nvidia dvd decoder

[chillmeow]

I've installed nvidia dvd decoder on my computer. Now I have several questions,
1) How do I adjust the setting?
2) Can i use this dvd decoder on other programs such as windows media player ?
3) How do I know some setting are activated?

Please help. Thanks.

 

[seattledesi]

Originally posted by: chillmeow
I've installed nvidia dvd decoder on my computer. Now I have several questions,
1) How do I adjust the setting?
2) Can i use this dvd decoder on other programs such as windows media player ?
3) How do I know some setting are activated?

Please help. Thanks.

1) when you play a dvd using media player, you'll see an icon in the system tray (near the clock).. right click for properties.
2) its useful for players like media player, zoom player that lets u choose the video decoder.
3) see 1. You can also use media player's tool-options-dvd-advanced

 

[imverygifted]

do you need to pay for the decoder or is it free? where do you get it if its free i'd like to try it out

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: imverygifted
do you need to pay for the decoder or is it free? where do you get it if its free i'd like to try it out

Free trial on Nvidia's site.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: imverygifted
do you need to pay for the decoder or is it free? where do you get it if its free i'd like to try it out

Free trial on Nvidia's site.

Is the NVIDIA decoder compatible withthe ATI Radeon products? That decoder will not work with my setup. The little NVDIA icon appears in the task bar for a second or too as media player (or zoom) tries to get it up and running, then it disappears and an alternative mpeg decoder is selected. For whatever reason it wont' run.

 

[BFG10K]

Is the NVIDIA decoder compatible withthe ATI Radeon products?

If it is I'd guess it would do software decoding only.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: imverygifted
do you need to pay for the decoder or is it free? where do you get it if its free i'd like to try it out

Free trial on Nvidia's site.

Is the NVIDIA decoder compatible withthe ATI Radeon products? That decoder will not work with my setup. The little NVDIA icon appears in the task bar for a second or too as media player (or zoom) tries to get it up and running, then it disappears and an alternative mpeg decoder is selected. For whatever reason it wont' run.

It does, and in fact it supports DXVA hardware decoding with Radeon Products. I use the NV DVD decoders on my MCE rig (excellent) and my AIW9700pro and 6800standard have nearly identical CPU load with and without hardware acceleration. ( I mean that both cards show similar decrease in CPU load using hardware acceleration)

I'm nearly convinced at this point that the PVP on the 6800 is not doing any hardware MPEG decoding (DXVA is supported on any dx9 class hardware with driver support using the shader pipeline), and the only features supported over my AIW are VMR scaling in MCE , and Nvidias post processing (de-interlacing, 3:2 pulldown correction)

The 6800 has an advantage in PQ by a small, but noticable magin. Both are excellent/