The VideoLAN Forums

nikola23 wrote:http://satan23.pale-chestnut.feralhosting.com/Scanner%20Darkly%20Sample.mkv AFAIK the upper limit for DXVA to work on an Nvidia VP2 card is Level 5.1 and 15 Reference frames. And your sample is Level 5.1 with...16 Reference frames. 9800gt is a VP2 card and MPHC DXVA handles it fine: ...

Here's the resource usage graphs, same file and computer as posted above.

http://img59.imageshack.us/i/gpu.jpg/

http://img59.imageshack.us/i/cpuh.jpg/

Very impressive reduction in cpu load!

I've tested it against quite a few video files and I've had no rendering issues or dropped frames.

e5300 @ 3.5ghz
windows 7 64bit
9800gt (latest drivers)

1980x816 H264

DXVA: max cpu usage 12%, average: 4%
no DXVA: cpu usage: 35%, average: 12%

no playback issues experienced

thanks!