Anybody tried Nvidia Purevideo?

[janitha]

I would like to know whether any of you have tried Nvidia Purevideo and if so how much it improves the movie experience.
Also from where I can purchase it?

[sagargv]

currently , drivers for that are running in vista only . i can try that . can u give me a link to a trailer of a hd vedio that can play in power dvd 7 . quick time doesnt seem to be optimized on it(it gave 80% cpu usage and barely 10-20fps) ..
have a look at this article if u havent seen it already .
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/...hd/page10.html

BTW ,(regarding my 8600gt overheating prob) i got a new psu too ( my current psu was giving only 10A on 12volt , the new one gives 19A on 12 volt and a new fan too , but i dunno how to connect it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am waiting for some help frm my vendor and i'll get back after its been fixed.)

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

currently , drivers for that are running in vista only . i can try that . can u give me a link to a trailer of a hd vedio that can play in power dvd 7 . quick time doesnt seem to be optimized on it(it gave 80% cpu usage and barely 10-20fps) ..
have a look at this article if u havent seen it already .
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/...hd/page10.html

BTW ,(regarding my 8600gt overheating prob) i got a new psu too ( my current psu was giving only 10A on 12volt , the new one gives 19A on 12 volt and a new fan too , but i dunno how to connect it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am waiting for some help frm my vendor and i'll get back after its been fixed.)

Thanks, but I had seen the article more than a month back.

Connecting PSU or fan?

[sagargv]

could you give me a link to the trailer of some HD movie which i can use..



thanks . i put the psu .this is getting offtopic, i better pm u . but the sad thing is that temp is not reducing much . .pretty much the same thing , i'll put the fan and tell u..

[Charan]

There are two versions PureVideo and PureVideoHD .. Which version are you guys reffering to? Havent tried much but It works only with Windows Media Player. Correct em if im wrong.

[koolbluez]

is it free or paid? is it a driver or hardware? interestin...

[Charan]

^^ Its a driver and its paid , BTW trial is available

[janitha]

I was talking about Purevideo and not and not Purevideo HD.
Contrary to what Sagarv said, I think it is supportrd by XP since it was available for sale long before release of Vista.
@koolbluwz
It is a driver/patch which works with WMP/PowerDVD etc but only with Nvidia cards and enhances movie playing but not free.

[Charan]

^^ yes you are right PureVideo is available for XP.

[sagargv]

hmm . then i think the geforce 8 series gpu's offers harware enhancement only in vista. i'm sure i read something like that in that article from tomshardware..

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

hmm . then i think the geforce 8 series gpu's offers harware enhancement only in vista. i'm sure i read something like that in that article from tomshardware..

Yes, for the time being. But the article is about HD/BR only. And I was talking about DVD movies only, which are available to most of us.

[vish786]

what is this now>>> first pay for hardware and then again pay for drivers
people hav started to openly loot now.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by vish786

what is this now>>> first pay for hardware and then again pay for drivers
people hav started to openly loot now.

Yes, it is what is happening.

[sagargv]

i dont think we need to pay for drivers . we get drivers but we pay for softs that utilize this feature. then again , i may be mistaken because i came to this conclusion after reading that article which is abt HD dvd ad blu ray ..

Could you please tell me abt purevedio for just DVD's . .
thanks.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

i dont think we need to pay for drivers . we get drivers but we pay for softs that utilize this feature. then again , i may be mistaken because i came to this conclusion after reading that article which is abt HD dvd ad blu ray ..

Could you please tell me abt purevedio for just DVD's . .
thanks.

You need additional software to use Purevideo like WMP or PowerDVD.

[sagargv]

which is that ?

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

which is that ?

Refer your own link
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/..._hd/page4.html

[sagargv]

no probs . i am not for legal only . so easy for me. infact i have power dvd 7. i'll get the latest later..
thanks anyway..

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

no probs . i am not for legal only . so easy for me. infact i have power dvd 7. i'll get the latest later..
thanks anyway..

Myself still using PDVD 5. Nowadays prefer legal or free SW.

[goobimama]

Well I've tried Purevideo for XP and it was nothing great. Just offers some enhancements like colour, and such. Basically, its good for Mpeg2 video only. Didn't notice any performance improvement, but then I was using CoreAVC at the time.

