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Cat

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:42 am
Post subject: Do I need PureVideo codec to get benefits from hardware accelerations?
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I'm using GeForce 8600 and ffdshow codec. NVidia is selling PureVideo
codec. This is confusing. Does this mean that the PureVideo technology
in GeForce 8600 needs that codec to work? If I use ffdshow, does the
hardware acceleration still work? Since PureVideo codec is not a free
software.... I need to know about that.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:32 pm
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Cat wrote:
> I'm using GeForce 8600 and ffdshow codec. NVidia is selling PureVideo
> codec. This is confusing. Does this mean that the PureVideo technology
> in GeForce 8600 needs that codec to work? If I use ffdshow, does the
> hardware acceleration still work? Since PureVideo codec is not a free
> software.... I need to know about that.
>

Yes and no. You can get hardware accelerated YUV and post processing
through DXVA (Windows Media Player, MPC, etc); however for accelerated
decoding functions of MPEG2 and H264 needs a codec that interfaces with
your hardware through the driver (i.e. PureVideo). This means DVD and
HDTV playback are faster and use your GPU using PureVideo, but only use
your CPU and whatever MPEG2 codec you have installed without it.

Essentially PureVideo is a codec just like ffdshow (libavcodec) and
Divx, but one you have to pay for due to MPEG licensing cost (otherwise
it would just be included with the driver).

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:52 pm
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On 10/14/2007 10:32 AM PT, deimos typed:

> Cat wrote:
>> I'm using GeForce 8600 and ffdshow codec. NVidia is selling PureVideo
>> codec. This is confusing. Does this mean that the PureVideo technology
>> in GeForce 8600 needs that codec to work? If I use ffdshow, does the
>> hardware acceleration still work? Since PureVideo codec is not a free
>> software.... I need to know about that.
>>
>
> Yes and no. You can get hardware accelerated YUV and post processing
> through DXVA (Windows Media Player, MPC, etc); however for accelerated
> decoding functions of MPEG2 and H264 needs a codec that interfaces with
> your hardware through the driver (i.e. PureVideo). This means DVD and
> HDTV playback are faster and use your GPU using PureVideo, but only use
> your CPU and whatever MPEG2 codec you have installed without it.
>
> Essentially PureVideo is a codec just like ffdshow (libavcodec) and
> Divx, but one you have to pay for due to MPEG licensing cost (otherwise
> it would just be included with the driver).

Doesn't NVIDIA driver comes with PureVideo?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:52 pm
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Ant wrote:
> On 10/14/2007 10:32 AM PT, deimos typed:
>
>> Cat wrote:
>>> I'm using GeForce 8600 and ffdshow codec. NVidia is selling PureVideo
>>> codec. This is confusing. Does this mean that the PureVideo technology
>>> in GeForce 8600 needs that codec to work? If I use ffdshow, does the
>>> hardware acceleration still work? Since PureVideo codec is not a free
>>> software.... I need to know about that.
>>>
>>
>> Yes and no. You can get hardware accelerated YUV and post processing
>> through DXVA (Windows Media Player, MPC, etc); however for accelerated
>> decoding functions of MPEG2 and H264 needs a codec that interfaces
>> with your hardware through the driver (i.e. PureVideo). This means
>> DVD and HDTV playback are faster and use your GPU using PureVideo, but
>> only use your CPU and whatever MPEG2 codec you have installed without it.
>>
>> Essentially PureVideo is a codec just like ffdshow (libavcodec) and
>> Divx, but one you have to pay for due to MPEG licensing cost
>> (otherwise it would just be included with the driver).
>
> Doesn't NVIDIA driver comes with PureVideo?

PV rarely changes, and it's a separate package. You can download then
register the trail from the NV site. It's also a basic media player,
but the codec installs with a little tray icon that you can swtich your
PV options in any app. The driver contains components that interface
the card with the codec. It's a bit confusing indeed.
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