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Official NVIDIA DVD decoder discussion and support thread

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Bob Sorel

Discussion Starter · Oct 20, 2004

Hello everybody,

Since I knew that this would be of interest to many of the forum members, I figured I would post this information as soon as it became available from my crystal ball. Here is a quote directly from Nvidia:

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The NVIDIA DVD Decoder is now available for sale directly from Nvidia Products as of 1:00 PM today. It can be purchased as an electronic download only at this time and no CD will be offered for sale.

The NVIDIA DVD Decoder enables the industry's highest quality DVD and MPEG-2 playback and rich surround sound audio for Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition. Featuring DolbyÂ® Digital surround sound audio and hardware acceleration for compatible graphics processors, the NVIDIA DVD Decoder delivers unmatched color fidelity and smooth DVD, video, and TV viewing. When paired with a GeForce GPU, NVIDIA DVD Decoder enables adaptive de-interlacing and high quality filtering for the ultimate home theater experience.

Features

Enables DVD playback with Media Player and Media Center Edition

Enables TV playback with Media Center Edition and compatible TV Tuners

MPEG-2 decoder supports third party software applications

Minimizes CPU utilization by offloading the video playback onto GPUs

DolbyÂ® Digital surround sound (downmixes 5.1 into stereo)

Decodes High Definition Digital transport streams in WMP

Compatible with Portable Media Centers

S/PDIF pass through for DTS and Dolby Digital

For more information on this product, please visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html

Please use this thread to post comments, questions, and general discussion of these new decoders. Nvidia representatives will be here to answer questions. And before you ask, I do not know the specific version that is now available...

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sotti

· #2 · Oct 20, 2004

Question, it seems that the VPP is included, is there anyway to configure it, and can you use the VPP in MCE?

Omnius

· #3 · Oct 20, 2004

And how come they place these restrictions on it? From the datasheet:

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* The NVIDIA DVD Decoder works with Microsoft Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player, Interactual and NVIDIA ForceWare Multimedia applications only for DVD playback. Use of the decoder with other applications will result in no audio during DVD playback.

** Downmixes Dolby Digital 5.1 audio into stereo playback.

mnn1265

· #4 · Oct 20, 2004

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And how come they place these restrictions on it? From the datasheet:

Probably a licensing agreement with vendors like TT... to get the "premium version" you have to buy the $70 software package.

Just my guess...

stanger89

· #5 · Oct 20, 2004

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Originally posted by sotti
Question, it seems that the VPP is included, is there anyway to configure it, and can you use the VPP in MCE?

Have you bought it? If so, does it work in apps other than the listed ones?

Rushmore Grad

· #6 · Oct 20, 2004

The faq on the nvidia website says it works with ext. applications.

sotti

· #7 · Oct 20, 2004

I have purchased, it seems to hook into zoom player just fine.

although I haven't been able to do a full test yet.

bkzoller

· #8 · Oct 20, 2004

This is from the NVIDIA DVD Decoder FAQ :

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What applications does this product work with?

The NVIDIA DVD Decoder contains a video decoder and an audio decoder that are compatible with many third party applications. The video decoder is compatible with any third party application that uses Microsoft DirectShow interfaces for accessing decoders. The audio decoder is only compatible with Windows Media Player 9 or higher and Windows Media Center for DVD playback. It will not work with any other application at this time due to requirements from third-party technologies which NVIDIA is actively working to fix. However, you can still configure the NVIDIA DVD Decoder to use S/PDIF mode with any third-party application and output audio to an external decoder. Please follow the steps in the â€œHow do I turn on S/PDIF mode?â€ FAQ.

The restriction on the filters is only on the audio side in that it restricts output to S/PDIF or analog stereo. There are license restrictions in order to do Dolby Digital and DTS decoding in software filters.

Brian

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Igthorn

· #9 · Oct 20, 2004

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Originally posted by mnn1265
Probably a licensing agreement with vendors like TT... to get the "premium version" you have to buy the $70 software package.

Just my guess...

I think the reason is Dolby licensing fees. I remember in one thread someone from nVidia basically said that apps had to be Dolby approved to use the 'decoding' part of the audio codec.

DFA

· #10 · Oct 20, 2004

Jeez. I just bought (upgrade price) TT 2.0 yesterday just to get my hands on the NVDVD 4.0 codecs. I am a ZP user but don't mind having current TT version but still, a direct codec purchase would have been my prefered route. Oh well.

No law against spending more money if I want even later codec version!

DFA

NvidiaMultimedia

· #11 · Oct 20, 2004

NVVPP is included

All apps are supported for video and audio via SPDIF including ZP, etc.

Only MCE, WMP and FWMM app support audio via 2channel analog due to Dolby licensing restrictions

idvsego

· #12 · Oct 20, 2004

I am all over this. been waiting for it...

Electronic Punk

· #13 · Oct 20, 2004

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If you go into the Program Files -> NVIDIA folder -> you can find an icon for the NVIDIA UI

To comply with Dolby, we have to have it there

Just waiting for my CC to validate...

Look like a newer version than those that come with TT, but not for too long I am sure.

casperdog

· #14 · Oct 20, 2004

Check out the hidden app under C:\\program files\\NVIDIA Corporation\\Forceware\

Stant Media\

StantMedia.exe!

SicteR

· #15 · Oct 20, 2004

What are the improvements since the version included in TT2?

madpoet

· #16 · Oct 20, 2004

I believe it's the same one...

mosquito

· #17 · Oct 20, 2004

Yes...please answer the question about the improvements since TT2! Does this address the stuttering with 1080i as seen here:

http://www.theatertek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6159

madpoet

· #18 · Oct 20, 2004

These are codecs only, not a player. And given how new the TT2 ones are, I'm not sure there is a version difference here.

sotti

· #19 · Oct 20, 2004

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Originally posted by NvidiaMultimedia
NVVPP is included

All apps are supported for video and audio via SPDIF including ZP, etc.

Only MCE, WMP and FWMM app support audio via 2channel analog due to Dolby licensing restrictions

So how can you configure NVVPP, and is it used by default with MCE2005?

using this http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

I can verify that I am using the right codec.

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mrloopy

· #20 · Oct 20, 2004

So VPP works with Windows MCE?

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