I just downloaded a new version (0.9.8a) and the picture seems worse when playing a video. My last version was downloaded off the videolan site about a year ago.
The picture probably isn't "worse" literally speaking, maybe just more "honest". Like I see more artifacts and it just seems crummier/more unclear generally speaking. Maybe some filter that used to be on by default but isn't anymore? I'm playing a normal quality (512x384) Xvid video file.
Thanks.