H.264 video through X1600 GPU?

the dog from that film you saw wrote:
> in that case i'd suggest you do as i did and get the core codec - i know
> it's galling to have the hardware accelaration and not be using it, but the
> fact is it does the job - i use media player classic plus the codec.


Is that what they're called, the Core Codecs?

Yousuf Khan
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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Now, I know this isn't the killer video card range by any stretch of the
> imagination, but I think it should be relatively powerful enough. I just
> don't know if the functionality exists in this card though. I've
> upgraded to the latest Catalyst 7.4 drivers, and I was under the
> impression that these drivers will allow you to encode/decode the H.264
> video through the GPU rather than the CPU.
>
> First, is this feature really available on these drivers? Second, if so,
> then is it available on my particular generation of GPU? Assuming that,
> then is there a special video codec that needs to run to make use of the
> GPU for H.264? Basically, how would I know that I'm using the GPU rather
> than the CPU?




the feature is supported by the card.
HOWEVER.

it's not down to the drivers - it's down to the software you use - you need
software that uses the hardware accelaration.
i think the newest HD compatible version of power dvd does.

only problem is, the x1600 is only able to suffiiciently accelarate 720p -
not 1080p - and there are 1080p sources out there.
for me personally, i get better results using the core codec and letting
that do the job in software.

with that, i can play 1080p x264 without dropping frames on my 3ghz pentium
with x1600 card as long as i don't have other things going on at the same
time.



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"YKhan" <yjkhan DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 29, 4:14 pm, "the dog from that film you saw"


> Okay, so my older version of Power DVD 6 won't have that, I guess? And
> I assume that Windows Media Player also doesn't have it? I'm not as
> interested in playing Blu-Ray or HD-DVD as I am in playing *.MP4
> files, etc.



in that case i'd suggest you do as i did and get the core codec - i know
it's galling to have the hardware accelaration and not be using it, but the
fact is it does the job - i use media player classic plus the codec.




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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> the dog from that film you saw wrote:
>> in that case i'd suggest you do as i did and get the core codec - i know
>> it's galling to have the hardware accelaration and not be using it, but
>> the fact is it does the job - i use media player classic plus the codec.
>
>
> Is that what they're called, the Core Codecs?
>


just core codec - no plural.
i'd suggest checking out doom9.org for details on how to use it.



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