Dithering

[zajacattack]

I have a question. Why is dithering for videos and music only available on certain players?

[Llorean]

Dithering for Videos and Dithering for Music are two separate functions. What players are missing dithering for music?

[zajacattack]

Sorry, my mistake. I don't think any players are missing audio dithering. However, many don't have video dithering. Why is this?

[Llorean]

Because it's done at the driver level, meaning someone very familiar with that player needs to implement it.

[zajacattack]

OK, I was just wondering, so thank you for the information.

[Mad Cow]

So what does video dithering do exactly? I can't see a difference with it on or off.

[Chronon]

Check out the "Dither" article on Wikipedia.  I notice improvements in shading and reduction of blocky artifacts when I turn dithering on.

[pixelma]

What players are missing dithering for music?

The hardware codec targets don't have audio dithering, i.e. the supported Archos line of player. (Sorry, couldn't resist. )

So what does video dithering do exactly? I can't see a difference with it on or off.

How much the effect is visible depends on the content of the video or a picture. I have one video where it is very noticable in a large part where there are only very slight colour differences (dark sky).