Got DXVA working on Intel GL40 (1080p playback possible)

Edit: Check out my blog too, since i have "nearly" the same post there and the images are hosted on Picasa.

Just wanted to report that with the latest Intel drivers for Windows 7 and using Mirillis Splash Media Player Lite 1.0.5 i was able to play a 1080p trailer clip of the movie James Cameron's: Avatar.

The notebooks specs:
Compaq CQ60-116eo
Intel Celeron 575 2,0 GHz (Single Core)
Intel GL40 or Intel GMA 4500
2 GB Ram

I first tried playing this with Windows Media Player 12 but the computer would lock up thanks to the prosessor being stuck at 100%.
But then i downloaded Splash Media Player and enabled Intel ClearVideo and now i could play the clip while the prosessor hovered at 65-70%.

So instant success!

 

Nice! So a notebook with a Celeron/GMA 4500 can play 1080p! That's better than what I thought it would be. May I ask what the framerate was?

BTW, is that CQ60 your notebook or a friend's? B/C you sig indicates that you have a HP Compaq nw8440, which is the same as my notebook! (though yours has better specs)

 

Wow, that's impressive.

 

Its my little brothers notebook.
I would never buy a Intel GMA card since i usually play demanding games.

GPU-Z now identifies the gard as GM45 while CPU-Z identifies the Motherboard as GL40.
Must be because of the latest Intel drivers.

And heres some screenshots. xD
Now my CPU usage is even lower. xD

Link to Mediafire image folder: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f620ed2fa8f70aa7ab1eab3e9fa335ca3ac63cab6b651b4a

And i attached the CPU-Z html file.

 

Nice, where can I download the new Intel drivers?

 

DEagleson, I would appreciate it if you could try my bits-and-pieces DXVA guide (on your brother's GL40, specifically).

It should give a more accurate decoding of video through DXVA (if it works), than Splash Player and MPC's internal DXVA filter.

Of course, if it doesn't work, you'll just get 100% CPU usage like in WMP12..

Feedback is appreciated if you get the chance to try it.

 

Maybe il give it a try, but i need permission from my brother first.
He gets so mad when something doesent work as its suppose to. xD

 

MPC-HC should also work with DXVA, if that's a media player that people prefer.

Edit: Doh. Never mind. They say they only do bitstream mode... that might rule out Intel.

Edit2: Huh. Maybe their page is wrong: http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2009/03/15/intel-clear-video-and-h264avc/ I certainly hope the Intel link is right, because MPC-HC is my favorite player on Windows. It's no mplayer, but it'll do

 

Intel ClearVideo is quite picky but it "just works" with Splash Lite v1.1.

But for all the other codecs that Splash Lite lacks, a good codec pack combined with MPC-HC does the job nicely.