Software upconverting?

[boomhower]

Could you achieve similar performance of upconverting DVD players by encoding your DVD rips in an HD format and streaming it to you TV via a 360 or HTPC?

 

[sdifox]

Your computer is a superb scaler, it has always been. That is the basis of HTPC. You don't really need to reencode anything, the computer will re-scale anything you thow at it into whatever resolution you want.

 

[Auric]

Better results can be had from PC but of course at the cost of fiddliness.

Reencoding is not necessary except to reduce storage size, again at the cost of fiddliness.

Upconverting is not aboot improving quality as such but rather reducing the degradation from blowing up the image beyond the limitations of the resolution. So, I would not put too much effort into messin' with lo-def for use on an HD display, especially a large-ish one which may already be stretching the limits of HD sources. In any case, any TV from the last decade or more which is at least "HD ready" prolly already sports good scaling. Upconverting DVD players were kind of the final gimmick to push hardware sales in a saturated, commoditized market.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Check out some threads on FFDShow on AVSforum

 

[manimal]

<3 FFDshow almost as much as my dog ^^

















Almost😛

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: manimal
<3 FFDshow almost as much as my dog ^^

















Almost😛

Must be some dog 😉