Hardware Acceleration

Using Cyberlink's PowerDVD to watch DVDs, there is an option to enable
hardware acceleration. It's currently grayed out and unchecked indicating
that it is not in use. It used to work before and now it doesn't. Does
anyone know what I'm missing? Granted, using software decoding with a P4
doesn't appear to be a problem at all, I was just wanting to use this card
to the fullest. It's a GF420MX

Thanks

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Ta-Daa

"Speeker" wrote in message
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Using Cyberlink's PowerDVD to watch DVDs, there is an option to enable
hardware acceleration. It's currently grayed out and unchecked indicating
that it is not in use. It used to work before and now it doesn't.

Changed to later video drivers, didja?

Does
anyone know what I'm missing?

Umm, hardware acceleration? (sorry, couldn't resist...)


Granted, using software decoding with a P4
doesn't appear to be a problem at all, I was just wanting to use this card
to the fullest. It's a GF420MX

Try the video driver set you were using before, or 40.72?

You'll have to be in Stop-Mode.
While playing a movie you can't change it!


"Dave" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Speeker" wrote in message
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Using Cyberlink's PowerDVD to watch DVDs, there is an option to enable
hardware acceleration. It's currently grayed out and unchecked
indicating
that it is not in use. It used to work before and now it doesn't.

Changed to later video drivers, didja?

Does
anyone know what I'm missing?

Umm, hardware acceleration? (sorry, couldn't resist...)


Granted, using software decoding with a P4
doesn't appear to be a problem at all, I was just wanting to use this
card
to the fullest. It's a GF420MX

Try the video driver set you were using before, or 40.72?

It must be the drivers. I'm using version 45.xx something. I think when I
went from 40.72 to whatever came after that was when I first noticed it was
no longer available. I've tried changing it when the movie is stopped, even
when there wasn't a DVD in the player, just running the program and it was
still grayed out.

I guess with this being a result of the driver, is there a Nvidia fix? Does
anyone with a driver version higher than 40.72 found a way to enable it
WITHOUT going back to version 40.72?

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Ta-Daa



"Dirk Pajonk" wrote in message
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You'll have to be in Stop-Mode.
While playing a movie you can't change it!


"Dave" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Speeker" wrote in message
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Using Cyberlink's PowerDVD to watch DVDs, there is an option to
enable
hardware acceleration. It's currently grayed out and unchecked
indicating
that it is not in use. It used to work before and now it doesn't.

Changed to later video drivers, didja?

Does
anyone know what I'm missing?

Umm, hardware acceleration? (sorry, couldn't resist...)


Granted, using software decoding with a P4
doesn't appear to be a problem at all, I was just wanting to use this
card
to the fullest. It's a GF420MX

Try the video driver set you were using before, or 40.72?

using gf3 here and latest 45's from nvidia's sight and HW acceleration
working just fine here. Not sure its the driver itself since thats the case.
Do you have any of the new features cleagle or whatever its name is enabled?
I do think its an either or situation in that you can use HWA or eagle not
both. Also there is a new patch out for pdvd5. It doesnt describe fixing
your issue but sometimes patches will fix faulty origonal installs, at least
has for me in past.

Just trying to help
Just Jess

"Speeker" wrote in message
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It must be the drivers.

It is. It's part of the proprietary Macrovision crap Nvidia half-assed in
there at the behest of our motion picture industry, thru liaison of our
wonderful congresspeople. Of course they went the extra step and locked out
hardware accel for third party DVD players: hw accel works in NVDVD (POS
that it is)...

I'm using version 45.xx something. I think when I
went from 40.72 to whatever came after that was when I first noticed it
was
no longer available. I've tried changing it when the movie is stopped,
even
when there wasn't a DVD in the player, just running the program and it was
still grayed out.

I guess with this being a result of the driver, is there a Nvidia fix?
Does
anyone with a driver version higher than 40.72 found a way to enable it
WITHOUT going back to version 40.72?

You could try TVTool, but IMHO the 40.72 drivers work fine with just about
everything GF4 and under.

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Ta-Daa



"Dirk Pajonk" wrote in message
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You'll have to be in Stop-Mode.
While playing a movie you can't change it!
snip.

Thanks for all of the replies guys... even the smart alec ones. Those crack
me up sometimes

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Ta-Daa



"Dave" wrote in message
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"Speeker" wrote in message
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It must be the drivers.

It is. It's part of the proprietary Macrovision crap Nvidia half-assed in
there at the behest of our motion picture industry, thru liaison of our
wonderful congresspeople. Of course they went the extra step and locked
out
hardware accel for third party DVD players: hw accel works in NVDVD (POS
that it is)...

I'm using version 45.xx something. I think when I
went from 40.72 to whatever came after that was when I first noticed it
was
no longer available. I've tried changing it when the movie is stopped,
even
when there wasn't a DVD in the player, just running the program and it
was
still grayed out.

I guess with this being a result of the driver, is there a Nvidia fix?
Does
anyone with a driver version higher than 40.72 found a way to enable it
WITHOUT going back to version 40.72?

You could try TVTool, but IMHO the 40.72 drivers work fine with just about
everything GF4 and under.

--
Ta-Daa



"Dirk Pajonk" wrote in message
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You'll have to be in Stop-Mode.
While playing a movie you can't change it!
snip.

Did the pwrdvd patch help at all? Im not sure what else could be unless
something they did to later model cards, mines an OCZ GF3, to cause this as
I went bask and rechecked and my pwrdvd is running with acceleration np.

"Speeker" wrote in message
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Thanks for all of the replies guys... even the smart alec ones. Those
crack
me up sometimes

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Ta-Daa

It might be because we have different cards. I'm using a something or other
GF4 420MX. Not sure if that really matters or not. I'll download the patch
from Cyberlink tomorrow while at work (faster bandwidth there) and see if it
helps any. Thanks guys

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Ta-Daa



"Bratboy" wrote in message
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Did the pwrdvd patch help at all? Im not sure what else could be unless
something they did to later model cards, mines an OCZ GF3, to cause this
as
I went bask and rechecked and my pwrdvd is running with acceleration np.

"Speeker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for all of the replies guys... even the smart alec ones. Those
crack
me up sometimes

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Ta-Daa