The awesome VLC Media Player has been updated to version 1.1.0, bringing GPU-accelerated decoding to video playback:
. GPU decoding on Windows Vista and 7, using DxVA2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
. GPU decoding on GNU/Linux, using VAAPI for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
. DSP decoding using OpenMax IL, for compatible embedded devices
. Improved support for MKV HD, including seeking fixes, and 7.1 channels codecs
. Support for new codecs, like Blu-Ray subtitles, MPEG-4 lossless and VP8
There's also a little snipe at Intel and ATI:
NB: so far, on Windows, VideoLAN is quite sad to be forced to recommend nVidia® GPU, until ATI® fixes their drivers on Windows, and until VLC developer get access to some Intel® hardware supporting GPU decoding.
You can download VLC now
for Windows or
for Mac OS X.
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Posted 02:20pm 22/6/10
superb!
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Posted 02:24pm 22/6/10
afaik this was only available (until recently it seems?) on UNIX/Linux through the use of this API and the XBMC developers recently-ish used it to promote a Broadcom Crystal HD mini-PCIE addin card that they had integrated the driver for into the projects codebase
just tested it on an IMAX 1080p with the GPU decoding (which is noted as experimental) and it seems to run less laggy than before and at noticably less than 100% CPU usage (silicon powah'd by a dual core 2.8Ghz) and way less laggsville than WinDVD or PowerDVD
1.1.0 gets a big approval scribble tick from me :P
last edited by trillion at 14:24:35 22/Jun/10
Posted 02:46pm 22/6/10
it should also be noted that i get a similar thing in windows media player... except instead of being framey for a few seconds after the seek... it just freezes on one frame for a few seconds n then plays fine.
comp is a dual-core e6750 2.66ghz with 3gb of ram, nvidia 8800gt.
the video was a 1280x720 h264avc .avi
Posted 02:53pm 22/6/10
Posted 03:24pm 22/6/10
I don't have the same issue in Windows Media Player though, so I'm guessing it's not a codec problem. I haven't tried to solve it yet but I want to because I hate WMP with a vengeance.
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Posted 06:10pm 22/6/10
I tried using it and couldn't for the life of me figure out how to add stuff to its media library, every time I tried it just sent me to the "about" page. Something the fuck was up.
Funnily enough VLC seems to work better for me in OSX than it does in windows.
Posted 06:14pm 22/6/10
I've definitely noticed that the h.264 decoder that Media Player Classic uses is inferior to others, particularly compared to CoreAVC and whatever one Windows 7 uses (which both seem very similar). I wouldn't be surprised if the VLC decoder is better than the one in MPC.
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Posted 08:07pm 22/6/10
Update manager not saying anything? Maybe it'll take a while to filter through to the repositories?
Posted 09:18pm 22/6/10
Not much of a HTPC if you're using VLC. Go a full package with sexy interface. I'm rocking Boxee at the moment and pretty happy (though I have IQ2 Foxtel so don't need tv tuner/recording)
Edit : I run a Zotac ION board too. The dual core one.
last edited by Charlie at 21:18:33 22/Jun/10
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Posted 09:40pm 22/6/10
Yeah its not there. (Yet.)
If you are keen you are build from source though.
Posted 10:09pm 22/6/10
This means no more 24/7 MST3K stream :(
VLC -> Media -> Open Network Stream -> http://99.198.118.250:8010
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Posted 11:40am 23/6/10
issue these commands in terminal (as SuperUser) :
"add-apt-repository ppa:c-korn/vlc"
"apt-get update"
or you can build it from the binaries, or wait for Ubuntu repo's to update.
Ive noticed that my cpu usage is slightly less (i7 920), the seek has improved, and much (MUCH) less tearing during fast horizontal panning shots. gpu is a 4850.