2009-03-04, 01:23 PM
Having just got an NVidia 8300 based mobo I'm reading about PureVideo which purportedly offers hardware assisted decoding on compatible GPU's. This sounds like a great bonus and according to WikiPedia the 8300 GPU is supported by PureVideo. However I have no idea if it's being used during playback.
The NVidia site about PureVideo offers products for sale in the US but points me towards PowerDVD in the UK, the site for which offers no references to PureVideo. There's an Nvidia PureVideo trial pack which gives me the NVidia Video Decoder and NVidia Audio Decoder, both of which seem to cause problems playing back DVD's (chop, audio issues, skipping).
Am I wasting my time here? Is my understanding of PureVideo broken? From reading the Wiki page it should just be part of the drivers for my GPU but how do I check if it's in use?
The NVidia site about PureVideo offers products for sale in the US but points me towards PowerDVD in the UK, the site for which offers no references to PureVideo. There's an Nvidia PureVideo trial pack which gives me the NVidia Video Decoder and NVidia Audio Decoder, both of which seem to cause problems playing back DVD's (chop, audio issues, skipping).
Am I wasting my time here? Is my understanding of PureVideo broken? From reading the Wiki page it should just be part of the drivers for my GPU but how do I check if it's in use?
HTPC: Asus M3N78-EM, Athlon X2 5050e, 2Gb OCZ HiperX, Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T, GB-PVR 1.3.11
http://playr.co.uk/
http://vanhegan.net/
http://playr.co.uk/
http://vanhegan.net/