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Geforce 7600 GS and WMP (AGP)
Am I correct in saying that the above card and in fact ALL nVidia AGP cards
are not capable of playing windows video with hardware acceleration turned on? From the research I have been doing this seems to be the case. I used to be in the ATI camp up until a month or two ago. Then I switched to nVidia.... Any of my games that use windows video now fail to work as the video only works with acceleration turned off, yet the games themselves only work with acceleration turned on! If this is true I will be returning back to my ATI roots and will be publishing a web page to highlight this very damaging issue... -- RobP 'There are only 10 types of people in this world - Those that understand binary and those that don't' |
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go to the nvidia site and go thru the download procedures for a geforce
card/ When you get to the new driver page, scroll down, there is a small link to the new driver/ you can read about the fixes with the all the released drivers. "Rob Pollard" wrote in message . uk... Am I correct in saying that the above card and in fact ALL nVidia AGP cards are not capable of playing windows video with hardware acceleration turned on? From the research I have been doing this seems to be the case. I used to be in the ATI camp up until a month or two ago. Then I switched to nVidia.... Any of my games that use windows video now fail to work as the video only works with acceleration turned off, yet the games themselves only work with acceleration turned on! If this is true I will be returning back to my ATI roots and will be publishing a web page to highlight this very damaging issue... -- RobP 'There are only 10 types of people in this world - Those that understand binary and those that don't' |
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Rob Pollard wrote:
Am I correct in saying that the above card and in fact ALL nVidia AGP cards are not capable of playing windows video with hardware acceleration turned on? From the research I have been doing this seems to be the case. I used to be in the ATI camp up until a month or two ago. Then I switched to nVidia.... Any of my games that use windows video now fail to work as the video only works with acceleration turned off, yet the games themselves only work with acceleration turned on! If this is true I will be returning back to my ATI roots and will be publishing a web page to highlight this very damaging issue... Dearest Sir, We are in awe of your noble vexation. Such insidious digital treachery you have bravely taken a stand on! But what pray, will you ever do if the case you state is *not* true? Will you retire your Quill e-pen? Or will you support your new Video Regent and their RGB converting glories. Such passion is only meritorious if it extends to both sides of the issue, otherwise it's just a lot of....feh. Feel free to quote me in your scathing missives! btw, it's not true! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/ms_dxva_patch/ http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1083 http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...video_dec.html |
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"Rob Pollard" wrote in message
. uk... Am I correct in saying that the above card and in fact ALL nVidia AGP cards are not capable of playing windows video with hardware acceleration turned on? From the research I have been doing this seems to be the case. Is this a checkbox in WMP, or that slider in Windows Display Properties? If you haven't already, uncheck "use video mixing renderer" in WMP. It gets rid of the psychedelic colors some users see, on both ATi and nVidia platforms. Also, what happens if you move the hardware acceleration slider down one or two notches, instead of turning it off? I recall this was a common "solution" in the days of Mechwarrior4, which had an AVI intro video. How many codec packs have you installed? If this is true I will be returning back to my ATI roots and will be publishing a web page to highlight this very damaging issue... Yada yada, grassroots ATi movement, extremist webpages, "red" cults... seen it all. Become American like everybody else and file a class-action lawsuit if the issue is that damaging. :-) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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Hi BigJim,
Tried this with several of nVidias drivers and none of them work. I am currently using the latest supported version from their website. Thanks RobP 'There are only 10 types of people in this world - Those that understand binary and those that don't' "BigJim" wrote in message . .. go to the nvidia site and go thru the download procedures for a geforce card/ When you get to the new driver page, scroll down, there is a small link to the new driver/ you can read about the fixes with the all the released drivers. |
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Hi 1stOf1,
