Loop filter. Search on this very forum. i have searched just to confirm that i am looking at what i think is the settings you refer:- settings>preferences>video codecs>x264>tick box to skip loop filter >save btw theres an awful lot of other settings under the x264 codec i.e. pure interlaced etc
One of the reasons I registered today was to vote that the Clean Method worked for me and to voice my gratitude that DD/DTS 5.1 is now an option on the VLC player on my MCE 2005 PC. I'd pretty much given up hope until I saw this thread. success here to after giving up with this player in the past! ...