However, on Vista, Cyberlink has this Purevideo thing built in. So if I use Cyberlink's decoder with Media Player Classic, it uses my GPU to give me a performance improvement over CoreAVC. This is variable, as sometimes i get better performance with CoreAVC or sometimes with cyberlink.

The best for picture quality in my opinion is FFdshow, but to use that decoder for high definition on needs a high end CPU like the C2D E6700 or something. FFdshow I think is single threaded and is not GPU accelerated (neither is CoreAVC though).

[janitha]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Well I've tried Purevideo for XP and it was nothing great. Just offers some enhancements like colour, and such. Basically, its good for Mpeg2 video only. Didn't notice any performance improvement, but then I was using CoreAVC at the time.

However, on Vista, Cyberlink has this Purevideo thing built in. So if I use Cyberlink's decoder with Media Player Classic, it uses my GPU to give me a performance improvement over CoreAVC. This is variable, as sometimes i get better performance with CoreAVC or sometimes with cyberlink.

The best for picture quality in my opinion is FFdshow, but to use that decoder for high definition on needs a high end CPU like the C2D E6700 or something. FFdshow I think is single threaded and is not GPU accelerated (neither is CoreAVC though).

Thank you. I just wanted to know whether it was worth buying.

[sagargv]

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_pvhd_faq.html#Q6

i think its already clear in the above post wat this link says tho . .
but i thought i shud give it . .

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_pvhd_faq.html#Q6

i think its already clear in the above post wat this link says tho . .
but i thought i shud give it . .

Thanks a lot. So now it is time for me to upgrade to the 8xxx series.

[sagargv]

u're welcome but do u want to upgrade for just that reason ? u say that u wont use pirated stuff so how do u intend to get HD movies . u'll have to use blu ray disc or HD DVD . to have either players ur budget shud be good enough , so wait till HD movies become established in the market and HD dvd/ blu ray disc player's price reduces and then buy a player and a high end rig ( any c2d will easily run HD movies without purevedio or avivo ) . and thinking of that consider buying hd 2400 or hd 2600 as they offer AVIVO HD . pros : its more hardware based ( not very sound in technical details but that toms article tells so ) con : bad driver support ..i read in a place that the card dint even come with the support CD , u HAVE to download drivers. . ..
All the same i feel u can post pone u're upgrade . But u are more experienced i guess , so i am sure watever decission u take will b the best ..

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sagargv

u're welcome but do u want to upgrade for just that reason ? u say that u wont use pirated stuff so how do u intend to get HD movies . u'll have to use blu ray disc or HD DVD . to have either players ur budget shud be good enough , so wait till HD movies become established in the market and HD dvd/ blu ray disc player's price reduces and then buy a player and a high end rig ( any c2d will easily run HD movies without purevedio or avivo ) . and thinking of that consider buying hd 2400 or hd 2600 as they offer AVIVO HD . pros : its more hardware based ( not very sound in technical details but that toms article tells so ) con : bad driver support ..i read in a place that the card dint even come with the support CD , u HAVE to download drivers. . ..
All the same i feel u can post pone u're upgrade . But u are more experienced i guess , so i am sure watever decission u take will b the best ..

I just wanted to know whether it will improve DVD movie playback and not high definition. In fact I had stated it in post no.8.
Regarding BR/HD, I am in the habit of buying anything, HW or SW, only after it has become popular and thereby cheaper.
From your own link, it is clear that I don't require Purevideo SW for the cards.

Quote

"Do I need the PureVideo Decoder to play movies on the GeForce 8600 and 8500?
No. NVIDIA’s video processing architecture no longer requires the PureVideo Decoder, just a compatible third-party software movie player.. The PureVideo HD technology is available through any player that uses the Micorsoft DXVA 2.0 interface, including the Vista Windows Media Player with built-in MPEG2 decoder."

Also in case of Nvidia, no special driver is needed and Force ware will do even for BR/HD as per the link.

u say that u wont use pirated stuff so how do u intend to get HD movies
[B]

I said "Nowadays prefer legal or free SW."

But u are more experienced i guess , so i am sure watever decission u take will b the best
No I tend to disagree. We are here to give and take. For eg., it was you who helped me have a better understanding. And thanks again.

[sagargv]

ok . .