Hello,
I am using VLC to watch movies on my M14x, but the quality is just horrible. Picture is very dark and when I try to play with the settings, I can eventually see more details but the quality suffers greatly.
For some reason I can't use the Nvidia GPU with VLC, the control panel will not give me the option to switch GPUs. It keeps HD 3000.
Could it be because I keep my screen at 1600 x 900?
I downloaded the Doctor Who season finale in HD 720p and the vid is unwatchable, full of square artifacts, a jumbled mess.
I'm running the 285.26 driver for Nvidia and stock driver for HD 3000. Should I update this one?
How can I watch videos in decent quality on this laptop?
Games are fine.
And before I'm called an IP thief, I pay for cable, which in Canada is more expensive than anywhere else in the world, I get SPACE but I missed the episode, so I downloaded it.
Thanks!
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How about powerdvd?
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Is there a reason why the image is so bad on the M14x? Drivers, settings?
I haven't tried DVDs yet so I don't know how they would fare. -
Right click on the VLC exe file and set it to use Nvidia graphics.
I do not know why you are having issues with the integrated video though. I am still waiting for my M14x to arrive, but my M11xR2 can play videos fine with VLC and integrated graphics -
This sounds like a codec issue to me.
Poor video quality
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by kimjo42, Oct 3, 2011.