WMP + HD video

Bony Maloney · 19 Apr 2006 at 21:06

How do I know if this is working. Do you still need to patch media player to get it to work, or is it graphic driver related.
I have a few HD videos, latest WMP: V10.00.00.4019, Forceware 84.43's, and Nvidia purevideo decoder installed.
Thanks Paul

Logan09 · 20 Apr 2006 at 10:18

How do you know if what is working? If you mean is purevideo working, then surly you'll know because the HD videos are playing? Also there is a purevideo icon in the taskbar when it's in use.

Bony Maloney · 20 Apr 2006 at 11:45

Logan09 said:
How do you know if what is working? If you mean is purevideo working, then surly you'll know because the HD videos are playing? Also there is a purevideo icon in the taskbar when it's in use.

You used to need a patch for WMP to get HD samples working properly. Is that still the case. The purevideo decoder will only kick in for DVD and M-peg2 (I believe) It does show an icon in the sytem tray when I play a movie/vid of that file type.
I didn't ask very clearly did I

Basically do you still need to patch WMP to view HD videos correctly.

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Logan09 · 20 Apr 2006 at 12:13

Is this the one you mean? I have it installed on my PC, but not sure it seems to make much difference to me, as playback seemed fine before and after installing it.

Phil99 · 20 Apr 2006 at 12:33

The "Purevideo Decoder" is only for MPEG2 (DVD) as far as I'm aware, HDWMV etc. should all just be down to the display drivers.

Bony Maloney · 20 Apr 2006 at 13:51

^^^Thanks, that's the one.