A similar trick is to simply re-encode and resize a video to the screensize of the other device and then save as 8bit h.264; this is particularly useful for 10bit h.264 and/or VP9 videos.

If the device in question is old enough to not have h.264 hardware decoding, then try to encode to h.263 or FLV1/Sorenson Spark instead (but make sure to use quite a high bitrate to compensate).

827

(31 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Mystery wrote:

what about padding instead of cropping, to not lose any of the video?

I'm going to have to disagree with that for the following reason...

852x480 * 3 = 2556x1440
856x480 * 3 = 2568x1440

The latter would have to be instead scaled by 299% rather than an exact 300% on a 1440p monitor, thereby resulting in a resolution of 2560x1436

Also, consider that overscan is unfortunately still a thing in TVs, so it's very rare for even video game content to have critically-important information so close to the edge of the screen.  But even then, we only talking about 2 pixels here, which in reality is actually 1 pixel on the left and 1 pixel on the right.

828

(36 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Mystery wrote:

On YouTube, AAC videos are 256kbps

Only older videos; newer videos only have AAC at 128kbps at max.

Vorbis, like you said, also maxes out at 128kbps.

In such situations is best to either use Opus (assuming it's available for said video) or the 192kbps AAC track from the non-DASH fmt22 720p format.

829

(36 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Mystery wrote:

When returning FLOAT32, the sound is almost the same quality as the input. Very little distortion at all. If instead using INT32, then the sound feels a bit more "square", losing a bit of smoothness.

That's not surprising since 32bit floating point is typically considered higher quality than 32bit integer even though the former "only" has 24bits of precision.

830

(25 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Mystery wrote:

No power option is active. And then, I'm comparing SVP3 with SVP4. If my hardware was responsible for a slowdown, then SVP3 should suffer in the same way.

You could make absolute sure by going into the Nvidia control panel, making an application profile for MPC-HC, and setting it to run in high performance mode (or whatever it's called).

831

(64 replies, posted in Using SVP)

You could at the very least take screenshots of SVP4 vs SVP3 in the exact same interpolated frame...

(In MPC-HC, use Ctrl+right arrow to step to the next frame; this can be done while paused)

832

(31 replies, posted in Using SVP)

I've got to ask, what is the disadvantage of SVP using mod 4 vs mod 8?

833

(1 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Did you un-register the previous registration from the following URL?
https://www.svp-team.com/secure/license_manager.php

834

(25 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Mystery wrote:

Both CPU and GPU usage are good, and the video plays fine in window mode, but as soon as I put it in full screen, I get tons of dropped frames.

Try either of the following (it is impossible to use both at the same time):

1. Enable "D3D fullscreen" in MPC-HC

2. Enable "use direct3d 11 for presentation" in MadVR

835

(31 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Trilandian wrote:

Hello? Can we get some dev feedback on this, please?

This thread is relevant:
http://www.svp-team.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2965

Since it actually describes the very same issue.

836

(6 replies, posted in Using SVP)

tac wrote:

Really?

I probably should have thrown the word "can" in there, I did not mean exclusively.

In other words, I've never seen a 1366x768 display that could not also natively run at 1360x768 (this is without the use of custom resolutions fyi).

837

(6 replies, posted in Using SVP)

MAG79 wrote:

The screen width is 2x only: 1366 / 2 = 683. We need to take it into account because screen resolution of 1366x768 is usual solution for many laptops and displays.

Though it must be noted that most (if not all) of those displays accept an input video signal at 1360x768. tongue

838

(8 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Jeff R 1 wrote:

I've tried AMD, I find their control panel very difficult to navigate/things seem to be buried.

You're in luck, they're completely revamping their drivers UI within the next month!

You can see a preview of what it looks like can be found here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9755/amd- … trol-panel

839

(5 replies, posted in Using SVP)

talguy wrote:

Ok I get the refresh rate thing.  Not sure I'll be able to set my TV (LG 47LE8500) to those rates as I know it supports 24Hz and 60Hz

The trick is to make a custom resolution.  AMD users can use CRU while Nvidia and Intel users can use their respective graphics control panels.
(Nvidia users can also use CRU if they'd like)

840

(15 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Matrix Leader wrote:

any other suggestion?

Did you try the specific avisynth MT that I linked to?

841

(8 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Well, Nvidia isn't the only game in town...

842

(5 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Is performance better or worse when you disable OpenCL?

Have you tried increasing the thread count to something above 15?

Lastly, what is your GPU and your OS?

843

(15 replies, posted in Using SVP)

I had an issue just like this months ago, but the version of avisynth that comes with current versions of SVP4 no longer gives me this issue.  Maybe your avisynth is outdated or something?  Alternatively, maybe you have an old version of avisynth.dll in the same folder as mpc-hc.exe and you never deleted it?

In the past, back when SVP used an older version of avisynth, I had to use the avisynth MT DLL from the following post and put it in the same folder as mpc-hc.exe:
http://www.svp-team.com/forum/viewtopic … 963#p50963

Isn't this a bit too off-topic for a forum dedicated specifically to SVP?


dlr5668 wrote:

utorrent is the only windows torrent software worth using.

I cannot help but think that this is an unwise statement to make...

dlr5668 wrote:

custom resolution utility

Only needed for AMD graphics users and doesn't even work for Intel users (who have to use the graphics control panel).

845

(13 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Ghosthree3 wrote:

Film is rarely in 30fps that's all.

A good amount of recordings of already digital content are in flat 30fps (screen recordings and videos games come to mind).

Regardless, my whole point was that it made it sound like you needed a 29.97fps video or that all 30fps videos were actually 29.97fps.

846

(5 replies, posted in Using SVP)

dlr5668 wrote:

24->72 is the best imho (if your hardware can handle it). 24->120 is better but requires more CPU/GPU power and really good monitor.

Of course it's better; optimally you want the highest refresh rate that's an exact multiple of the source frame rate.

My point was that something like 25->50 should actually be better than 25->60.

847

(5 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Surely you can just have your screen not change to 24Hz, right?


Also, it would be most optimal to use a screen refresh that is an exact multiple of the source video rather than just a flat 60Hz, such as using 48Hz for 24fps, 50Hz for 25fps, and 60Hz for 30fps; using an exact multiple gives a smoother result.

(example: with black-frame insertion, 60fps @ 60Hz is smoother than 60--to->90fps @ 90Hz, but 60--to->120fps @ 120Hz is smoothest of all)

848

(13 replies, posted in Using SVP)

MAG79 wrote:

Not wrong, 30 fps content is good enough to watch at 60 Hz display to get maximum smoothness with minimum visibility of motion artifacts because of 2x smooth factor.

I meant 30fps vs 29.97fps...

849

(36 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Maybe in LAVfilters, try to disable all the output formats except YV12?

850

(10 replies, posted in Using SVP)

Have you tried a fresh portable copy of MPC-HC?
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_vide … c-portable

From there follow these simple set-up instructions to make it work with SVP:
https://www.svp-team.com/w/index.php?title=SVP:MPC-HC

Just note that, if you're a user if Livestreamer, that it doesn't work with portable MPC-HC.