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Hey Everyone,
I'm curious as to this option. What advantage is there for me to turn the hardware alleceration option on? Should I turn it on? I read something on the wiki about h264 files, but as far as I know my PC plays them without this option.
Just noticed it and thought I would see if it serves me to turn it on? Would this option affect video streaming in any way too?
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Do you mean should you turn on possible DXVA2 acceleration in XBMC? (settings/system/video?). Sure, The idea is to utilize GPU's videoDecoding power instead of pure CPU usage. Especially for H264 high-profile coded 1080p videos..
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Cool. Exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.
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Forgive me if I am posting in the wrong place but I have searched for an answer to this issue under Windows 7 (x64) and cannot find it.
I have an ATI Radeon 4600 with the latest drivers directly from AMD. I loaded Frodo RC3 and enabled DXVA2. When I try to play files ripped at 1080p I get super choppy video. I looked at the OSD and line two reads "dc:ff-h264." and line two lists my CPU average at 100%. It appears that hardware accel. is not working here.
What am I missing here? Thanks in advance.
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Wrong audio device settings can cause choppy video.
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Have you tried to install the AMD ATI Catalyst 11.3 Linux Display Driver it also supports CrossfireX if you have 2 cards...it should be an easy install you can set it up in the AMD gui after installed. Hope this helps.
