Intel GMA 4500MHD & Windows 7 - Finally, H.264 Hardware Video Acceleration???

[Yodelmeover]

I just wanted to post my video playback experience with Windows 7 RC and my Acer Aspire 2930 laptop.....

After instaling the RC of windows 7- and updating all drivers - including the chipset, sata and display driver (via windows update) - and running the windows experience index tool - I opened up windows media player 12, and to my SHOCK and surprise - when i played a H.264 720p video - i was getting around 0-2% cpu average !!! It usually hovered at 0%, more often than not! And the video quality was acceptable , if not, very good!!!

Have any of you had similar experiences with your intel graphics chipset and windows 7?

If anyone is interested on how i got this kind of performance (when playing back video) do tell me! I will try to post back here the procedure.

I don't know anything about drivers really- but it seems to me that there is finally some sort of video acceleration (in this case , H.264) with this particular intel video chipset!

I was bumbed out with vista (lack of video acceleration) - but windows 7 is oh so good!!

Here is a pic:

[StormEffect]

I also noticed that the new included codecs provided with Windows 7 can access hardware acceleration!

I was getting about 3-4% processor utilization while playing 720p H264 content in Windows Media Player.

FINALLY, I don't need any bloated codec packs anymore! And I don't have to buy new software just to access hardware video acceleration! This is by far my favorite Windows 7 feature.

(I'm running on an Nvidia 8600m GT)

[IntelUser]

Originally Posted by Yodelmeover

I was bumbed out with vista (lack of video acceleration) - but windows 7 is oh so good!!

It can do HD acceleration on the graphics hardware on Vista with current drivers, but it requires a proper codec support to do it. You have to use programs like PowerDVD to have the proper acceleration. It's good Win7 has the codecs with the OS(if it really does).

[StormEffect]

Originally Posted by IntelUser

It can do HD acceleration on the graphics hardware on Vista with current drivers, but it requires a proper codec support to do it. You have to use programs like PowerDVD to have the proper acceleration. It's good Win7 has the codecs with the OS(if it really does).

The moment you run H264 content in Windows 7, right inside Windows Media Player, without needing ANY extra codecs, you will fall in love. The moment you realize the codec supports your GPU acceleration, you'll go on your second honeymoon.

New containers:
MP4
MOV
3GP
AVCHD
ADTS
M4A
WTV (new Windows Media based format for PVR based recordings)

New codecs:
H.264
MPEG4-SP
DivX
Xvid
MJPEG
DV
AAC-LC (regular AAC)
LPCM
AAC-HE

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[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by Yodelmeover

i was getting around 0-2% cpu average !!! It usually hovered at 0%, more often than not!

From 0% to 0-2%, so it got worse?

[Yodelmeover]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

From 0% to 0-2%, so it got worse?

No, lol ! what i'm trying to say is - it hovered around 0% - most of the time - with a max of 2% a few times....

I hope this makes sense/is clear lol

[StormEffect]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

From 0% to 0-2%, so it got worse?

Compared to 30%-50% when I DON'T have GPU acceleration, 0%-2% is amazing.

[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by StormEffect

Compared to 30%-50% when I DON'T have GPU acceleration, 0%-2% is amazing.

Yea but the OP said he used to hovered at 0%, now with windows 7 it's 2%, which mean worse.

[Matt is Pro]

He meant he was getting 0-2% as compared to the 30% before, with it hovering at 0% more often then NOT.

Make sense now?

[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by Matt is Pro

He meant he was getting 0-2% as compared to the 30% before, with it hovering at 0% more often then NOT.

Make sense now?

I don't see 30% mentioned anywhere in the first post?