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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 1001666" data-attributes="member: 76888">Video Playback - Hardware Acceleration&nbsp;Introduction[spoiler]Hardware acceleration is good because1. Uses less CPU power to play videos2. Uses less power to play videos3. Can build a cheaper HTPC by letting the video card do the work4. If CPU becomes busy then video still looks smooth[/spoiler]&nbsp;Mediaportal Video Renderer&nbsp;This should correctly be set by default.Windows XP = VMR9Everything else = EVR[ATTACH]130360[/ATTACH]&nbsp;Video Codec&nbsp;The following video codecs support hardware acceleration in one form or anotherMicrosoft DVD-DTV Video, PowerDVD, MPC Video, FFDShow (DXVA), LAV Video, Arcsoft Total Media, CoreAVC&nbsp;We are going to use LAV Video because it comes with MediaPortal&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]130361[/ATTACH]&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]130362[/ATTACH]Hardware Decoder:AMD HD4XXX / HD5XXX - Choose DXVA2 (native)AMD HD6XXX / HD7XXX - Choose DXVA2 (copy back) [If stutter problems change to native]Low End Nvidia - Choose DXVA2 (native)High End Nvidia - Choose Nvidia CUVID + adaptive HW deinterlacing, output: 50p/60p (or) DXVA2 (native)Intel - Choose Intel QuickSync + adaptive HW deinterlacing, output: 50p/60pLow end GPU that doesn't do HW accleration, choose none&nbsp;That is all you need to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 1001666, member: 76888"] [SIZE=6]Video Playback - Hardware Acceleration[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Introduction[/SIZE] [spoiler]Hardware acceleration is good because 1. Uses less CPU power to play videos 2. Uses less power to play videos 3. Can build a cheaper HTPC by letting the video card do the work 4. If CPU becomes busy then video still looks smooth[/spoiler] [SIZE=4]Mediaportal Video Renderer[/SIZE] This should correctly be set by default. Windows XP = VMR9 Everything else = EVR [ATTACH]130360[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]Video Codec[/SIZE] The following video codecs support hardware acceleration in one form or another Microsoft DVD-DTV Video, PowerDVD, MPC Video, FFDShow (DXVA), LAV Video, Arcsoft Total Media, CoreAVC We are going to use LAV Video because it comes with MediaPortal [ATTACH=full]130361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]130362[/ATTACH] Hardware Decoder: AMD HD4XXX / HD5XXX - Choose DXVA2 (native) AMD HD6XXX / HD7XXX - Choose DXVA2 (copy back) [If stutter problems change to native] Low End Nvidia - Choose DXVA2 (native) High End Nvidia - Choose Nvidia CUVID + adaptive HW deinterlacing, output: 50p/60p (or) DXVA2 (native) Intel - Choose Intel QuickSync + adaptive HW deinterlacing, output: 50p/60p Low end GPU that doesn't do HW accleration, choose none That is all you need to do. [/QUOTE]

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