A few HTPC questions.

Runningkid

Runningkid

Runningkid

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Hi guys,

Ive got a few questions and hope you can help me out. I've been hearing about Hardware Decoding a lot and I was wondering does the software for utilising this come with the graphics card? Or is it with the blu-ray drive? Or with the motherboard (780G chipset with hd3200)? Or do I have to purchase it?

Also, is Hardware acceleration supported in Windows XP or only vista?

Thanks,

RK
 
Thanks for the replies guys. So to make use of my GPU for decoding I will need either a software with the codecs supplied such as PowerDVD (which is supplied with most blu ray drives?) or use the MPC method?

Because my main worry is that if the blu ray drive doesnt come with a software like powerdvd, then I will be using just raw cpu power. Since I am going (most probably) with a 5050e I think i may not have enough decoding power.

So just to confirm, the MPC method (if I manage to get it working) does not need anything except a GPU that supports ahrdware decoding (in my case it would be the 3200 on the motherboard)?
 
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