acer aspire 5720g) and hadn't any pixelation when playin video fullscreen.

[reflex]

Originally Posted by fehmi2029

Its xvid 624x256 resolution at 1085 kbps i played same vid on my laptop (acer aspire 5720g) and hadn't any pixelation when playin video fullscreen.

First off, I'd classify a 256 pixel tall video as very low quality. So, the video will never look great. But we can still try to improve it a little, and/or understand why it looks better on the Acer.

What's the resolution of the screen on the Acer and on your Mini? If the Mini has a better screen (particularly in resolution), it will accentuate the flaws in low quality videos. If your playback software supports it, adding a filter, like blur, denoise, or smooth, may improve the look of the video.

When I play mediocre videos on a good computer and screen with Mplayer, I'll frequently employ the hqdn3d (high quality denoise 3D) filter to smooth out some of the ugly spots. VLC probably has a similar option somewhere in the menus, but I don't know how well it works on a weak CPU (Atom).

Good luck.

[fehmi2029]

Originally Posted by fehmi2029

My dell minis resolution is 1024x768 and acer resolution is 1280x800 when play low res videos on acer they doesnt look pixelated instead they look blurry however i tried mplayer with smplayer gui it has software scaling filter wich improves quality its doesn't work at fullscreen flawlessly but its better from nothing.

hey man i find the solution setting video output to direct x 3d vids looks great both on mplayer and vlc yay!!!!

[berga.d]

The video card, the GMA500 inside our Mini, doesn't support well overlay video. It is a very old technology, superseeded by various new video rendering systems, but the problem is that most of programs under Xp will use it for default. So you have to configure them to output video using VMR9, DX9, DirectX, it depends on your program. Vlc, or mplayer classic home cinema can do this trick.

[05GT]

Originally Posted by fehmi2029

hey man i find the solution setting video output to direct x 3d vids looks great both on mplayer and vlc yay!!!!

Where is this option located?

[fehmi2029]

Hi
you can find the option in video tab of vlc preferences
from menu select: tools > preferences > video > video output