Are you referring to the ATI post processing features? Because MPC-HC fully supports ATI hardware VC-1 and h264 decoding natively. For properly encoded 1080p media, the less post processing the better, IMO. Deinterlacing, noise reduction, and other UVD perks need not apply.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:23:17 +0100 > Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers in > hardware, woot > > Sorry Hayes but I've got to hugely disagree here, on the basis of a > Radeon's UVD beating the snot out of CoreAVC :) using apps like MPC- > HCE that bypass the frameworks that enable that seems hugely counter- > productive to me. > > > -JB > On 15 Jun 2008, at 20:12, Hayes Elkins wrote: >> >> I suggest Media Player Classic - Home Cinema edition. It is a >> project that supports hardware DXVA internally with no external >> filters/codecs required at all. A new build is released every few >> days because it is constantly tweaked. You can switch outputs from >> overley, VMR7/9 (and renderless) plus a hack to use Vista's EVR in >> XP. http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123537 >> >> For the rare HD media you encounter out in the wild that wont play >> nice with MPC-HC, I fall back on WMP 11 and use the codecs in "The >> Codec" http://www.m5studio.pl/ >> >> "The Codec" 8.2 build 8 is simply the best and ONLY codec pack you >> need for HD playback because it bundles the best software decoder >> ever, CoreAVC v1.7 (which is commercial software somehow bundled >> free). >> >> CoreAVC w/ special new halaai splitter >> CoreAAC >> DivX >> Xvid >> AC3 filter >> >> I still have issues now and then, but I'm in a LOT better shape >> these days with MPC-HC and the alternative WMP11 w/ The Codec Pack, >> a year ago I was pulling my hair out with the musical chairs these >> bastard codec gremlins had me play. >> >> VLC is utter crap. >> >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:32:07 -0700 >>> Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV >>> containers in hardware, woot >>> >>> I myself use Simple Media Player or Media Player Classic. I also >>> use FFDSHOW >>> Codex as well. >>> >>> Simple Media Player and Codex at http://smplayer.sf.net >>> >>> Media Player Classic can be found at >>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303 >>> >>> FFDShow can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Tim "The Beave" Lider >>> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight >>> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:25 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV >>> containers in >>> hardware, woot >>> >>> I decided to give this a try with the same video. VLC does choke, >>> although I am only using less then 20 percent CPU when it chokes. >>> >>> How did you get PowerDVD 8 to play the mkv file? It won't play if for >>> me. I have the same codecs installed, and I have plenty of hardware >>> muscle to do this. PowerDVD ignores the file. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At 06:49 AM 5/24/2008, you wrote: >>>> Just a little success story here, I sourced a cheap Dell for a >>>> client >>>> (seriously good deal IMO, £291 for a Vostro 400 w/ 2.4Ghz Allendale, >>>> 3GB of ram, Terabyte of disk, wireless, Vista Home Premium, set of >>>> speakers with a sub, a wireless router, a surge protected >>>> plugboard.) >>>> and dropped a 3870 into it, as it's going to be used in a sort of >>>> media center'ish sort of way plugged into a 32" high def TV >>>> >>>> Installed the CCCP codec pack (unchecking use ffmpeg for x264), >>>> installed PowerDVD 8, turned on hardware acceleration within >>>> PowerDVD... fired up a 7GB/hr h264 video (It's the Top Gear Polar >>>> Special in 1080P), which historically completely slaughters >>>> machines, >>>> VLC on the 4Ghz Wolfdale sits at 67% cpu utilisation with it (which >>>> means a 2.4Ghz chip with 1/3rd the cache has no chance in hell of >>>> playing it smoothly) >>>> >>>> on the 2.4Ghz Allendale... >>>> >>>> 13% cpu utilization >>>> >>>> THIRTEEN PERCENT, good grief, that's probably just the storm of >>>> interrupts from shuffling the data over the network and to the >>>> GPU, wow. >>>> >>>> the ease at which this was accomplished is making a Sempron or low >>>> end >>>> A64 X2 on a 780G (which has the same video decoder core of course) >>>> really really tempting for a media center box.... to replace the >>>> makeshift E6600/i680/7800GT box I've got performing those duties now >>>> (with CoreAVC on decoding duty, which is much faster for h264 decode >>>> than VLC just for the record.) >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm mainly amazed at how easy it was to get it to work :) >>>> >>>> So, yeah, groooooooovy :) >>>> >>>> -JB >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to >> join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. >> https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends > _________________________________________________________________ Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends
