is upscaling on a PC automatic/done manually?

[savvyguy]

i have a CUDA enabled card ( GT 220 XFX, 1gb ). does it automatically upscale my videos ( say DVD resolution to 1680x1050 ) whenever i play them using MPC HC? if not, how do i get my GPU to upscale all the lower-res videos? Thanks a million!

[savvyguy]

just to add - i'm keen on sticking to MPC-HC since i'm running the frame-doubler plugin from avisynth as well.

read the thread here but it's kind of outdated, was thinking whether there's anything new!
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145891

[savvyguy]

anybody???

[guns1inger]

Playing them on what ? The resolution you mentioned suggests a monitor, in which case the answer is yes, if you go to full screen mode.

[edDV]

Usually they play at normal resolution first. For "automatic upscale" you press full screen.

This has been true since the 286 days.

[savvyguy]

Usually they play at normal resolution first. For "automatic upscale" you press full screen.

This has been true since the 286 days.

i see. then is there any way to change/improve the upscaler? because at dvd resolution, the video looks pretty pixelated on my 20" PC LCD monitor. ( no it's not the bitrate - it plays extremely sharp on my 40" CRT )

[edDV]

Usually they play at normal resolution first. For "automatic upscale" you press full screen.

This has been true since the 286 days.

i see. then is there any way to change/improve the upscaler? because at dvd resolution, the video looks pretty pixelated on my 20" PC LCD monitor. ( no it's not the bitrate - it plays extremely sharp on my 40" CRT )

The full screen upscale is implemented in the display card chipset.

Using my 9800GT as an example 720x480 upscaled to 1680x1050 is watchable. 1280x720p or 1920x1080i upscale pretty well.

[savvyguy]

any particular settings? i'm on madVR and despite that, the output from DVD looks pretty pixelated/smudgy on my screen.. :/

[guns1inger]

Don't forget that your monitor does not have any of the circuitry built into it that your TV has. I have never seen DVD video look as good on a computer monitor as it does on a TV

[savvyguy]

hmm, what does a TV have that the monitor doesn't?

which also brings me to another question ( little off-track though ). why are high-powered CPUs ( e.g. i7) required for anti-judder processing on PC playback whereas the new slate of LED TVs can pull it off with their internal processor?

[edDV]

hmm, what does a TV have that the monitor doesn't?

which also brings me to another question ( little off-track though ). why are high-powered CPUs ( e.g. i7) required for anti-judder processing on PC playback whereas the new slate of LED TVs can pull it off with their internal processor?

HDTV sets have video scalers of various quality. They process deinterlace, inverse telecene, upscale to native resolution and {horrors} overscan. Quality varies, mostly by TV price and model year.

Display cards with Purevideo-HD or AVIVO-HD also have some of this hardware but not all computer players access the hardware.

Try Mediaplayer Classic Home Cimema and follow directions for hardware processing.
http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

VLC does an adequate job without hardware. For interlace use Yadif deinterlace.

[savvyguy]

hmm, what does a TV have that the monitor doesn't?

which also brings me to another question ( little off-track though ). why are high-powered CPUs ( e.g. i7) required for anti-judder processing on PC playback whereas the new slate of LED TVs can pull it off with their internal processor?

HDTV sets have video scalers of various quality. They process deinterlace, inverse telecene, upscale to native resolution and {horrors} overscan. Quality varies, mostly by TV price and model year.

Display cards with Purevideo-HD or AVIVO-HD also have some of this hardware but not all computer players access the hardware.

Try Mediaplayer Classic Home Cimema and follow directions for hardware processing.
http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

VLC does an adequate job without hardware. For interlace use Yadif deinterlace.

i'm already using mpc-hc as mentioned in first post..