[mythtv-users] Xine video file quality?

[Niklas Brunlid]

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:32:48 +0100, Julian Edwards <ed at julian-edwards.com> 
wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 13:23, Niklas Brunlid wrote:
>
>> Not to start a mplayer-vs-xine war here, but where are the quality
>> settings for Xine output? Running mplayer vs Xine on a video file (e.g.
>> divx) from the command line without any other switches than
>> "fullscreen"/"zoom", mplayer gives a very noticably better image on my 
>> TV.
>> Xine OTOH shows block artefacts and extreme blurring around details (on,
>> say, a black line on a bright one-colour field, like a cartoon).
>>
>> My theory is that mplayer simply has a better scaler algorithm, but 
>> surely
>> Xine must have something similar?
>>
>> I'd like to stick to one player for now (easier to maintain, configure,
>> etc.) and since mplayer doesn't support DVD menus, and won't for some
>> while from what I've read, it will probably be Xine. Also, Xine seems to
>> have more on-the-fly control, while mplayer relies on the command line 
>> (?).
>
>
> Have you tried Ogle?  I'm using it quite successfully, albeit using
> irxevent for remote control since it doesn't do native lirc.  The output
> quality is excellent (better than my real DVD player), and I have a 36"
> widescreen TV which immediately shows up picture flaws if there are any.

I might be missing something, but isn't Ogle strictly a DVD player? I 
can't see anything on their site on how to play video files with it... :)

/ Niklas B