Vista - Vista RC2 and hardware acceleration

Hi,

I'm using Vista RC2 (Build 5744) as a 'MC only' with an nVidia GeForce
7600GS, a VistaView Saber2020 PCI-E TV Tunercard. Further my computer is
equipped with an Intel P4 (Prescott) 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB internal memory and a
Samsung SP2504C harddisk. System running perfectly with a score of 4.2 but
somehow I get the impression that the Video Acceleration is not working or
not working properly. I've checked the settings in WMP11 and it shows that
'hardware Acceleration (DXVA)' is running. I've installed nVidia PureVideo
DVD Decoder Platinum and used a gadget 'Windows Vista Decoder Checkup
Utility' which I found on the Internet to set the nVidia the default Decoder
in Vista. So far everything works but the video speed isn't speedy enough
compared with my Windows XP 2K5 MCE. When I play DVD's the nVidia Decoder is
running but looking at the settings the 'Hardware Acceleration' is on but the
Decoder is running in YUY2 mode instead of the expected DXVA mode.
The nvidia graphics driver is the 96.85 version, is there any settings I've
overlooked?

With best regards,

Victor

I had a similar problem with RC1. I didn't realize RC2 was available yet?
When did that come out?

"Victor Max" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using Vista RC2 (Build 5744) as a 'MC only' with an nVidia GeForce
> 7600GS, a VistaView Saber2020 PCI-E TV Tunercard. Further my computer is
> equipped with an Intel P4 (Prescott) 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB internal memory and a
> Samsung SP2504C harddisk. System running perfectly with a score of 4.2 but
> somehow I get the impression that the Video Acceleration is not working or
> not working properly. I've checked the settings in WMP11 and it shows that
> 'hardware Acceleration (DXVA)' is running. I've installed nVidia PureVideo
> DVD Decoder Platinum and used a gadget 'Windows Vista Decoder Checkup
> Utility' which I found on the Internet to set the nVidia the default Decoder
> in Vista. So far everything works but the video speed isn't speedy enough
> compared with my Windows XP 2K5 MCE. When I play DVD's the nVidia Decoder is
> running but looking at the settings the 'Hardware Acceleration' is on but the
> Decoder is running in YUY2 mode instead of the expected DXVA mode.
> The nvidia graphics driver is the 96.85 version, is there any settings I've
> overlooked?
>
> With best regards,
>
> Victor

Just over a month ago.

"HagarTheHorrible" <HagarTheHorrible@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:F8873DFC-3C09-4A23-8898-F1F772F84FA4@microsoft.com...
>I had a similar problem with RC1. I didn't realize RC2 was available yet?
> When did that come out?
>
> "Victor Max" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using Vista RC2 (Build 5744) as a 'MC only' with an nVidia GeForce
>> 7600GS, a VistaView Saber2020 PCI-E TV Tunercard. Further my computer is
>> equipped with an Intel P4 (Prescott) 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB internal memory and a
>> Samsung SP2504C harddisk. System running perfectly with a score of 4.2
>> but
>> somehow I get the impression that the Video Acceleration is not working
>> or
>> not working properly. I've checked the settings in WMP11 and it shows
>> that
>> 'hardware Acceleration (DXVA)' is running. I've installed nVidia
>> PureVideo
>> DVD Decoder Platinum and used a gadget 'Windows Vista Decoder Checkup
>> Utility' which I found on the Internet to set the nVidia the default
>> Decoder
>> in Vista. So far everything works but the video speed isn't speedy enough
>> compared with my Windows XP 2K5 MCE. When I play DVD's the nVidia Decoder
>> is
>> running but looking at the settings the 'Hardware Acceleration' is on but
>> the
>> Decoder is running in YUY2 mode instead of the expected DXVA mode.
>> The nvidia graphics driver is the 96.85 version, is there any settings
>> I've
>> overlooked?
>>
>> With best regards,
>>
>> Victor

I have a MSI nVidia 7600GS and get a score of 4.7 and 4.8 for the two
graphics tests. I have a Core 2 Duo 6400, 2 GB of Ram and my boot drive is a
160GB SATA II. I get 5.6 on memory, 5.1 on CPU and 5.4 on disk.

I don't know how much the CPU speed affects the video test results but the
7600GS works pretty well for me.

Dale
--
Dale Preston
MCAD C#
MCSE, MCDBA


"Victor Max" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using Vista RC2 (Build 5744) as a 'MC only' with an nVidia GeForce
> 7600GS, a VistaView Saber2020 PCI-E TV Tunercard. Further my computer is
> equipped with an Intel P4 (Prescott) 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB internal memory and a
> Samsung SP2504C harddisk. System running perfectly with a score of 4.2 but
> somehow I get the impression that the Video Acceleration is not working or
> not working properly. I've checked the settings in WMP11 and it shows that
> 'hardware Acceleration (DXVA)' is running. I've installed nVidia PureVideo
> DVD Decoder Platinum and used a gadget 'Windows Vista Decoder Checkup
> Utility' which I found on the Internet to set the nVidia the default Decoder
> in Vista. So far everything works but the video speed isn't speedy enough
> compared with my Windows XP 2K5 MCE. When I play DVD's the nVidia Decoder is
> running but looking at the settings the 'Hardware Acceleration' is on but the
> Decoder is running in YUY2 mode instead of the expected DXVA mode.
> The nvidia graphics driver is the 96.85 version, is there any settings I've
> overlooked?
>
> With best regards,
>
> Victor

Im beginning to think it must be a driver issue or something that was
recently updated that is causing the problem. I am sorely tempted to wipe the
HD & start fresh to see what happens.

