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Videos look grainy

djfrank2000 3:13 AM - 23 December, 2008
I am new to this video SL so please have some patience with me.... My videos look very clear and sharp in the small windows, when i enlarge full screen on to my 42" flat screen, some look very grainy and newer videos look pretty decent although they could look better... any ideas what i may be doing wrong or how i can improve the picture quality? I tried the wide, ,4.3, 16:9 stretch, zoom, preserve etc..and no improvement. I notice that on the info goutput window, it reads 1920x1080 (not sure if that means anything).
marx 4:00 AM - 23 December, 2008
when it comes down to it were all playing SD videos on HD screens
Funkytownstopsix 4:48 AM - 23 December, 2008
sooooo correct Marx....Try it on a projector it will look much better.
djfrank2000 5:05 AM - 23 December, 2008
so this is normal then??
Funkytownstopsix 5:13 AM - 23 December, 2008
yeah looks better on some lcds than others trust me on that. Also the older the video the worst but your conversions might be an issue as well. How are you converting your vids..
DJ-Phat-AL 1:01 PM - 23 December, 2008
also VSL needs improvement on the video output quality.
I did tests on this in the past and found that Virtual DJ beats VSL hands down in that department. Played the exact same MP4 video file on both applications and you couldn't tell the difference in Virtual DJ with playing the original VOB and the mp4 video.
nik39 1:14 PM - 23 December, 2008
SD? What does SD mean?
DJ-Phat-AL 3:24 PM - 23 December, 2008
standard definition
nik39 6:46 PM - 23 December, 2008
Gotcha, thanks.
eye357 2:44 PM - 24 December, 2008
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SD? What does SD mean?


SAN DIEGO.... But Phat is right I also have done the same test with videos and vdj but I feel soon this will improve for VSL too.
marx 9:48 PM - 24 December, 2008
VSL video out put looks good
Funkytownstopsix 3:29 AM - 25 December, 2008
Not TRUE...As Phat-AL
DJ-Phat-AL 6:59 AM - 25 December, 2008
?
marx 8:24 AM - 25 December, 2008
i can't complain. with the new booth pc it runs nice. it took a year but its here.
DJ-Phat-AL 5:37 PM - 25 December, 2008
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with the new booth pc it runs nice.


not a laptop though
eye357 6:53 PM - 25 December, 2008
Well I believe the laptop would need the quad processor but the intel extreme is the one I want but hell the processor extreme for desktop alone is a 1000.00 but it runs 6gb of ram...it would be rather expensive.