BreeeZe Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I checked the cyberlink website todat and finally found some info on the new HD264 pack This pack was announced on 4 may 2006: Integrated Support for High-Definition H.264 Playback In addition to support for a complete range of video and audio formats and discs, PowerDVD 7 features integrated support for playback of high-definition MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video content. An enhancement pack providing optimized H.264 performance for ATI® Avivo™ and NVIDIA® PureVideo™ graphics cards will be released later in the year. http://www.cyberlink.com/eng/press_room/view_1053.html It seems the trial download hasn't been updated yet, it still says release date: 05/29/2006 Some info on the pack: HD264 Pack - for PowerDVD 7 Standard and PowerDVD 6 Play high-definition video files via PowerDVD. Take your video experience to the next level with support for MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) files. Enjoy superb performance with 5.1 channel MPEG-4 AAC audio. Leverage the power of NVIDIA or ATI graphics card with support for hardware acceleration*. Ensure that Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition can also play H.264 files too. Buy Now $39.95 * For NVIDIA GeForce, GeForce Go, Quadro and ATI Radeon X1800 and X1900 cards that support H.264 Decode Acceleration for high-definition content http://www.cyberlink.com/english/products/...dvd/7/packs.jsp It's also available in the store: http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/cyberstore/enhance_1_ENU.html The only thing that worries me is that it says: * For NVIDIA GeForce, GeForce Go, Quadro and ATI Radeon X1800 and X1900 cards that support H.264 Decode Acceleration for high-definition content I was waiting for this pack since my processor alone (semperon 2800+) isn't fast enough but since I have an x1600 which supports Avivo, I hoped this pack would solve my problems, but according to the desc. it doesn't Quote Link to comment
spAik Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 same here..ill keep an eye on these things..perhaps i will buy the coreAVC ...when gpu-acc is implented Quote Link to comment
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