Hardware acceleration problem.

[arturius]

When playing 1080p MPEG-4 movies, the CPU usage is 100%. I cannot set "Use hardware acceleration " option, it’s unavailable. My graphic card is Gainward Bliss GF 8800 GTX running under Windows XP Prof, Splash Lite v. 1.0.5. Any suggestions?

[rocque]

Same problem with a greyed out GPU box, but different setup (WinXP Pro, GMA 4500 running latest drivers, Splash Lite 1.0.5). My machine is dual-boot, and on the Windows 7 partition, I have no problems.

[Ghost]

When playing 1080p MPEG-4 movies, the CPU usage is 100%. I cannot set "Use hardware acceleration " option, it’s unavailable. My graphic card is Gainward Bliss GF 8800 GTX running under Windows XP Prof, Splash Lite v. 1.0.5. Any suggestions?

Whats your graphics drivers version?

[Ghost]

Same problem with a greyed out GPU box, but different setup (WinXP Pro, GMA 4500 running latest drivers, Splash Lite 1.0.5). My machine is dual-boot, and on the Windows 7 partition, I have no problems.

Intel graphics accelerators require Windows Vista or Windows 7 for video decoding acceleration.
Hardware accelerated video decoding is not available on Windows XP with Intel cards.

[arturius]

Version 195.62 (the newest) is currently in use. I also tried a few earlier versions of drivers without success.

[rocque]

Same problem with a greyed out GPU box, but different setup (WinXP Pro, GMA 4500 running latest drivers, Splash Lite 1.0.5). My machine is dual-boot, and on the Windows 7 partition, I have no problems.

Intel graphics accelerators require Windows Vista or Windows 7 for video decoding acceleration.
Hardware accelerated video decoding is not available on Windows XP with Intel cards.

Ah, I see! Good info, thx for the reply.

[frgusto]

What's the hardware requirements for hardware acceleration?

For me Splash works better than VLC but CPU utilization is 100%.
In settings hardware accelaration is greyed out.

I have updated GPU drivers and Catalyst software.

[Ghost]

What's the hardware requirements for hardware acceleration?

For me Splash works better than VLC but CPU utilization is 100%.
In settings hardware accelaration is greyed out.

I have updated GPU drivers and Catalyst software.

Hardware acceleration for HD videos may not work in some cases on ATI 2400/2600 on WindowsXP with latest drivers.
For some reason hardware accelerated HD video decoding is blocked with new drivers.
Please try installing drivers 7.10.

[frgusto]

Aha, ok you are right. I installed the old Catalyst drivers 7.10 and now hardware acceleration is available!
Thanks!

[frgusto]

Hardware acceleration is now working fine in Power DVD but not in Splash.
The movie is very stuttering but most often the computer hang. Reset is the only way out.