CoreAVC 2.0 released! (1 Viewer)

[hoborg]

Is there a visual quality difference between CoreAVC and MPC-HCs H.264 codec?


They both can use GPU hardware acceleration, so the 30% faster that their website claims doesn't really mean much to me, so I'm wondering if there is any difference in the visual quality that would make it worth the money to buy it.

That is not exactly true. MPC-HC using DXVA (ATI/nvidia/intel/s3 chrome) and Core AVC can only use CUDA (nVidia only).

 

[MacGyver2k]

CoreAVC 2.0 + Win7 + 1.1.0.0 Beta works fine for me.
Live HDTV works great, no more A/V-Sync-Issues for German HDTV anymore.

 

[Inker]

All H264 decoders are required to give the exact same (bitexact) output. So any bugs withstanding the PQ is exactly the same with all the decoders.

CoreAVC also isn't really the fastest anymore (it depends a bit on the exact CPU in use). Furthermore, for most CPUs the speed increase from 1.9.5 to 2.0 seems negligable.

So unless you have to use CUDA (because you want postprocessing and GPU acceleration) I would say save your money.

 

[rtv]

AW: Re: CoreAVC 2.0 released!

CoreAVC 2.0 + Win7 + 1.1.0.0 Beta works fine for me.
Live HDTV works great, no more A/V-Sync-Issues for German HDTV anymore.

What's the reason for not using 7's excellent codecs - especially for HD content?

 

[Inker]

BTW I noticed the new HMS that comes with 2.0 by default gives H264 in mkv a custom FourCC (to bypass MF in WMP and WMC on Win7).

I'm not sure if this concerns MP's custom graphbuilding....

 

[wonkyd]

Re: AW: Re: CoreAVC 2.0 released!

CoreAVC 2.0 + Win7 + 1.1.0.0 Beta works fine for me.
Live HDTV works great, no more A/V-Sync-Issues for German HDTV anymore.

What's the reason for not using 7's excellent codecs - especially for HD content?

Slightly off topic but does Microsofts H.264 decoder in Win7 offer any hardware acceleration?

 

[Inker]

Re: AW: Re: CoreAVC 2.0 released!

CoreAVC 2.0 + Win7 + 1.1.0.0 Beta works fine for me.
Live HDTV works great, no more A/V-Sync-Issues for German HDTV anymore.

What's the reason for not using 7's excellent codecs - especially for HD content?

Slightly off topic but does Microsofts H.264 decoder in Win7 offer any hardware acceleration?

Yes

 

[MacGyver2k]

i'm using coreavc with cuda support on my ion-system and it works great.
never tried the microsoft codec, but i thought hardware acceleration was only available with media foundation and not directshow.
at least dxva2 wmv hd acceleration is only possible with the media foundation and not directshow.
and since mediaportal uses directshow i never thought of trying.

 

[Inker]

i'm using coreavc with cuda support on my ion-system and it works great.
never tried the microsoft codec, but i thought hardware acceleration was only available with media foundation and not directshow.
at least dxva2 wmv hd acceleration is only possible with the media foundation and not directshow.
and since mediaportal uses directshow i never thought of trying.

No that's not true, DXVA with MS Codecs is also possible in Directshow, you can try simply with MPC or something.

 

[tourettes]

i'm using coreavc with cuda support on my ion-system and it works great.
never tried the microsoft codec, but i thought hardware acceleration was only available with media foundation and not directshow.
at least dxva2 wmv hd acceleration is only possible with the media foundation and not directshow.
and since mediaportal uses directshow i never thought of trying.

No that's not true, DXVA with MS Codecs is also possible in Directshow, you can try simply with MPC or something.

Something like MediaPortal. Currently Windows 7 H.264 seems to be the most compatible codec when it comes to the differet DVB streams (haven't tested CoreAVC 2.0.0 yet).