st4evr wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:45 am
You should. As more than one person already advised that. There is an obvious hint in there somewhere. They go hand in hand and as previously mentioned required for proper HDR playback. We can’t make it any more clear than that.
Sure, but, since I didn't know what any of those things are and just installing MPC-BE made such a huge improvement, how do I know unless I ask?
Yikes ancient guide. Some of the options are different. Couldn't really find something more up to date so I followed this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5rmXHymmnk even though it's for MPC-HC, this person makes some different choices in the options and also installs LAV Splitter.
EDIT: The links in that guide may point to older versions of the softwares discussed there. Googling each piece will yield download sources with the most recent versions and it's recommended.
I noticed, thanks for the tip though!
Lastly, yes there is a lot of info out there. Hence, why YOU need to do some of the leg work and read/research your setup and what best works for YOU. We all had to as all setups are different. So can you. You have to keep in mind that this forum is primarily for MakeMKV support. Each one of those playback apps has their own support forum for a reason as well and they provide lots of answers and learning material for each.
I've done a lot of research and messing around which is how I got here in the first place. I understand that these are their own independent applications, though I don't see support forums for most of them and certainly not one for all of them combined. Remember, I made a post here originally because I wasn't sure if the problem was with my MKV files and I was asking how to play a full backup copy (which I still don't know since MPC-BE doesn't seem to be able to play them either).
With all that said, after installing MadVR and LAV Filters, I only have more issues and am not sure where else to ask. So, unless someone can kindly point me to a more appropriate place, or an official representative of this board tells me otherwise, I am going to continue here and greatly appreciate any insight.
1. Audio only plays for a split second if I have 5.1 selected and only plays stereo if stereo is selected -
fixed by just disabling audio mixing in LAV Audio options
2. Play back is inconsistent, like sometimes it just doesn't want to play or causes my monitors to go black/lose signal. Actually I just moved it from my TV to my main monitor and now I can't use my main monitor at all (reads no signal). Hopefully a restart fixes that.
3. Crushes my blacks. When I move MPC-BE onto my TV, the colors in Windows get crushed (i think that's the term). I just tried changing my display to a TV rather than a PC monitor in MadVR and will see if that helps after a reboot.
