iTunes 10 video scaling

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iTunes 10 video scaling

The new video player in iTunes 10 has lost the "double size" option. This is annoying, but even worse -- when you scale up small video, the quality is horrendously bad. Much, much worse than iTunes 9 with the same video.

If I'm missing a setting or something, I would love to hear about it. The video playback quality is just abysmal. (And, naturally, Apple's "feedback" thing doesn't let you talk about iTunes 10.)

Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 1, 2010 8:13 PM

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iamtheadman

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Sep 1, 2010 8:57 PM in response to freelancer

Same problem here. I have video open in a new window. When the controls and title bar show, the video looks fine. As soon as they fade, the video gets jagged/pixelated.This happens at normal size and any other size.

I tested the same videos using Quicktime and they worked fine. Definitely a problem within iTunes 10. Bummer.

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Answer 2

Sep 1, 2010 9:15 PM in response to freelancer

Same problem here.

As a note: it only affects videos in a separate window. No issue in full screen or watching in iTunes window. The bug affects all video types (TV Shows, Video Podcasts, Movies) when watched in separate window.

Really unfortunate.

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TheJas

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Sep 1, 2010 9:53 PM in response to freelancer

Same exact problem here. Very sad.

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TimSk

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Sep 2, 2010 7:14 AM in response to freelancer

Same issue here. iTunes 9 could upscale far better. Seems something has been list in this version.

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Nataku

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Sep 2, 2010 7:51 AM in response to freelancer

Same problem with me as well. Very annoying. Hopefully 10.0.1 will fix this.

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freelancer Author

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Sep 2, 2010 10:24 AM in response to freelancer

Well, at least I know it's not just me.

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Rylab

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Sep 2, 2010 2:42 PM in response to freelancer

Having the same problem. At anything other than native resolution, videos played in iTunes 10 look horrifically jagged, like they're not being anti-aliased at all. Same files look perfect at the same display size in the Quicktime player directly. Pretty annoying...

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Answer 8

Sep 2, 2010 3:23 PM in response to freelancer

Add me to this list. I wish I had check this before upgrading my mini. I now cannot upgrade the rest of my machines. Apple must fix this fast. As of now iTunes 10 is a no-go.

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Clone413

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Sep 2, 2010 9:09 PM in response to freelancer

Me too. Picture is very pixelate. Rollover with my mouse/cursor, bars appear and image looks great. How did they miss this? Seems pretty obvious.

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Sep 2, 2010 11:42 PM in response to freelancer

Yea my videos look horrible very pixelated. I notice that when I make the controls appear it goes away. I hope this is fixed sooner that later.

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Gary T.

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Sep 3, 2010 2:14 AM in response to freelancer

same here as the above. Apple please fix ASAP!

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REM2000

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Sep 3, 2010 5:22 AM in response to freelancer

Exactly the same problem here, pixelated view when the control bar disappears. Also some of my videos lose their full screen view and shrink a little.

I hope this is not going to be like 9 again, as i had the same problems and it took a couple of releases to fix it.

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drakkner

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Sep 3, 2010 9:53 AM in response to freelancer

Same problem here and I have a simple iMac. Thought they would have tested this on their own iMac. Good thing I'm still a Mac fan!

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Sep 3, 2010 11:44 AM in response to freelancer

freelancer wrote:
The new video player in iTunes 10 has lost the "double size" option. This is annoying, ...
... If I'm missing a setting or something, I would love to hear about it. The video playback quality is just abysmal. (And, naturally, Apple's "feedback" thing doesn't let you talk about iTunes 10.)

Regarding the double size option, I have found the menu View > Video Size to be permanently greyed out and so cannot resize this way but the shortcuts Cmd+1, Cmd+2 etc still do the job. I have no idea why the menu is greyed out when it is still possible to resize.

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Sep 3, 2010 11:53 AM in response to simon.goodwin

I noticed that the video size option was grayed out, but I can't get the keyboard commands to work either. I just noticed that as I was watching a video podcast that I could easily resize before.

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