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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.