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Nov 19, 2016

1st Big Monitor (View Sonic) Need Advice

In order to get an equalizer to help my bad hearing I was advised to download a complete audio visual program called (?) VLC

That part I did and learned I have to open media with VLC in order for the equalizer to work. I am assuming for new monitor picture adjustments I must do the same. The new program icon is an orange traffic cone.

For movies I notice the picture is stretched a little too wide which is distracting. I assume whatever I need to correct fat faces is also found somewhere in the "VLC" adjustments?

Naturally everything is labelled with buzzwords. I got lost in the "VLC ?" Menu tried the View Sonic adjustments but when I stopped the video and returned to Windows 7 the screen looked like a fun house mirror.

Obviously the monitor adjustments are not the way to fix fat faces. It has to be done within VLC.

Can I go into VLC and tweak the image just a little? I want to thank moderator Mr Wizard for helping with the audio. With my deafness I am going to need a true USB serious equalizer and even better over earphones in order to understand movie speech. I figure I am getting 30-40% comprehension but the volume is so loud my ears ring for hours afterwards. I hate this "getting old" bit.

THANK YOU!
  • codec
    short for compressor decompressor
    codecs are the keys that decode the compressed video so it can be displayed on the screen

    Gordon is correct
    Coder decoder
    The encoded digital video stream, is compressed into a smaller file size By the codec used verus the size of raw recorded video

    DVD video is uses Mpeg video codec
    There is mpeg1 and mpeg2 for DVD

    There is a whole list of codecs and " stream" containers

    Let's not go into information overload

    Or argue about media player programs

    The program player being used is not the problem
    As settings can be changed if needed

    This is an aspect setting issue
    Or
    A pc setting issue
  • A video player requires a codec for each video format (.wmv, .mov, .mp4, .avi, etc...) you want to play.

    Players like VLC and Daum include codecs for pretty much any format imaginable while Windows Media Player only comes with a few making it more limited right out of the box. However, codecs are available to be installed into WMP so it can support more video formats.
  • To change the program launch for your file type is done the same as any other Windows program.

    Control Panel
    Associate File Type or Protocol with Program
    scroll down until you find your file type (several different variations of MPEG)
    right click
    Click Change Program (near top right)
  • VLC is available for both Android and iOS phones and tablets. I prefer it on my Fire tablet because the File interface is easy to use to find your movie on a micro SD card.

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