The whole point of passing the TrueHD / DTS-MA bitstream is that the hardware (in this case, the PC) doesn't decode the audio. It sends it directly to the connected receiver, which does the decoding.
When I was at CES, Nvidia told me they had heard the complaints about issues with purevideo HD from their OEM's, and would be releasing in a couple months their own directshow compatible codecs for MPEG2, VC-1, and H.264. This would remove the need to use cyberlink's and other's codecs which have issues with using purevideo HD properly (though you'd still need a player that would understand the menus, etc...), and enable playback of these formats on any directshow compatible player with no additional software.
Can you verify they are bundling these with the drivers for the 8200?
It's heavier (30fps) than usual HD clips (24fps), so I guess that makes it tougher for GPUs/CPUs. There hasn't been a SINGLE on-board GPU that allowed smooth playback of the above clip @1080p. I would be very impressed if 8200 can handle this flawlessly under Vista. (w/ any CPU)
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LostPassword - Monday, February 11, 2008 - link
ntDigitalFreak - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - link
The whole point of passing the TrueHD / DTS-MA bitstream is that the hardware (in this case, the PC) doesn't decode the audio. It sends it directly to the connected receiver, which does the decoding.mikesm - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - link
When I was at CES, Nvidia told me they had heard the complaints about issues with purevideo HD from their OEM's, and would be releasing in a couple months their own directshow compatible codecs for MPEG2, VC-1, and H.264. This would remove the need to use cyberlink's and other's codecs which have issues with using purevideo HD properly (though you'd still need a player that would understand the menus, etc...), and enable playback of these formats on any directshow compatible player with no additional software.Can you verify they are bundling these with the drivers for the 8200?
lopri - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - link
I now use this movie as a barometer for properly handling H.264 encoded 1080p feed.http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/bbc-nhk.ht...">http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/bbc-nhk.ht...
It's heavier (30fps) than usual HD clips (24fps), so I guess that makes it tougher for GPUs/CPUs. There hasn't been a SINGLE on-board GPU that allowed smooth playback of the above clip @1080p. I would be very impressed if 8200 can handle this flawlessly under Vista. (w/ any CPU)
lopri - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - link
? Too difficult? :POlaf van der Spek - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - link
> In the meantime, we have to continue to express our concerns about the lack of multichannel LPCM output over HDMI in the AMD 780G product.Argh, how hard can it be to send 8 channels instead of 2?