Catalyst 10.7 drivers add H.264 acceleration for VLC 1.1.1

User Comments: 6

1. July 26, 2010 10:00 PM
   Guest said:

   In it itself, the feature is handy. But in reality it is not. Most computers that even have VLC installed, are of experienced users. These users most likely have already a great system. There's really no need to fall back on HW accel. when you have a system that can do the job regardless of your video memory.

   Of course this is generally speaking. And the reason I'm mentioning this is because I see ATI trying to hail this as such a great addition, when in reality its not really useful for every day use.

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2. July 26, 2010 10:22 PM
   

   teklord said:

   Still no support for older Open GL based games. They need to to make the current Open GL file backwards compatible with the old.

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3. July 26, 2010 10:40 PM
   gwailo247, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   @ Guest

   Yeah, but I sometimes get occasional stutters when playing really large MKV files on my "second" computer, and it has a 4850, it would be nice to see those eliminated.

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4. July 27, 2010 6:54 PM
   Guest said:

   I agree this is a positive thing regardless of how powerful your system is.

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5. July 28, 2010 10:51 AM
   Guest said:

   I thought the same thing until I pulled up a video on my 5870 and saw the improvements with my own eyes. Beautiful!

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6. July 28, 2010 8:39 PM
   bandit8623 said:

   I find it funny that k lite mega codec pack, has had H.264 acceleration for over a year now.

   also it supports the hd3000 series cards. ati is becoming ma joke when they start to limit the use so you have to buy a new card.

   if i need to buy a new card it wont be ati.

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