Purevideo?

makotech222 · August 3rd, 2006

I recently got the full version of Purevideo for my nvidia 7900gt. But i dont see any changes at all in playing videos. they look exactly the same as if i were playing on wmp. and also, some of the movie features (such as skipping) suck, cause you can only skip by 30second increments.

So are there any fixes out there or anything?

btw the media player is nstandmedia, right?

skid · August 4th, 2006

The codec in PureVideo will make better use of your nvidia card. You might notice that the CPU usage when watching videos has gone down after installing purevideo. The bad thing about wanting to compare the before and after is that WMP might use the new codec in purevideo by default now.

It doesn't really make much of a difference unless you are watching videos in high def.

makotech222 · August 4th, 2006

hmm i see...

oh on a side note, i also have k-lite codec pack installed will that change anything?

skid · August 5th, 2006

Yeah, installing the codec packs does change things. If you installed the codec pack after purevideo, the codec pack might take higher priority and your videos will be played through the codec pack instead of the nvidia codec in purevideo. And vice versa, if you installed purevideo after the codec pack, the purevideo one will take priority.

To find out which codec your system is using, try GSpot.

Its all pretty complex. The forums at videohelp are pretty good for codec info.

ViperXtreme · August 5th, 2006

purevideo is only enabled on some videos such as wmv9,dvd movies mpeg2 movies and the new h.264 format.

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makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,175	Purevideo? I recently got the full version of Purevideo for my nvidia 7900gt. But i dont see any changes at all in playing videos. they look exactly the same as if i were playing on wmp. and also, some of the movie features (such as skipping) suck, cause you can only skip by 30second increments. So are there any fixes out there or anything? btw the media player is nstandmedia, right? __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

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makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,175	hmm i see... oh on a side note, i also have k-lite codec pack installed will that change anything? __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

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August 4th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
skid Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 166	The codec in PureVideo will make better use of your nvidia card. You might notice that the CPU usage when watching videos has gone down after installing purevideo. The bad thing about wanting to compare the before and after is that WMP might use the new codec in purevideo by default now. It doesn't really make much of a difference unless you are watching videos in high def.

August 5th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
skid Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 166	Yeah, installing the codec packs does change things. If you installed the codec pack after purevideo, the codec pack might take higher priority and your videos will be played through the codec pack instead of the nvidia codec in purevideo. And vice versa, if you installed purevideo after the codec pack, the purevideo one will take priority. To find out which codec your system is using, try GSpot. Its all pretty complex. The forums at videohelp are pretty good for codec info.