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NVIDIA Purevideo Decoder User's Guide Applications for Windows NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide Version 1.02-223 NVIDIA Corporation June 23, 2006 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, REFERENCE BOARDS, FILES, DRAWINGS, DIAGNOSTICS, LISTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS (TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY, “MATERIALS”) ARE BEING PROVIDED “AS IS.” NVIDIA MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, NVIDIA Corporation assumes no responsibility for the consequences of use of such information or for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from its use. 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NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 www.nvidia.com Applications for Windows® NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide v1.02-223 Table of Contents 1.About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder. 1 Features . 2 Specifications and Support . 3 What’s New in Version 1.02-223 . 5 System Requirements. 6 Installation Instructions . 7 2.Configuring the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder. 9 Overview of the Property Pages. .10 Using the Video Page . .11 Using the Color Page . .16 Using the Audio Page . .17 Using the Karaoke Page . .27 Appendix A:Anamorphic and Full Frame Formats . 29 Full Frame Pan and Scan . .29 Full Frame Letterbox . .30 Anamorphic Widescreen . .30 Appendix B:Audio Processing and Bass Management . 31 Audio Processing . .31 Bass Management . .32 NVIDIA Corporation i Applications for Windows® NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide v1.02-223 NVIDIA Corporation ii C HAPTER 1 ABOUT THE NVIDIA PUREVIDEO DECODER NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Decoder is a plug-in for Microsoft® Windows® Media Player and Media Center Edition, enabling smooth and vibrant videos. Featuring Dolby® Digital surround sound audio and hardware-accelerated video on all Microsoft DirectX® compatible graphics processors, the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder delivers unmatched color fidelity and smooth DVD, video, and TV viewing. This chapter further describes NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder in the following sections: • “Features” on page 2 • “Specifications and Support” on page 3 • “What’s New in Version 1.02-223” on page 5 • “System Requirements” on page 6 • “Installation Instructions” on page 7 NVIDIA Corporation 1 CHAPTER 1 About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder Features • Enables DVD viewing with Microsoft® Windows Media® Player or Microsoft Windows® Media Center Edition1 • High quality MPEG-2 decoder supports any third party software application based upon Microsoft DirectShow® • Enables PureVideo technology on GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs, for features such as spatial temporal de-interlacing, inverse telecine, and bad edit correction •Dolby® Digital2 surround sound decoding • Minimizes CPU utilization by off-loading the MPEG-2 decoding onto the graphics processor • Enables advanced de-interlacing • Decodes high-definition MPEG-2 streams for ATSC tuners • Supports Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers, allowing end users to transcode MPEG-2 content into Windows Media Video 9 • S/PDIF pass-through for external decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS (compatible hardware required) 1. The NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder works with Microsoft Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player, Interactual and NVIDIA ForceWare Multimedia applications only for DVD playback. 2. Downmixes Dolby Digital 5.1 audio into stereo playback 2 NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide – Version 1.02-223 CHAPTER 1 About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder Specifications and Support Technical Specifications • Fully compliant ISO MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video and audio decoder • MPEG-2 acceleration for inverse quantization (IQ), inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT), and motion compensation (mo comp) • Microsoft DirectShow support • Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration support • Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer 7 and 9 • Overlay support • Sub-picture support • Transport stream file reader for Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Graphics Chips Supported NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder supports all Microsoft DirectX 8.x compatible chips, including: • NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series • NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series • NVIDIA GeForce4 family • NVIDIA GeForce FX family • NVIDIA Quadro® family • NVIDIA Quadro2 family • NVIDIA Quadro DCC family • NVIDIA Quadro4 family • NVIDIA Quadro FX family • NVIDIA nForce family • NVIDIA nForce2 family •ATI® Radeon family NVIDIA Corporation 3 CHAPTER 1 About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder • Intel® i915 • Intel® i865 • Intel® i845G • Intel i815G/i815EG Audio Chips Supported • NVIDIA nForce Audio • Creative Labs® Ensoniq Audio PCI • Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI • Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 +WavEffects • Creative Labs Sound Blaster 512 3D Audio PCI • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy X-Gamer • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 MP3+ • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 X-Gamer • Philips® Rhythmic Edge PCI • Turtle Beach Santa Cruz • SIIG® Soundwave Pro PCI 32-bit 4 NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide – Version 1.02-223 CHAPTER 1 About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder What’s New in Version 1.02-223 Version 1.02-223 of the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder includes the following changes and fixes since version 1.02-196: Feature Change • Removed the Smart De-interlacing mode. Use the NVIDIA Control Panel to control driver cadence. Windows Media Player • Windows Media Player 10: Fixed a problem where playback of some transport stream files, such as MPE2 HD, resulted in an “unsupported file type” error message stating that Windows Media Player cannot play the file. • Windows Media Player 10: Fixed a problem where playing a DVD in overlay mode and then switching between windowed and full-screen DOS resulted in a gray video window. Decoder APIs • Fixed a memory leak in the trp demux GetProgramInfo() interface. • Fixed a probel where the PureVideo Decoder did not play an HD stream from a recorded source. NVIDIA Corporation 5 CHAPTER 1 About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder System Requirements Operating Systems and Software • Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Home Edition • DirectX 9.0 or higher • Windows Media Center or Windows Media® Player 9.0 or higher for DVD Playback • DirectShow compatible software for MPEG-2 file playback Hardware • DVD-ROM drive required for DVD viewing • DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) compatible graphics processor, such as the NVIDIA GeForce4™ , GeForce FX, GeForce 6, or GeForce 7 Series GPUs. • TV tuner required for TV viewing, and must meet the Designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition logo requirements. 6 NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide – Version 1.02-223 CHAPTER 1 About the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder Installation Instructions
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