Nvidia Purevideo..free or not?

[GeezerMan]

OK, I'm a bit confused over Nvidia's purevideo. I see some peope mentioning that they purchased the software, yet I don't see anywhere on Nvidia's web page to buy it. I installed a 8600GT, and in the Nvidia control panel, I see the advanced settings of edge enhancement, noise reduction and inverse telecine, which I understand to be purevideo features. So what gives? Does purevideo come with the drivers and certain video cards can enable it?
Thanks

 

[BassBomb]

not free

purevideo is a decodecer

 

[GeezerMan]

Is it worth getting it for a PC that I use with a ATSC tuner? or is it mostly hype?

Oh, so when I set the advanced settings in the Nvidia panel I'm doing nothing without the purevideo driver?

 

[ViRGE]

This gets confused often.

NVIDIA calls their video hardware PureVideo, they also created an MPEG-2 decoder called the PureVideo Decoder. The settings you see are for the former, not the latter. As shipped, the PureVideo hardware in your card can be used by any compliant decoder (usually those from Cyberlink's PowerDVD and Intervideo's WinDVD), but your card did not specifically come with decoder software. If you're using an ATSC tuner with a computer, then you have some kind of decoder software, however the PureVideo settings may not affect it unless it is capable of using the PureVideo hardware.

NVIDIA has discontinued the PureVideo Decoder, thank goodness.

 

[GeezerMan]

link

Well, maybe they changed their minds, because I found a link to buy the Nvidia decoder

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
link

Well, maybe they changed their minds, because I found a link to buy the Nvidia decoder

Well don't buy it, it's 2 years old and won't be getting any more updates.

 

[Piuc2020]

Yeah the part that costs is only the DVD decoder (did they ever release an HD decoder?) and it's not really worth it, especially considering Vista Home Premium comes with it's own decoder.

 

[aka1nas]

AFAIK, you don't need the Purevideo decoder because the GPU accelerates video via DXVA in Vista.

 

[j0j081]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
This gets confused often.

NVIDIA calls their video hardware PureVideo, they also created an MPEG-2 decoder called the PureVideo Decoder. The settings you see are for the former, not the latter. As shipped, the PureVideo hardware in your card can be used by any compliant decoder (usually those from Cyberlink's PowerDVD and Intervideo's WinDVD), but your card did not specifically come with decoder software. If you're using an ATSC tuner with a computer, then you have some kind of decoder software, however the PureVideo settings may not affect it unless it is capable of using the PureVideo hardware.

NVIDIA has discontinued the PureVideo Decoder, thank goodness.

I wouldn't say thank goodness...before it was discontinued a professional hd audio/video site reviewed it to be better than both powerdvd/windvds own decoders and to produce better IQ than a few thousand dollar hd sets. They prob only discontinued it to do lack of interest but the latest one which is still available for download to try works with everything.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: j0j081

Originally posted by: ViRGE
This gets confused often.

NVIDIA calls their video hardware PureVideo, they also created an MPEG-2 decoder called the PureVideo Decoder. The settings you see are for the former, not the latter. As shipped, the PureVideo hardware in your card can be used by any compliant decoder (usually those from Cyberlink's PowerDVD and Intervideo's WinDVD), but your card did not specifically come with decoder software. If you're using an ATSC tuner with a computer, then you have some kind of decoder software, however the PureVideo settings may not affect it unless it is capable of using the PureVideo hardware.

NVIDIA has discontinued the PureVideo Decoder, thank goodness.

I wouldn't say thank goodness...before it was discontinued a professional hd audio/video site reviewed it to be better than both powerdvd/windvds own decoders and to produce better IQ than a few thousand dollar hd sets. They prob only discontinued it to do lack of interest but the latest one which is still available for download to try works with everything.

The Intervideo/Cyberlink decoders have come a long way since then, AFAIK even the press stuff NVIDIA shows off is now using the Cyberlink decoder. Besides, it's not so much the discontinuation of the decoder I'm happy about, it's the discontinuation of the other product calling itself PureVideo, which caused way too much confusion.

 

[AmdInside]

The only reason NVIDIA created the Purevideo decoder is because Cyberlink and Intervideo did not support Purevideo when their Geforce 6 cards came out. It is kind of how graphics card companies create 3d demos to show off the 3d features of a new card when not many games can support the features of a new GPU architecture. After a while, Intervideo and Cyberlink incorporated Purevideo technology into their video players so there was no need for NVIDIA to continue selling the NVIDIA Purevideo decoder. Besides, the NVIDIA Purevideo decoder can only decode MPEG2 files. With Intervideo WinDVD and Cyberlink PowerDVD, you can utilize the Purevideo technology to hardware accelerate decoding of other video formats.

BTW, the Windows Vista decoder sucks. I personally use the Cyberlink PowerDVD software and love it. Looks great and runs great. The Windows Vista decoder does not utilitze the Purevideo technology so you might as well be running a Geforce4 MX card.