Radeon DVD hardware acceleration

[MrWhiteUK]

I will be installing a Radeon 32Mb DDR and a pioneer DVD slot-in drive in my new machine.

If I install the DVD drive and the Radeon as usual, and then playback DVD software, Do I have to do anything special to activate the hardware acceleration of the radeon? Does it just do it autimatically?

Many thanks.

 

[clockhar]

If you use the DVD player that came w/ the Radeon then it will autmomatically use hardware. Otherwise, most other DVD players (since most are software) will not use DVD decoder on Radeon. I don't know specifically about which DVD player you are using. ... Am I right on this one guys?

 

[Vexx]

I think WinDVD can take advantage of the hardware acceleration.

 

[SleepyGuy]

I tried PowerDVD, WinDVD, and ATI DVD 4.1

PowerDVD (no hardware assist) 45% CPU Utilitization
WinDVD (supposed to be hardware assist) 45% CPU Utilization
ATIDVD (hardware assist) 5-10% CPU Utilization

I'll stick with ATI DVD, but i use powerdvd for dvd screen shots! Peace out.

 

[MrWhiteUK]

Will I get ATi DVD with a 32MB DDR OEM Radeon?

Thanks

 

[johneetrash]

i think it's on the drivers disk, and you should get that.. so i would think so but i havent gotten an OEM radeon before

 

[Duvie]

I will agree powerdvd will not use the ati hardware accelerator...It pisses me off and I will be tossing this POS out...Only reason I bought it and I can't use it...Ati dvdplayer IMO sucks...On my disk came the 3.2 version and I can't seem to upgrade it to 4.1 since the damn upgrade tells me I don't have an original version, which I do.

My powerdvd only uses around 15percent when playind dvds and around 20 percent when playing good quality divx movies.

I like and already own powerdvd and don't want to spend more mney to get windvd to be able to use this function I should be able to use anyway.
I only spent like 80 dollars on this le version...beware maybe the install disk are the problems on this upgrade.

I am going to get a geforce 2 pro 64mb or 32mb here shortly...I know Radeon is better then geforce at dvd playback...yeah if i could f^cking use it then it could possibly matter.

 

[SleepyGuy]

hey duvie if your in Toronto, Ontario i can dupe u a CD from my AIW Radeon. Peace out. BTW, is the code failing or it's not accepting the disk? if it's the code, check out rage3d for the codes... they have them all listed. peace out.

 

[BlvdKing]

I like the quality of the ATI DVD player. I use Power DVD (lower image quality) because the ATI DVD player is very choppy. I have tried everything to get ATI DVD to stop the chop but it still does it. Any ideas?

 

[clockhar]

no problems w/ it here ... do you have the latest version? How about your OS?? ... um might want to mess w/ options ... just some ideas here

 

[Duvie]

sleepyguy,

I tried the code on the disk and it didn't like the code...I tried a list of codes posted and it goes further along in the upgrade process but then when I go onto the disk to the file of the dvd version 3.2 it says that it can't find an original version of the player...

So I didn't know if that is just related to the le install disk which looks considerably different on the cover.

3.2 doesn't work as it routinely states It failed then gives list of three things that I know don't apply...

I live in Portland, OR unfortunately...thanks anyways