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Video Computer Set Up

BlasfemazBlasfemaz Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Games and Technology
I am setting up a machine that I will be connecting to my television via svideo on the video card. All I will use this machine for is to watch all my xvid/vidx movies. I am going to install xp pro on it and I was wondering what you guys would recommend as for the video player to use for this type of setup. I mean I know what video players play xvid and vidx, but I was wondering if there was one made specially for what I am doing. One that would make it look better through svid card for none hd televisions.

I used to use my modded xbox for this, and it would work so well. I would use xbmc to stream all the videos from my pc to the xbox and it would display the videos beautifully on my none hd tv. Well my xbox is not working right now, so thats why I am going to do this.

Thanks for your help...

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ... Windows Media Player?

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  • EgoEgo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    PeregrineFalcon wrote: »
    ... Windows Media Player?

    Yuck, no.

    To the OP, use KMPlayer. It's very good about system resources / playback performance and lets you tweak almost any part of playback that you want, in ways that can be really helpful for TV. It also keeps codecs separate from your system, which is healthy. It also 'screws up' on oddly formated files much less than WMP and, surprisingly, less even than Media Player Classic which should be your number two choice.

    KMPlayer is also good about working on 'secondary' monitors, though I suspect you're using S-Video output to your TV as the primary output so this isn't worth so much to you.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't think there's any player that's going to make S-Video look good. But ZoomPlayer is pretty amazing and I would recommend it.

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  • EgoEgo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    S-Video isn't as good as component or an HDMI connection but it's a lot better than composite. For standard def televisions, s-video works quite well (though there's a noticeable difference between high quality and low quality cables, thanks to the design.)

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