Unchecking 'using the video renderer' option has provided me with some progress. Although videos are still not playing, Windows Media Player is no longer freezing! This is good from my point of view as it means I can now get back to an old classic game called SuperBikes 2001! :-) I guess there are problems either in the hardware or the device driver which is causing the video renderer to fail. I will investigate further. Despite the lack of full success this is certainly a vast improvement. Thanks RobP 'There are only 10 types of people in this world - Those that understand binary and those that don't' Is this a checkbox in WMP, or that slider in Windows Display Properties? If you haven't already, uncheck "use video mixing renderer" in WMP. It gets rid of the psychedelic colors some users see, on both ATi and nVidia platforms. Also, what happens if you move the hardware acceleration slider down one or two notches, instead of turning it off? I recall this was a common "solution" in the days of Mechwarrior4, which had an AVI intro video. How many codec packs have you installed? If this is true I will be returning back to my ATI roots and will be publishing a web page to highlight this very damaging issue... Yada yada, grassroots ATi movement, extremist webpages, "red" cults... seen it all. Become American like everybody else and file a class-action lawsuit if the issue is that damaging. :-) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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Thank you fine Sir for your advice. I have downloaded and installed the
patch but it seems to make no difference. I tried the advice from First of One (the post after yours) and I made a little progress. This advice involved unchecking the 'use video mixing renderer' option. I still cannot play any video, but crucially windows media player no longer freezes the system. The upshot of this is that I can now play some of the games that previously failed due to their video intros. I'm still investigating this, but everything seems to point to either a driver or hardware issue. Thanks RobP 'There are only 10 types of people in this world - Those that understand binary and those that don't' "Mr.E Solved!" wrote in message . .. Rob Pollard wrote: Am I correct in saying that the above card and in fact ALL nVidia AGP cards are not capable of playing windows video with hardware acceleration turned on? From the research I have been doing this seems to be the case. I used to be in the ATI camp up until a month or two ago. Then I switched to nVidia.... Any of my games that use windows video now fail to work as the video only works with acceleration turned off, yet the games themselves only work with acceleration turned on! If this is true I will be returning back to my ATI roots and will be publishing a web page to highlight this very damaging issue... Dearest Sir, We are in awe of your noble vexation. Such insidious digital treachery you have bravely taken a stand on! But what pray, will you ever do if the case you state is *not* true? Will you retire your Quill e-pen? Or will you support your new Video Regent and their RGB converting glories. Such passion is only meritorious if it extends to both sides of the issue, otherwise it's just a lot of....feh. Feel free to quote me in your scathing missives! btw, it's not true! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/ms_dxva_patch/ http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1083 http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...video_dec.html |
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Good. The other thing is to ensure your motherboard chipset drivers are up
to date. (Yes, even if you use an Intel board.) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Rob Pollard" wrote in message .uk... Hi 1stOf1, Unchecking 'using the video renderer' option has provided me with some progress. Although videos are still not playing, Windows Media Player is no longer freezing! This is good from my point of view as it means I can now get back to an old classic game called SuperBikes 2001! :-) I guess there are problems either in the hardware or the device driver which is causing the video renderer to fail. I will investigate further. Despite the lack of full success this is certainly a vast improvement. Thanks RobP |
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Geforce 7600 GS and WMP (AGP)
Thanks. Just checked the motherboard drivers and mine are still up to date.
I guess I'll just have to keep my ear to the ground for new GeForce drivers. Thanks RobP 'There are only 10 types of people in this world - Those that understand binary and those that don't' "First of One" root@localhost wrote in message ... Good. The other thing is to ensure your motherboard chipset drivers are up to date. (Yes, even if you use an Intel board.) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Rob Pollard" wrote in message .uk... Hi 1stOf1, Unchecking 'using the video renderer' option has provided me with some progress. Although videos are still not playing, Windows Media Player is no longer freezing! This is good from my point of view as it means I can now get back to an old classic game called SuperBikes 2001! :-) I guess there are problems either in the hardware or the device driver which is causing the video renderer to fail. I will investigate further. Despite the lack of full success this is certainly a vast improvement. Thanks RobP |
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