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<blockquote data-quote="KevL" data-source="post: 271398" data-attributes="member: 11798">Hardware decode ought to be faster/better than software decode but ..............As far as I can tell (though it might be an excess of incompetence on my part) some graphics cards dont work with hardware encoding enabled in the cyberlink 7.3 codecs.I have a recent vintage gigabyte MB with onboard ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics. If I enable hardware encoding in the cyberlink codecs then I get full BSODs / stop errors&nbsp; in MP when I try to watch video. - The ultimate in poor PQ some would say <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Also I read a comparison of HD playback on a number of platforms where all the popular codecs were compared.Summary seemed to be that the picture quality of all the codecs was on a par (though some needed more adjustment on colour and brightness than others) but the strange thing was the CoreAVC codec actually used less processing power than some of the hardware assisted decoders. Presumably due to very clever software algorithms in the CoreAVC software.Kev</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KevL, post: 271398, member: 11798"] Hardware decode ought to be faster/better than software decode but .............. As far as I can tell (though it might be an excess of incompetence on my part) some graphics cards dont work with hardware encoding enabled in the cyberlink 7.3 codecs. I have a recent vintage gigabyte MB with onboard ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics. If I enable hardware encoding in the cyberlink codecs then I get full BSODs / stop errors in MP when I try to watch video. - The ultimate in poor PQ some would say :-) Also I read a comparison of HD playback on a number of platforms where all the popular codecs were compared. Summary seemed to be that the picture quality of all the codecs was on a par (though some needed more adjustment on colour and brightness than others) but the strange thing was the CoreAVC codec actually used less processing power than some of the hardware assisted decoders. Presumably due to very clever software algorithms in the CoreAVC software. Kev [/QUOTE]

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