Which HD playback method offers superior video quality-hw(gpu) or software based?

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Wanted to know which one is ideal.i.e.offers better picture quality and smoother playback for high def. movies------- video playback utilizing the full power of GPUs like nvidia 8600GT,9600GT,etc,etc. or playback using software like CCCP or coreavc ???
 
For HD, good player with professional codecs would result in crisp quality and no separate settings for GPU are required as it would automatically use optimal settings of system. Even if you change your GPU settings, it may not have difference unless good player and codecs are used. I have tried lot of players and combinations but KM player with external coreavc pro codec rocks for HD stuff and gives flawless amazing quality. Many other players give jerky play in some files even after having good overall configuration of computer. But to use coreavc in KM player, default settings are to changed by turning off default internal codecs of KM player and check coreavc for H.264 and coreavc1 videos in external decoder after installing it. Try above and ask further, if anything as I have wasted lot of my time on HD related matter.
 
^^ i did check out that guide. the guide only talks about hardware decoding of HD movies. What i want to know is which solution is better --- hw based or sw based ???
 
smoky004 said:
^^ i did check out that guide. the guide only talks about hardware decoding of HD movies. What i want to know is which solution is better --- hw based or sw based ???
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Try above and discuss further :rofl:
 
Quality is actually pretty subjective... some people prefer post-processing, while some like the video in it's original form.(I fall in latter)

Hardware or Software, the primary goal is to achieve flawless playback... that is no jerky motions or tearing etc. while enabling user to add post-processing on top it. Hardware methods are yet not universal, you need software or tweaks to enable GPU decoding for HD-videos.

If you're asking for quality, that depends solely on you... you need to tweak color settings, sharpness, noise reduction etc, to get that perfect picture for your eyes.
 
iGo said:
Quality is actually pretty subjective... some people prefer post-processing, while some like the video in it's original form.(I fall in latter)

Hardware or Software, the primary goal is to achieve flawless playback... that is no jerky motions or tearing etc. while enabling user to add post-processing on top it. Hardware methods are yet not universal, you need software or tweaks to enable GPU decoding for HD-videos.

If you're asking for quality, that depends solely on you... you need to tweak color settings, sharpness, noise reduction etc, to get that perfect picture for your eyes.
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All these options are available in KMP and I set my post processing to 100% besides umpteen options you can think of (default is zero) but certainly require overall good configuration of system.
 
SidhuPunjab said:
Just tried BS Player, colors r so vivid compared to KM Player.
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BS player is nowhere compared to KMP with combination of external codecs of core avc. Moreover, it is jerky in many HD contents
 
SidhuPunjab said:
Just tried BS Player, colors r so vivid compared to KM Player.
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IMO the BS's engine somehow colorizes things which makes it fairly unnatural.

Try KMP with coreAVC, a bit of postprocessing like sharper/unsharpen as needed, or whatever suits you, and you would appreciate the diffrence.

And in the end as someone rightly said above, quality is a subjective matter.
 
sarang said:
IMO the BS's engine somehow colorizes things which makes it fairly unnatural.

Try KMP with coreAVC, a bit of postprocessing like sharper/unsharpen as needed, or whatever suits you, and you would appreciate the diffrence.

And in the end as someone rightly said above, quality is a subjective matter.
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Quality is subjective for fewer and for remaining it is same
 
Sigh... for some reason I had gut feeling that this would turn into Media Player/Codec war.. :no:

stud123 said:
Quality is subjective for fewer and for remaining it is same
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.. doesn't that mean it's subjective nevertheless?
 
iGo said:
Sigh... for some reason I had gut feeling that this would turn into Media Player/Codec war.. :no:
.. doesn't that mean it's subjective nevertheless?
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:rofl: @ that

On topic,

Almost anything implemented right in h/w is gonna pwn its s/w counterpart. Especially true in case of A/V.

There is a lot of muscle required decode h.264 and postprocess the frames after decoding is whole new game after that.

If your proccy is assisted by the good lil h/w decoder sitting idle atop ur graphics card/mobo why not put it to work and use the CPU later on for PP.

As for subjectivity this one sure is an interesting on subjectivity in audio.
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there are no clear documented steps that i found anywhere, that show how to use the gfx card. the dxva mode is only for complaint video encodings that is near difficult to find .

Overall, to keep it simple, you can use ffdshow in CCCP for your h264 recordings. Quality is good. while coreavc is faster there are sacrifices on quality, i hear.
 
Hmmm....nobody is talking about Neuview Player it really looks good for HD and high bitrate videos but you need some serious muscle for it.
 
H2O said:
Hmmm....nobody is talking about Neuview Player it really looks good for HD and high bitrate videos but you need some serious muscle for it.
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I use neuView regularly for SD videos.

For HD the processing hurts, it tends to colorize the brighter aspects and darken the blacks. Suits initially however within a few minutes of viewing its apparent that the pixelfusion is really unnecessary for HD.

For SD though its one of the best vid processing engines out there.
 
sarang said:
If your proccy is assisted by the good lil h/w decoder sitting idle atop ur graphics card/mobo why not put it to work and use the CPU later on for PP.
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what post processing settings do you use ??
 
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