I’ve been using mpc with madvr for years, and the upscaling setting for stuff that isn’t 4k.

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    1 year ago

    VLC is actually known to have problems with colors so you are probably just used to them being wrong.

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        1 year ago

        There is a notice on this wiki that contains some comparisons: https://thewiki.moe/guides/playback/

        I’m sure you can find some more in-depth explanations but I will just copy/paste a quote I have seen from reddit.

        • uses wrong matrix for RGB conversion (results in wrong colors)
        • uses point upscaling for chroma planes
        • introduces strong banding
        • wrong chroma location (MPEG-1 for everything)
        • Old subtitle renderer that in more Typesetting heavy situation will say fuck you
        • all the other bugs (including some that haven’t been fixed in years) make it equally unsuitable media player.