Mirillis Splash Lite v1.2: Now even better! xD

Splash Lite has always been my favourite media player for DXVA on Intel GMA 4500mhd hardware, since its so easy to set up and doesent require me editing the registery for it to work.

Now they released Splash Lite v1.4.3 and it seems they improved H.264 playback on Nvidia, ATI and Intel hardware.

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IT IS RECOMMENDED TO UNINSTALL PREVIOUS SPLASH LITE VERSIONS UP TO SPLASH LITE 1.0.5 BEFORE INSTALLING SPLASH LITE 1.4.3

04/06/2010 Splash Lite 1.4.3

    * H.264 Level 5.1 hardware accelerated video decoding support for Radeon HD 4xxx and Radeon HD 5xxx. 
    * Disable Deinterlacing option added.
    * Stability improvements.

25/05/2010 Splash Lite 1.4.2

    * Critical fix for ATI GPU on Windows XP.
    * Application installer improvement - optional file associations.
    * Translations improvements.
    * Support for MCE remote controls and multimedia keyboards.

19/05/2010 Splash Lite 1.4

    * Translations added (16 languages).
    * MP3/AAC audio files playback support added.
    * Subtitles synchronization adjustment added.
    * Improved 60p video playback.
    * M4V and M4A files support added.
    * Added 15p and 20p video playback support.
    * Improved subtitles rendering (Japanese characters etc.)
    * Numerous GUI, display and stability improvements.

27/02/2010 Splash Lite 1.3

    * Video Bitrate information added to Info Panel.
    * Multi Display for Windows XP improvements.
    * EPG: Current event information added for TV. 
    * "About" screen added. 
    * Seeking preview info in fullscreen mode added.
    * GUI enhancements for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
    * Numerous GUI and stability Improvements.

14/01/2010 Splash Lite 1.2

    * Display format (aspect ratio) settings added.
    * MP4 files playback startup improvements.
    * Subtitles improvements.
    * Hardware accelerated decoding of 1080p H.264 video streams with 16 reference frames on nVidia and Intel GPUs (Windows Vista or Windows 7 and 128MB dedicated VRAM required).
    * DVB-T tuner initialization stability improvements.
    * Improved decoding of some H.264 videos using hardware acceleration using Intel GPUs.
    * Numerous GUI improvements


31/12/2009 Splash Lite 1.1

    * New H.264 software decoding core. New v2.0 decoding core includes optimizations for Intel SSSE3 extensions and is up to 30% faster than v1.0.
    * Improved H.264/AVC video start up time (in software decoding mode)
    * Fixed playback of unindexed MKV videos
    * GPU video decoding improvements on nVidia GPUs (decoding of 1920x1080 H.264 video streams with more than 5 reference frames)
    * GPU video decoding improvements on Intel and ATI GPUs
    * LPCM audio in VOBs support
    * Support for files with more then 6 audio tracks
    * EcoMode tab added to Splash settings (limited functionality in Splash Lite)
    * Field coded VC-1 video decoding support
    * Desktop shortcut drag'n'drop support
    * TV Tuner initialization improvements
    * Screensaver management improvements


04/11/2009 Splash Lite 1.0.5

    * Overscan area removal in TV mode added
    * Subtitle size changing added
    * Automatically load subtitles from file function added
    * Improved blocking of screen saver
    * 3:2 pulldown improvements
    * Seeking improvements
    * Fit window to video added
    * Reset window position and size to default added
    * Volume control using mouse wheel added
    * Drag and drop support for subtitles added
    * Various small GUI improvements


22/10/2009 Splash Lite 1.0.4

    * Stability improvements on Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    * Linear PCM audio decoding improvements
    * Improved MKV audio and subtitle tracks changing
    * Fixed corrupted bottom line of video in hardware accelerated decode mode on WinXP
    * VC-1 software playback improvements on Win7
    * Seeking stability improvements on nVidia/Intel GPUs


10/10/2009 Splash Lite 1.0.3

    * Fixed decoding of some video streams on Intel/nVidia GPUs
    * MKV internal subtitles support added
    * DVB-T channel scanning improvements (Australia, France, UK)
    * VC-1 decoding improvements
    * DTS audio decoding improvements
    * Deinterlacing improvments on ATI GPUs (WinXP)


01/10/2009 Splash Lite 1.0.2

    * 5.1 audio output mode available
    * Stability improvements for hardware and software video decoding
    * MKV playback improvements
    * IMA ADPCM MS audio supported
    * Volume control fix for some systems
    * Dynamic aspect ratio change fix for TV mode


