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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 291108" data-attributes="member: 76888"><p>I thought I would let you know my experience with the 780G Mobo, as I get hardware acceleration under XP Pro SP2. I am using the HVR 2200 TV Card</p><p></p><p>The only codecs i use are PDVD8 Ultra 1830 and the internal filters within MPC-HC.</p><p></p><p>My installation is as follows.</p><p></p><p>Fresh Install XP Pro SP2</p><p>Turn off automatic updates and don't update anything</p><p>Only use the official drivers that support 780G on gigabyte.com</p><p>Install Realtek audio driver from gigabyte.com</p><p>Install LAN driver from gigabyte.com</p><p>Install ATI Display driver and ATI South bridge driver from gigabyte.com</p><p>Install Microsoft .NET 2 Framework</p><p>Reboot</p><p>This next step is necessary to disable overscan</p><p> - Goto ATI.com / choose to download display drivers.</p><p> - Select XP / Integrated Mobo / HD3200</p><p> - Select old drivers</p><p> - Download the control centre for 8.3</p><p> - Choose custom install, only install the control centre, don't install any drivers</p><p>Reboot</p><p>Go into control centre choose 0% overscan, change the resolution to support your display. Don't change anything else.</p><p>Install MPC-HC; Mediaplayer Classic Home Cinema (X86) version - Latest generic stable 32bit build</p><p>Load MPC-HC, open a H264 media file, you should see about 3-5% cpu useage</p><p>Install HVR2200 Driver, use the latest version from the UK Hauppague website</p><p>Next step is to install PDVD8 Ultra build 1830</p><p>Now install Windows Media Player 11</p><p>Now install Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) - This may not be necessary if you have PDVD8, as this is installed with the package</p><p>Install Microsoft Installer 3.1 v2 Redistributable XP</p><p>Install videoplayback flicker hotfix for XP</p><p>Install dvbfix</p><p>Reboot</p><p>Run the Mediaportal RC2 installer</p><p>Run TV-Server configuration and setup your channels</p><p>Run mediaportal Configuration. Enable advanced mode (Top right corner)</p><p>- Check under television -> H264 Codec -> Choose "Cyberlink H.264/AVC Decoder (PDVD8)"</p><p>- Check under television -> MPEG2 Video decoder -> Choose "Cyberlink Video/SP BD-HD Decoder (PDVD8)"</p><p>- Leave all the other options as default settings</p><p>- Check under Direct Show Filter Control -> PowerDVD Decoder Settings </p><p>- Check that Hardware accleration is enabled in both boxes</p><p>- Leave the rest of the settings under direct show filter control as default (ie use the default VRM9 renderer)</p><p>Reboot</p><p></p><p>This setup gives me 0-5% CPU useage when play 1080P mkv video files using MPC-HC</p><p>I get around 10-20% with live TV in mediaportal</p><p></p><p>It is important to turn off auto updates, as when i upgraded to SP3 i had problems.</p><p>Hence there must be something in updates after SP2 that stuffs things up with this mobo.</p><p>Only use the drivers off the gigabyte website.</p><p>Don't try Catalyst Suite 8.7 Display driver as this makes XP crash if you have this motherboard.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have PDVD8 you can still get hardware accleration for 1080P mkv movie files using MPC-HC.</p><p>Unfortunately MPC-HC can't seem to play .ts files on my system, however you could change the tv-server recording options and record as mpeg2, i havn't tried this but it may work.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have PDVD8 you could install FFDShow instead. You will still get hardware accleration of mkv movie files, but your cpu useage will be 60-90% while watching live TV.</p><p></p><p>FYI - My Hardware</p><p></p><p>Silverstone LC16-M & iMon Remote | Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G with Onboard ATI HD3200 | AMD X2 4200+ CPU | Adata 2GB RAM | 750GB HDD | HVR 2200 | Samsung LA46N81BX 46" 1080P LCD | Samsung HT-TX35T 5.1 SPDIF Receiver</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 291108, member: 76888"] I thought I would let you know my experience with the 780G Mobo, as I get hardware acceleration under XP Pro SP2. I am using the HVR 2200 TV Card The only codecs i use are PDVD8 Ultra 1830 and the internal filters within MPC-HC. My installation is as follows. Fresh Install XP Pro SP2 Turn off automatic updates and don't update anything Only use the official drivers that support 780G on gigabyte.com Install Realtek audio driver from gigabyte.com Install LAN driver from gigabyte.com Install ATI Display driver and ATI South bridge driver from gigabyte.com Install Microsoft .NET 2 Framework Reboot This next step is necessary to disable overscan - Goto ATI.com / choose to download display drivers. - Select XP / Integrated Mobo / HD3200 - Select old drivers - Download the control centre for 8.3 - Choose custom install, only install the control centre, don't install any drivers Reboot Go into control centre choose 0% overscan, change the resolution to support your display. Don't change anything else. Install MPC-HC; Mediaplayer Classic Home Cinema (X86) version - Latest generic stable 32bit build Load MPC-HC, open a H264 media file, you should see about 3-5% cpu useage Install HVR2200 Driver, use the latest version from the UK Hauppague website Next step is to install PDVD8 Ultra build 1830 Now install Windows Media Player 11 Now install Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) - This may not be necessary if you have PDVD8, as this is installed with the package Install Microsoft Installer 3.1 v2 Redistributable XP Install videoplayback flicker hotfix for XP Install dvbfix Reboot Run the Mediaportal RC2 installer Run TV-Server configuration and setup your channels Run mediaportal Configuration. Enable advanced mode (Top right corner) - Check under television -> H264 Codec -> Choose "Cyberlink H.264/AVC Decoder (PDVD8)" - Check under television -> MPEG2 Video decoder -> Choose "Cyberlink Video/SP BD-HD Decoder (PDVD8)" - Leave all the other options as default settings - Check under Direct Show Filter Control -> PowerDVD Decoder Settings - Check that Hardware accleration is enabled in both boxes - Leave the rest of the settings under direct show filter control as default (ie use the default VRM9 renderer) Reboot This setup gives me 0-5% CPU useage when play 1080P mkv video files using MPC-HC I get around 10-20% with live TV in mediaportal It is important to turn off auto updates, as when i upgraded to SP3 i had problems. Hence there must be something in updates after SP2 that stuffs things up with this mobo. Only use the drivers off the gigabyte website. Don't try Catalyst Suite 8.7 Display driver as this makes XP crash if you have this motherboard. If you don't have PDVD8 you can still get hardware accleration for 1080P mkv movie files using MPC-HC. Unfortunately MPC-HC can't seem to play .ts files on my system, however you could change the tv-server recording options and record as mpeg2, i havn't tried this but it may work. If you don't have PDVD8 you could install FFDShow instead. You will still get hardware accleration of mkv movie files, but your cpu useage will be 60-90% while watching live TV. FYI - My Hardware Silverstone LC16-M & iMon Remote | Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G with Onboard ATI HD3200 | AMD X2 4200+ CPU | Adata 2GB RAM | 750GB HDD | HVR 2200 | Samsung LA46N81BX 46" 1080P LCD | Samsung HT-TX35T 5.1 SPDIF Receiver [/QUOTE]
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