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This is a general question , and I realize it depends on a different factors . Still here goes :
Splash/Pro is using graphic and sound board to offload most processing from the CPU ?
What have people found here to be the typical range for main CPU utilization , when playing , say a 1080p video with 30 fps , "true HD" quality ?
On my laptop ( Vista32,HP laptop,Intel T7100,Intel 965 ), it's close to 100% , with usually motion , etc , disabled .

my system has some nuts so very little CPU is utilized, UNLIKE say VLC which almsot always was way over the top playing any type of file, i abandoned VLC for Splash LITE, then went on to PURCHASE Splash Pro.

my cpu idles around 3% MAX while playing a 1080 mkv. usually less depending on what else im doing

OK servocrow , that's really good .
What video bitrate is this with ( when you click on I-information on lower left of window ) ?
What Nvidia model do you have ?

"Intel 965" isn't able to decode video - so CPU load would be high anyway.
All newest GPU can decode video: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder plus Intel GMA X4500MHD.
With such cards CPU load will be low in any player (Splash, MPC, VLC, KMP and so on) with correct settings (to use h/w acceleration - usually it's just couple of ticks)
E.g. on my Compaq I have 10-20% cpu load (in power-saving mode on slow atom cpu) with any AVC, VC-1, Mpeg-2 video.
P.s. bitrate doesn't play any role - 90mbit 1080p video playback is flawless...

Thanks for that info vivan .
I would have thought that bitrate would be a factor .
Highest bitrate I've seen is 50 .
A 90 bitrate video must be huge in GB ?

It's maximum bitrate - for about 30 seconds (lot of noise). Overall bitrate isn't that high.

@ vivian

so is it possible to watch 720 files on a barebones netbook using Splash>?

up till now i had been using CCCP/ with MPC looped with coreavc.

which does handle 720 files just fine...

Intel 965 will NOT use GPU in any situation (doesn't have internal HD processor).
For playing 1080p, any medium C2D cpu should do the job (though CPU load will be maxed).
Bitrate does matter when using CPU power, so it may work flawless but it all depends on the codec optimisation algorithm. CoreAVC is the fastest CPU codec for MKV files. I'm not sure if Splash fails 5% beneath or use the same CPU resources.

PS: i wouldn't play full quality blu-ray on that laptop configuration. Try using an lower bitrate mkv rip. Also 720p for playing on a laptop monitor is OK, 1080p is just overkill.

servocrow wrote:my system has some nuts so very little CPU is utilized, UNLIKE say VLC which almsot always was way over the top playing any type of file, i abandoned VLC for Splash LITE, then went on to PURCHASE Splash Pro.

my cpu idles around 3% MAX while playing a 1080 mkv. usually less depending on what else im doing

oh, really? can you post some screenshots to back this claim? even though you have a quadcore and a supported video card, i seriously doubt the 3% CPU load you're mentioning.

insect000 wrote:

servocrow wrote:my system has some nuts so very little CPU is utilized, UNLIKE say VLC which almsot always was way over the top playing any type of file, i abandoned VLC for Splash LITE, then went on to PURCHASE Splash Pro.

my cpu idles around 3% MAX while playing a 1080 mkv. usually less depending on what else im doing

oh, really? can you post some screenshots to back this claim? even though you have a quadcore and a supported video card, i seriously doubt the 3% CPU load you're mentioning.

It depends if power savings are off. When CPU runs at full clock speeds, the cpu load is scaled lower (eg Intel Speed Step enabled).