"Dale" wrote:

> I have a MSI nVidia 7600GS and get a score of 4.7 and 4.8 for the two
> graphics tests. I have a Core 2 Duo 6400, 2 GB of Ram and my boot drive is a
> 160GB SATA II. I get 5.6 on memory, 5.1 on CPU and 5.4 on disk.
>
> I don't know how much the CPU speed affects the video test results but the
> 7600GS works pretty well for me.
>
> Dale
> --
> Dale Preston
> MCAD C#
> MCSE, MCDBA
>
>
> "Victor Max" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using Vista RC2 (Build 5744) as a 'MC only' with an nVidia GeForce
> > 7600GS, a VistaView Saber2020 PCI-E TV Tunercard. Further my computer is
> > equipped with an Intel P4 (Prescott) 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB internal memory and a
> > Samsung SP2504C harddisk. System running perfectly with a score of 4.2 but
> > somehow I get the impression that the Video Acceleration is not working or
> > not working properly. I've checked the settings in WMP11 and it shows that
> > 'hardware Acceleration (DXVA)' is running. I've installed nVidia PureVideo
> > DVD Decoder Platinum and used a gadget 'Windows Vista Decoder Checkup
> > Utility' which I found on the Internet to set the nVidia the default Decoder
> > in Vista. So far everything works but the video speed isn't speedy enough
> > compared with my Windows XP 2K5 MCE. When I play DVD's the nVidia Decoder is
> > running but looking at the settings the 'Hardware Acceleration' is on but the
> > Decoder is running in YUY2 mode instead of the expected DXVA mode.
> > The nvidia graphics driver is the 96.85 version, is there any settings I've
> > overlooked?
> >
> > With best regards,
> >
> > Victor

I believe that it may be a NVIDIA DVD Decoder problem since I have exactly
the same problem with my dual boot system of which only the Graphics card
driver is different between XP SP2 and Vista RC2 and since my graphics chip
is an Intel and not and NVIDIA I thought at first that it was an Intel Vista
driver problem. I am using DVD Decoder 223 on both systems.
When I play exactly the same MCE TV program file with Media Player first on
XP with Hardware acceleration enabled I get DXVA mode, however, then I play
it again of Vista with hardware acceleration enabled I get YUY2 mode.

"HagarTheHorrible" <HagarTheHorrible@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0EB20B43-4614-48FF-A866-29C344B065D5@microsoft.com...
> Im beginning to think it must be a driver issue or something that was
> recently updated that is causing the problem. I am sorely tempted to wipe
> the
> HD & start fresh to see what happens.
>
> "Dale" wrote:
>
>> I have a MSI nVidia 7600GS and get a score of 4.7 and 4.8 for the two
>> graphics tests. I have a Core 2 Duo 6400, 2 GB of Ram and my boot drive
>> is a
>> 160GB SATA II. I get 5.6 on memory, 5.1 on CPU and 5.4 on disk.
>>
>> I don't know how much the CPU speed affects the video test results but
>> the
>> 7600GS works pretty well for me.
>>
>> Dale
>> --
>> Dale Preston
>> MCAD C#
>> MCSE, MCDBA
>>
>>
>> "Victor Max" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm using Vista RC2 (Build 5744) as a 'MC only' with an nVidia GeForce
>> > 7600GS, a VistaView Saber2020 PCI-E TV Tunercard. Further my computer
>> > is
>> > equipped with an Intel P4 (Prescott) 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB internal memory and
>> > a
>> > Samsung SP2504C harddisk. System running perfectly with a score of 4.2
>> > but
>> > somehow I get the impression that the Video Acceleration is not working
>> > or
>> > not working properly. I've checked the settings in WMP11 and it shows
>> > that
>> > 'hardware Acceleration (DXVA)' is running. I've installed nVidia
>> > PureVideo
>> > DVD Decoder Platinum and used a gadget 'Windows Vista Decoder Checkup
>> > Utility' which I found on the Internet to set the nVidia the default
>> > Decoder
>> > in Vista. So far everything works but the video speed isn't speedy
>> > enough
>> > compared with my Windows XP 2K5 MCE. When I play DVD's the nVidia
>> > Decoder is
>> > running but looking at the settings the 'Hardware Acceleration' is on
>> > but the
>> > Decoder is running in YUY2 mode instead of the expected DXVA mode.
>> > The nvidia graphics driver is the 96.85 version, is there any settings
>> > I've
>> > overlooked?
>> >
>> > With best regards,
>> >
>> > Victor