WHAT'S THE BEST SOFTWARE FOR VCD PLAYBACK ???

[alebertaz]

If I open a VCD compliant mpeg video with simple players as windows media player and view to full screen I watch a video with much pixelization especially with my LCD monitor.

Is there a software to filter in real time the video so to view a more clear video without pixels?
What's the best VCD player software?

I'm from Italy, sorry for my english, thanks

[redwudz]

IMO, a player with the most options for playback is Zoom Player. For DVD, VCD, PowerDVD is good. For XVID or other types of video, VLC Media Player.

But problems with pixelization are more likely to do with your video card or it's adjustments. Even with Windows player there are adjustments for video acceleration. Make sure they are set properly. Also you should use the latest or best drivers for your video card.

[bazooka]

Bsplayer is also good.

There is no best player.

[SLICK RICK]

There is no best player.

That is the best answer.

[jimmalenko]

Video, in general, always looks worse on your computer monitor than it does on your TV with default settings. It looks even worse when you try to blow something up from 352 x 240 to 1024 x 768 (or whatever your resolution is set to). It is this massive resize of a low-res clip that causes the pixelation, so the be-all-and-end-all fix is to watch it "less blown up", or encode it to a bigger frame size (say, SVCD) to start with.

[junkmalle]

Most players use DirectShow to play video. Scaling under DirectShow is usually handled by the graphics card's chipset. Older graphics cards simply duplicated pixels to enlarge the image, making the pixels very obvious. Newer graphic cards use more sophisticated algorithms (bilinear, bicubic) for scaling which look better.

[State Of Mind]

Media Player Classic