Hello, I recommend SMPlayer or Media Player Classic if you want to go the free route. I prefer Zoom Player though.
Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:37 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Question on video card for HTPC > > At 10:30 AM 13/05/2010, Greg Sevart wrote: > >Depends on the player. Thane said he uses VLC. My understanding is > that > >the current version of VLC has no support for any form of GPU > >offloading. The upcoming, unreleased 1.1 player version will offload > >SOME work to the GPU via DXVA 2.0. Vista or better is required, and it > >doesn't offload as much work as other players. > > > >So, upgrading the video card won't do any good unless you also change > >players. > > Ok, that's fine. What player would you recommend? > > Thane > >
