2017-09-02, 21:32
Hello Kodi users, I hope someone can help,
I am running Kodi 17.4 on a laptop with an i5 2410m with Intel HD3000 GPU (Sandy Bridge), OS is Windows 7. All drivers are up to date.
DVXA2 decoding is turned on. HD content in h264 is handled by the GPU, pressing O during playback confirms it, as does the quietness of the fan.
VC1 content is decoded by the CPU. It can handle it, but the works hard and the fan becomes intrusive. The content is not interlaced.
Fiddled with lots of setting but it won't use the GPU for VC1. Other media player on the laptop do i.e. TMT3.
I have a copy of Lubuntu on a usb. Booted this and installed Kodi there. On the same hardware Kodi used the GPU for VC1. Fan was quiet, cpu load minimal.
Currently it is more useful to run Windows on this laptop than move to purely linux world, so I would keep my current setup.
So my question is, why is the GPU not being used under Kodi Windows for VC1? Is there any way I can get it to work?
Thanks in advance to anyone who gives this some time.
I am running Kodi 17.4 on a laptop with an i5 2410m with Intel HD3000 GPU (Sandy Bridge), OS is Windows 7. All drivers are up to date.
DVXA2 decoding is turned on. HD content in h264 is handled by the GPU, pressing O during playback confirms it, as does the quietness of the fan.
VC1 content is decoded by the CPU. It can handle it, but the works hard and the fan becomes intrusive. The content is not interlaced.
Fiddled with lots of setting but it won't use the GPU for VC1. Other media player on the laptop do i.e. TMT3.
I have a copy of Lubuntu on a usb. Booted this and installed Kodi there. On the same hardware Kodi used the GPU for VC1. Fan was quiet, cpu load minimal.
Currently it is more useful to run Windows on this laptop than move to purely linux world, so I would keep my current setup.
So my question is, why is the GPU not being used under Kodi Windows for VC1? Is there any way I can get it to work?
Thanks in advance to anyone who gives this some time.