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    How to get WMP, Quicktime/iTunes, etc. to use nVidia card on M17x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jefflackey, Jun 9, 2013.

  1. jefflackey

    jefflackey Notebook Evangelist

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    I had a coupon and got a few movies from iTunes for free. Got them in 1080p resolution. But when I try to play them from iTunes, I noted that they ran extremely slow/choppy - unwatchable, actually. When i watch them using an alternate player (Zoom player) they run very well.

    So just investigating and I notice that the NVIDIA card is not being used when I try to run these in iTunes (which I assume is using Quicktime to play them.) OK - figure I'll set iTunes to use the NVIDIA card in the NVIDIA control panel, but it will not allow me to switch from integrated graphics to NVIDIA. While poking around, I noticed it will also not allow me to switch Quicktime nor Windows Media Play from Integrated to NVIDIA.

    No idea why the restrictions - any ideas/tips on how to make these utilize the card I want on my M17x?

    Thanks
     
    jefflackey, Jun 9, 2013
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  2. Teerex

    Teerex Notebook Geek

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    You can use Nvidia Inspector to force any application to use the Nvidia adapter.
     
    Teerex, Jun 10, 2013
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The intel should be capable of playing 1080P just fine, have you checked your acceleration settings?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 10, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    You can also try this article.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 12, 2013
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