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    Best way to make Media Player Classic use hardware acceleration

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by fluffykorky, Mar 29, 2012.

  1. fluffykorky

    fluffykorky Newbie

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    Sorry for the n00b questions guys but please do read and help me

    I like MPC-HC so please don't recommend VLC, GOM, or any other player

    1) What is the difference between a renderer and a decoder, when I asked on the Shark007 forums about which is better LAV or madVR, he told me madVR is a renderer and LAV is a decoder and he refused to answer when I asked about the difference. He was like, I am not here to educate you! pure jerk!

    2) What is the best way for me to make use of my nVIDIA GT 525M GPU to video playback? What codec, rendered, or whatever shall I install?

    3) In many of the guides I have read, they always tell you to install the 32-bit version of MPC-HC because stuff like the LAV filters or madVR is not compatible with the 64 bit version. Does that leave GPU enabled video playback on 64 bit version of MPC-HC out of the question?

    4) which codec pack is the best? Shark007 Win7Codecs, or CCCP, or K-Lite Mega Codec Pack? Again, with GPU Acceleration in mind

    5) How come the latest version of MPC-HC on their official page is 1.6.0.4014 while on THIS page which is updated almost every other day, they have reached to version 1.6.1.4209 ?? I don't like the idea of running an ancient version of MPC-HC from the original source but I am not too sure about the 2nd page I posted... where on earth do those people get those updates to MPC anyway? Would you run the updated ones from the page I have given you or would you stick to the ancient official?

    Mind you, I have KIS 2012 and MBAM Pro running and the files are clean.... dunno how else to check if their legitimate or not


    Thank you for reading, please guide me
     
    fluffykorky, Mar 29, 2012
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  2. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    5) one is stable and released, the other (higher number) is the 'nightly build' where they test new features. You probably should stick with the official.
     
    olyteddy, Mar 29, 2012
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  3. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    I would just install the K-Lite codec pack that comes with MPC-HC. Hardware acceleration (DXVA) is auto-enabled upon installation, AFAIK. Plus it's only one installer for all the codecs and MPC-HC.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 30, 2012
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