nvidia purevideo or cyberlink powerdvd

trelm249 · 2008-06-02, 15:33

with a p4 2.8 ghz and a geforce 7300GT 256MB
would I be better off with purevideo or powerdvd for hardware video support?

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-06-02, 20:55

purevideo has not been supported by Nvidia for at least 18 months, PowerDVD Ultra seems to be the flavour if you want dxva (HW acceleration).

trelm249 · 2008-06-02, 21:48

Thanks for the heads up.

SMa · 2008-06-03, 06:15

Do those codecs have hardware support voor .mkv-files?

coopers · 2008-06-03, 06:41

My understanding is that mkv is just a container format, so as long as you have some kind of codec installed that can read that format, then whatever the media itself is underneath is what is interpreted and played as video.

So if it's mpeg or h.264 underneath the mkv, then yes cyberlink can hardware accellerate. If it's xvid, or wmv, I doubt it.

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coopers Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 141 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	My understanding is that mkv is just a container format, so as long as you have some kind of codec installed that can read that format, then whatever the media itself is underneath is what is interpreted and played as video. So if it's mpeg or h.264 underneath the mkv, then yes cyberlink can hardware accellerate. If it's xvid, or wmv, I doubt it.