Re: Show details - Re: NVIDIA Decoder Problems

It also works very well with the X300 and 9800 SE cards, Robert.

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"Robert Schlabbach" <robert_s@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23w7s34ebFHA.3200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "JonP" <JonP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:75E10DC5-2880-454B-8E6E-FF4D56557A7C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Seriously though drop the nonsense of not using developer kits
>
> FWIW, you should not attempt to attach a debugger to any process which is
> utilizing the NVIDIA decoders, as the decoders (unfortunately) have quite a
> bit of debugger detection code in them and will unregister themselves and
> stop functioning if they ever detect a debugger attached to them...
>
> FYI, I have been using the NVIDIA decoders on both an ATI Radeon 9700 and
> an ATI Radeon X800 for years (or months in the case of the X800), and the
> only issues I ever encountered were fixed by ATI driver updates. So there
> is definitely _no_ general incompatibility between NVIDIA's decoders an ATI
> cards.
>
> As to the issues you are seeing, I noticed you wrote that you had other
> decoder packages installed. Some packages install quite a bit more than
> just MPEG-1/2 decoders, they also install some auxiliary drivers and extra
> "video post processing" filters, some of which aren't even removed when
> uninstalling the package. It is at least thinkable that some of these
> components may have prevented the proper function of the NVIDIA decoders on
> your test machines.
>
> If you really want to give the NVIDIA decoders a proper try on your test
> machine, start with a _fresh_ install of Windows XP Media Center Edition
> 2005, then install the latest ATI Catalyst drivers, then the NVIDIA
> decoders. _Then_ try if they work as expected...
>
> Regards,«
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> Robert Schlabbach
> e-mail: robert_s@xxxxxxx
> Berlin, Germany
>
>
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