CD/DVD tweak guide
Last
Updated on October 21, 2000 by Thomas
McGuire
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Extra
settings (click on More
options)
Surface
flip mode
– Controls in non-hardware assisted cases how the multiple
buffering of decoder surfaces is handled. Select Soft
De-interlace for the best quality if you meet the
400Mhz+ CPU & 4MB+ graphics card requirement.
Surface
Flip Position
– Similar to the above setting, select your video if
shown, e.g. Voodoo3 owners should select Bottom of the
overlay.
Sound
Compression Mode
– Select Normal. The default is Compressed
& does not yield the best quality sound.
AC3
downsample mode
– Leave it at the Default setting, which is Filter
#5. Changing to a lower setting will free up some
resources but reduce sound quality.
AC3 SP/DIF audio type – Leave it at the
default value 0.
AC3
SP/DIF out mode
– Select the use of any SP/DIF module. Select your
soundcard if applicable or choose Disabled.
Dynamic
Audio Range Compensation
- Selects dynamic ranges in Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoding.
Setting both sliders to 0 will give the best quality
sound.
Dialog
Normalization
– Keeps the average dialog level of an audio stream at a
constant dB level when checked.
Enforce
flip sync
– Untick this setting unless you experience
image tearing or flickering. This may fix it.
Intel
740 page flipping
– If you have an i740 card tick this, otherwise untick
it.
Triple
buffering
– Tick this for smoother playback.
DVD
Max
– If you have a G400 tick it, otherwise untick
it.
3d
Audio
– Tick this to enable 3d audio. Untick to
disable.
Use
LFE decoding
– Used with high quality speakers this will give a more
dynamic sound. On low quality speakers it could
damage them.
Pro-Logic
Sound
- Selecting this provides support for Pro-Logic amplifiers. Untick
this if you have no Pro-Logic decoder.
Enable
SP/DIF
– Tick it to enable SP/DIF output. Untick to
disable.
The
other available settings may be required by some
cards for correct playback. If unsure & playback if ok
leave them at their default setting, unticked.
Finally
select Apply to apply the changes you have made.
When
playing DVD’s you should have no other programs running in
the background for optimal performance.

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