Purevideo any good?

[jdoggg12]

Any advantage to the software? I'm not even sure of what it is... does it just play/decode dvds on Media Player?

 

[jdoggg12]

Anyone?

 

[duckymcse]

Pure video is great. It does enhance video playback. I mostly use it to play DVD movies or HD contents.
I use Theatertek to play DVD movies. It had purevideo build in.

 

[Gamingphreek]

It decodes and provides Hardware Deinterlacing and Hardware Video Acceleration support. You need the software from Nvidia in order to use your on chip VPU.

-Kevin

 

[jdoggg12]

Is it better than just using WinDVD or PowerDVD?

 

[marmasatt]

Bump. Just came accross this thread and wouldn't mind the answeres to these questions.

 

[imported_flounder]

I did a quick Google search of purevideo software and was appalled. http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html Nvidia charges for software that only their gpus can make use of? That is ridiculous. Now to troll around for a free version

Sorry for the OT

 

[Modular]

I bought the cheapest version of the software and I have to say that it does make a pretty noticeable difference. I run it on my Home Theater PC with a 6600 from MSI (non-GT) and it really makes 4:3 TV smoth and crisp. I'm not sure about HD as I've never tried it, but I assume the results are even more compelling.

 

[RobsTV]

Originally posted by: flounder
Nvidia charges for software that only their gpus can make use of? That is ridiculous. Now to troll around for a free version

Sorry for the OT

Works great with my ATi x1900GT, x850 and x800.
When used with DVB-S card, HDTV CPU resources drop almost in half compared to other codecs.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Any advantage to the software? I'm not even sure of what it is... does it just play/decode dvds on Media Player?

Full list of capabilities and support for them The 8 series is the best overall for multimedia, just as it is with gaming, and some decoding evidently improves with clockspeed on some cards.

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Is it better than just using WinDVD or PowerDVD?

That depends on how old the version you have is-

PureVideo?s MPEG-2 decode acceleration and post-processing effects are available through the Microsoft DirectX VA application programming interface (API). It can be experienced with DirextX VA compatible video applications such as InterVideo WinDVD, and CyberLink PowerDVD

Nero too.

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