Nvidia CUVID (1 Viewer)

[Kiwi]

Just found nvidia cuvid on the web and wondering if anyone is using it and what the experience has been? What are the advantages & dis-advantages etc?
Thanks

 

[Lehmden]

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Hi.
I'm using it.
Disadvantages:
Works only with Nvidia
Sometimes XVid playback is not that good. So maybe you need to install XVid Codec also.

Neutral:
HDTV Playback is not better than with PowerDVD or MS Codec

Advantages:
Small package, completely free.
Works great with most Content.
Absolutely superb SDTV/DVD quality. Most of the time you can't see much difference between a DVD and HDTV (720P) But that shows also how worse most of the SDTV stuff was aired. So you be warned

 

[Holzi]

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I really would like to see some SDTV(Recordings)/DVD comparisson screenshots with PDVD or MS Codec in use. I found some HD comparisson screenshots and there you can't really see any difference. (even with madVR in use).

 

[Lehmden]

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Hi.
On HDTV there is no visible difference at all...
But I don't believe you can transport the Quality via stills. There are too much things (motion detection,...) that depends on moving images during playback. And also a screen capture video did not do it as this video has to be rendered again. The only way to see this is to see it with your own eyes.

 

[Jelmo]

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I also use it for all content. Video / TV / DVD.
Works really great with my GT430.
There still some space for improvment ( DIVX ), but i thing the author is aware of this and keeps working on it.

 

[Holzi]

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I guess the better sharpness (if there is one) should even be seen in screenshots. Like in the two I attached. =)

 

[JackTramiel]

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Since there seems to be an issue with divx movies i´d like to know if you can disable divx decoding?

I guess the 2nd screenshot is made with cuvid?

 

[Holzi]

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There is NO screenshot made with Cuvid! I just wanted to state that it is possible to see any quality difference on screenshots. =)

 

[Lehmden]

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Hi.
First, you can easily disable DivX/XVid MP4 encoding in CUVID.

Second, Sharpness is just a single small part of the overall quality. It's useless without deblocking, deinterlacing (if any) and so on... What you can see on your screenshot is that one picture has more "sharpen edges" attached as the other. But that means nothing to see this on 1920x1080 50" LED TV. It's still really possible, the "smoother" one looks better...

The issue with XVid is not sharpness, it's stutter witch you can't see on stills.