23/09/2009 Splash Lite 1.0.1

    * Seeking improvements
    * Fixed playback of some MKV files.
    * Fix for TV with GPU decoding enabled
    * Volume control added


14/09/2009 Splash Lite 1.0

    * GPU video decoding on Windows XP added
    * GPU video decoding "BETA" logo removed
    * TV playback "BETA" logo removed
    * Unlimited seeking
    * DTS audio decoding supported
    * Playlist window added (limited functionality)
    * Frame-by-frame added
    * Possibility to drag/open several files onto Splash creating a temporary playlist added
    * Screen saver management added
    * Remembering last played file.
    * Stability fixes
    * "Safe" deinterlacing mode added


14/08/2009 Splash BETA 5

    * Critical fix for GPU video decoding (ATI)
    * GPU video decoding improvements on mobile chipsets
    * Subtitles support added (txt, sub, srt, , ssa)
    * High quality subtitles (Windows Vista® and Windows 7)
    * Seeking added
    * Automatic playback of next file added
    * HE-AAC decoding quality improvements
    * BD Linear PCM support added
    * Windows® XP video display improvements


20/07/2009 Splash BETA 4

    * MPEG-2 video decoding supported (hardware acceleration will be available in next releases)
    * VC-1 video decoding supported
    * Intel® hardware acceleration video decoding supported (AVC/H.264)
    * HE-AAC audio decoding supported
    * MKV format supported (subtitles will be available in next releases)
    * Check for updates added
    * Support for multiple audio tracks added
    * Menu on right mouse button click is available


12/06/2009 Splash BETA 3

    * Stability and performance improvements
    * "Force video overlay" option available
    * 1080i to 1080p conversion added for video overlay mode and Windows® XP
    * Direct playback from HD camcorders
    * Play previous/next file in current directory available
    * Remembering last open folder
    * Lipsync adjustment available
    * Auto-hide menu toolbar
    * Menu toolbar available in fullscreen mode


05/05/2009 Splash BETA 2

    * stability and performance improvements
    * video overlay mode supported (for older graphics cards without DirectX® 9.0c support)
    * 1080i to 1080p conversion (Windows Vista® required, Windows® XP will be supported in next releases)
    * "Force single core video decoding" option available
    * support for AVI AVC/H.264 videos
    * Classic 2D GUI available
    * 3D GUI with animations unavailable in BETA 2, will be back available in next releases
    * new settings window
    * manual channel search for TV
    * pause available
    * media info available

Just visit this link here if you want to try it out.

And since all the codecs are integrated into the player like VLC, it wont mess up your MPC-HC + CCCP / K-Lite combo.

 

I can confirm, this is best player for me for high definition videos, especially when you own avchd cam!

 

uhm nice, something to try out. could help my dads system.

 

How does the quality compare to vlc media player when playing youtube videos? When installing it asks to install "visual c++ runtime libraries (x86)", should that be installed? What is it?

 

they mention EcoMode in the link , but dont say that it is only in the professional version that has not been released yet.

 

Wow! It plays my HD videos so much better than VLC on my desktop's 9800GT! Plus, it can hook into my TV Tuner card so I don't have to use the over-bloated Windows Media Center...

 

visual c++ runtime libraries (x86) is like DirectX.
Its a collection of files that Windows access like a library.
Just like you need Adobe Flash for playing YouTube video.

 

Version 1.3 is out.

 

Version 1.4.3 is now out and it offers improvements to DXVA on ATI Radeon HD 4xxx & 5xxx GPUs with latest ATI Catalyst.
Should also apply to mobile ATI cards too if the drivers are up to date.

Edit: Woot, post no. 500!

 

All media players support GPU acceleration. What is so special about this player?

 

It works great with TV cards?
Everyone is free to choose what media player they want to use, but this is the only problem free solution i have found to work with my Intel GMA 4500m IGP thats included with the Intel GL40 chipset used on budget notebooks.

 

If you use windows 7, windows media supports gpu acceleration which should be easier to setup.

 

True.
Just hope the next Windows Media Player version gets support for subtitles.
Nearly every other player has support for a wide range of subtitles.

 

WMP does support a wide range of subtitles if you enable the feature through plugins.
e.g. Free-Codecs.com :: DirectVobSub 2.39 : DirectVobSub is simply a DirectShow filter which can be used to display subtitle