PowerDVD Hardware Acceleration

[adrianhall]

Is there a trick to enabling this in PowerDVD on a MX420 PCI without it locking up after less than a minute. Software plays fine, albeit with higher CPU usage but I'd like to use hardware if possible.

For specs, see my sig for mini-me.

[JonnyCasino]

Every machine Ive seen with pci graphics cant enable hardware acceleration in power dvd so I just thought it was an agp only thing, anyone know if it is just agp or pci also cause that may b your prob.

[adrianhall]

I'm kind of thinking that now - just tried it with 30.82 drivers, no difference, except being WHQL it wouldn't let me play my DVD's with TV-Out enabled. As mini-me is only connected to a TV that's a slight problem :mad:

Back to 30.30's, sometimes it plays for a minute, then I get green blocks all over the screen before it locks, other times it just stutters and locks.

[Kruno]

PCI bus can't handle the amount of data that is required for hardware acceleration.

Just to add:
It will saturate the PCI bus within the frame :D

[adrianhall]

Thx for the info - guess I can live without it until a system change one day.

[Spectral]

Doesnt work for me either.. If I use that and 5.1 sound it will lock. I have to turn off either 5.1, or Hardware acceleration... So, thats a no brainer.

[LTech221]

Have u update to the latest version of powerdvd? I had problems once i went to drivers 28.32 and higher (PowerDVD would look like your accessing a cable channel you dont have..wavy lines different colors etc) also for tv out, try dvd genie, macro vision could be enabled not allowing it.