Rendering inconsistencies (ffdshow/h264)

[pfxz]

I encoded a video and I was looking at the results... Surprisingly, they were different. I have 3 computers here,
Here are the specs:

AMD Laptop: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 2.00 GHz, 2.93 GB of RAM, integrated NVidia GeForce 7150M video card
AMD Desktop: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ @ 2.40 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, ATI X1600 Pro video card
Intel Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00 GHz, 992 MB of RAM, integrated Mobile Intel 965 GPU

All of them are running Windows XP SP3; except AMD Machine #2 which also runs Vista SP1.

The video was encoded by the lastest release of x264 (rev 922) using one of meGUI's high quality presets at 960 kbps. I ran tests with 2 different versions of ffdshow (rev 1723 and rev 2048).

The two AMD machines rendered pictures which I deemed identical. The Intel machine rendered it noticeably better (closer to the source). It didnt matter which OS or version of ffdshow I used.

-----------Original --------------------- AMD ----------------------- Intel


Why did this happen?

[poisondeathray]

How did you take the screencaps? What program? Were the settings the same?

[pfxz]

How did you take the screencaps? What program? Were the settings the same?

I just used mplayerc, the "Save Image" function. Yeah, the settings should've been the same for ffdshow (no post processing).

[Midzuki]

Shun has been hired by Intel, I guess.

[poisondeathray]

The reason I asked is the "washed out look" is dependent on the renderer. Here is an example of TDK Apple Movie Trailer, 1st was VRM7, 2nd was VRM9. Same computer. Same clip. Same MPC. I bet you have different settings adjusted on each PC

[pfxz]

The reason I asked is the "washed out look" is dependent on the renderer. Here is an example of TDK Apple Movie Trailer, 1st was VRM7, 2nd was VRM9. Same computer. Same clip. Same MPC. I bet you have different settings adjusted on each PC

Yep, that was it. Thanks a million. I was going crazy over this one.