VLC media player gets GPU decoding on Windows and Linux

User Comments: 14

1. June 22, 2010 3:29 PM
   

   dustin_ds3000, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   I just got it, it works okay on windows 7 64 bit

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2. June 22, 2010 4:28 PM
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   Julio Franco, TechSpot Editor, said:

   By far my favourite media player, VLC FTW.

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3. June 22, 2010 5:09 PM
   

   TomSEA, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   Hope they get their GPU decoding fixed for ATI cards. I don't have one now, but will in the near future.

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4. June 22, 2010 6:39 PM
   Guest said:

   I like SMPlayer better. I think VLC is too overrated, but maybe that's just me...

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5. June 22, 2010 6:48 PM
   Armanian said:

   I have so many problems with VLC, especially when im trying to watch Anime. However i'll probably put that down to the containers the video is in, as its usually just MKV and MKV HD files that cause the problems. Codecs aren't a problem either.

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6. June 22, 2010 9:33 PM
   

   HaMsTeYr said:

   I just use Media Player Classic Home Cinema.... VLC is limited when it comes to advanced subtitle rendering..

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7. June 22, 2010 9:51 PM
   

   KG363 said:

   Can it play bluray disks yet?

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8. June 22, 2010 11:56 PM
   

   Relic, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   Love VLC been using it for sometime, hope they get the ATI issue sorted out though =/ .

   kg363 said:

   Can it play bluray disks yet?

   Pretty sure you they'd have to get a license or crack it if they wanted that.

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9. June 23, 2010 12:15 AM
   

   SNGX1275, TS Special Forces, said:

   I'm not really impressed at GPU decoding. Almost all of the situations where GPU decoding works (supported GPUs) there is sufficient CPU power to handle it. It is only when you run into insufficient CPU power that you really need GPU decoding, and unfortunately the cases where you don't have a strong enough CPU you most likely don't have a supported GPU.

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10. June 23, 2010 2:25 AM
    yohannvt said:

    @ Armanian : same here also mkv formats do not work

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11. June 23, 2010 10:12 AM
    TorturedChaos, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

    @Armanian

    I watch a huge amount of anime using VLC, and never have a problem with any of the containers, even ogm and mkv. In fact I had to go look to see how much of the anime I had is in mkv format, and about 1/3 of its. I just never have any issues with any format with VLC so I no longer pay attention to the container the video comes in. VLC plays 'em all without trouble for me .

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12. June 23, 2010 1:18 PM
    bandit8623 said:

    klite mega codec pack has had gpu decoding for nvidia and ati now for almost a year. media player classic is much nicer than the vlc format. also the pack is updated monthly.

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13. June 24, 2010 1:32 PM
    vega said:

    VLC's always been a great, all round player, I use it primarily for playback of mkv's, had absolutely no problems playing 720 files but 1080's was always hit n miss - whenever it failed to perform, I'd resort to km player or media player home cinema classic.

    Have just installed the latest version of vlc, and love it! all my 1080's work flawlessly, I'm still testing it, but it gets a big thumbs up from me!

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14. June 25, 2010 6:06 PM
    

    dividebyzero, trainee n00b, said:

    Love VLC been using it for sometime, hope they get the ATI issue sorted out though =/

    As per usual, AMD are about to bring the driver guy out of suspended animation as soon as the bad PR reaches red alert status

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    You would think that since VLC is an open source project, that AMD and Intel could spare a few minutes to help these guys out without having to make pointed notes on their release page. It's not as if VLC is a completely unknown app. and DxVA2's spec has been out for around three years.

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