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<blockquote data-quote="musa" data-source="post: 304497" data-attributes="member: 75979">Hi, I'm using Vista 32 and (I think) the same ati motherboard as yours, the one with the onboard ati hd 3200. Using 8.8 catalyst drivers. For codecs, I'm using CCCP at the moment but I'm using a different ffdshow tryout version. For a better idea of setting up ur codecs for video playback, you can try the <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Codecs/simplemediaportalcodecguide/" target="_blank">MEDIAPORTAL codec guide</a>I'm going to scrap CCCP and follow the guide because it does almost the same thing but the codecs/filters CCCP uses are not as updated.For optimal quality playback of dvds (ie Mpeg 2) and divx/xvid videos, I used resizing in ffdshow to &quot;upscale&quot; them to my tv's native resolution. Works pretty well and better than normal upscaling dvd players imo.I'm using VMR9 with Gaussian Quad filtering. EVR kills my OSD menu during dvd playback. Dunno why.For h264/mkv playback, I'm not using hardware acceleration (since not all mkvs are encoded with HA capability). Instead I'm using Corecodec's latest version of CoreAVC for h264 playback. It's definitely one of the best (if not the best) software solutions for smooth h264 playback. In fact, I find no need for hardware acceleration since coreavc works best for me. But a decent cpu is required.For HD DVD / Blu ray playback, I'm using Arcsoft's TMT (and Anydvd HD for decryption). So far I have no problems with it and I really hate powerdvd 7 and 8.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="musa, post: 304497, member: 75979"] Hi, I'm using Vista 32 and (I think) the same ati motherboard as yours, the one with the onboard ati hd 3200. Using 8.8 catalyst drivers. For codecs, I'm using CCCP at the moment but I'm using a different ffdshow tryout version. For a better idea of setting up ur codecs for video playback, you can try the [url=https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Codecs/simplemediaportalcodecguide/]MEDIAPORTAL codec guide[/url] I'm going to scrap CCCP and follow the guide because it does almost the same thing but the codecs/filters CCCP uses are not as updated. For optimal quality playback of dvds (ie Mpeg 2) and divx/xvid videos, I used resizing in ffdshow to "upscale" them to my tv's native resolution. Works pretty well and better than normal upscaling dvd players imo. I'm using VMR9 with Gaussian Quad filtering. EVR kills my OSD menu during dvd playback. Dunno why. For h264/mkv playback, I'm not using hardware acceleration (since not all mkvs are encoded with HA capability). Instead I'm using Corecodec's latest version of CoreAVC for h264 playback. It's definitely one of the best (if not the best) software solutions for smooth h264 playback. In fact, I find no need for hardware acceleration since coreavc works best for me. But a decent cpu is required. For HD DVD / Blu ray playback, I'm using Arcsoft's TMT (and Anydvd HD for decryption). So far I have no problems with it and I really hate powerdvd 7 and 8. [/QUOTE]

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