Best player for 720p/1080p mkv's?

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Gawd
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I currently play 720p MKV's (x264 or h264) using VLC player with all the default settings.

I was curious if there was a way to improve my video experience. I can't quite play 1080p smoothly, but I believe that's the fault of my onboard intel GMA910 ...

I used DTD calculator and was able to get 1920x1080 @ 24 hz finally, and it's smooth as hell on my 120Hz 1080p sammy.

The reason why I'm asking this is because back in the day when I had a rough SDTV HTPC (before I got all my cool new HD toys), CrimandEvil guided my using zoomplayer, with FFDShow, and the nvidia dvd codecs, and all kinds of fun tweaks to get awesome playback.

I was curious if the process has been simplified, or if there is any definitive software setup for the best experience.

Thanks for any comments or suggestions, or tips and tweaks! :D
 
For DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) the standard is to use Media Player Classic Home Cinema.

But otherwise, I'm partial to GOM player. I'd say it's better than MPC-HC in a lot of ways.
 
Archmage said:
For DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) the standard is to use Media Player Classic Home Cinema.

But otherwise, I'm partial to GOM player. I'd say it's better than MPC-HC in a lot of ways.
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OK I bit! I got MPC-HC installed, along with coreavc. There's an incredibly noticeable difference to VLC. I'm very impressed.

Now my next question. I'm big into remote control via network. There's a nifty HTTP remote interface for VLC for my iPhone. That was my primary controller. I started VLC using the "HTTP Remote Interface" as the main interface, so the player was completely invisible unless a movie was playing.

I can't figure out how to keep MPC hidden in a similar fashion. I found the tray icon setting, but I can't figure out how to keep the window hidden or fullscreen only. I'd like a "minimize on stop" function or something similar.

I found the same thing for my iPhone for MPC, but I can't figure out how to set the starting directory... I have to navicate to C: .. Docs and Settings .. mattress .. downloads .. complete .. movies .. movie name ... movie.mkv
 
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