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Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:40 am
by 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?
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:36 am
by 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.
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:25 am
by Ghost
arturius wrote: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?
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:29 am
by Ghost
rocque wrote: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.
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:10 am
by arturius
Version 195.62 (the newest) is currently in use. I also tried a few earlier versions of drivers without success.
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:13 pm
by rocque
Ghost wrote:rocque wrote: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.
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:57 pm
by 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.
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:08 pm
by Ghost
frgusto wrote: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.
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:52 am
by frgusto
Aha, ok you are right. I installed the old Catalyst drivers 7.10 and now hardware acceleration is available!
Thanks!
Re: Hardware acceleration problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:28 pm
by 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.