ATI DVD Decoder

[ksheehan]

I just got the ATI decoder setup to work in BTV and it reduced my CPU usage dramatically... I was wondering if anyone has been able to use the ATI decoder for DVD playback in BM??

I had an nVidia Ti4200 but that does NOT have onbaord MPEG decoding. I tried both a FX 5700 and a 6200 but they just flat out refused to work properly so I bit the bullet, gritted my teeth, and prayed that an ATI would save me from having to rebuild my entire architecture... the ATI 9550 did the trick... it works in the PC, and the decoder is rather efficient for BTV.

Replacing the Ti4200 with the ATI 9550 allowd me to double my bitrate for capture, and even with the increased bitrate reduced the CPU load from an average of 75% to 18%.

I looked in the registry and tried to duplicate the nVidia decoder settings for BeyondMediaSettings.xml but my intial attempt failed.

Any suggestions?

[m2cupcar]

How'd you get it to show up as an option in BTV? I've got a 9600xt with driver/cp/ccc installed and it doesn't show up. Do I need to install the MMC?
And I'd also like to know why my dvd decoders show up in BTV but not BM. Is it necessary to "hack" the user xml for BM to make this work? thx- rob

[sfl007]

I have a AIW 9700pro installed with cat/mmc/ccc installed and I can only get the cyberlink decoder as well.

ksheehan, can you elaborate on how you got the ATI decoder to work in BM.

[sfl007]

I just noticed you said btv, not bm. I thought this was the bm forum, nevermind,