Watching 1080p videos on computer: Video card or CPU dependent?

[Super_Geo]

I've been downloading 1080p movies and TV shows, but I find that they're sporadically choppy when they play. The files are in .ts format and are being played with VLC.

Is this video card or CPU dependent? The system it's running on is an Athalon64 3200+, which seems like it should be fast enough...

[E36M3]

I found in my case that it was codec dependent. Even on an older machine, with a good codec, I can run 1080p video smoothly.

[Mibz]

EDIT: Nevermind

[HiSpec]

not many computer monitor support 1080p i believe, I think only the recent widescreen support that high of a resolution.

[gpomp]

Originally posted by HiSpec
not many computer monitor support 1080p i believe, I think only the recent widescreen support that high of a resolution.

he probably has the dvi out to a 1080p tv

the answer is both.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000746.html
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2886

[djayz]

I have an AMD Athlon 3000+ and I used to have that problem playing .ts files. VLC isnt a very efficient player and often types brings out the worst in video.

I had an old version of powerdvd that i used to use and it was very choppy but I just upgraded to the new one and its a world of difference. Video actually looks better and its extremely smooth even though cpu usage is around the same.

Try powerdvd out and see what happens.

[gpomp]

i just downloaded a video decoder called CoreAVC. after installing it, it played a 1080p x264 file just fine.

[rith]

Why bother downloading 1080p? , I doubt your monitor does

1920x1080

All that extra resolution is wasted ;p

[djayz]

Originally posted by rith
Why bother downloading 1080p? , I doubt your monitor does

1920x1080

All that extra resolution is wasted ;p

Not wasted...compressed so the image is even clearer

Plus im sure people are hooking up their pcs to their 1080p tv by now.

[GoChris]

Originally posted by rith
Why bother downloading 1080p? , I doubt your monitor does

1920x1080

All that extra resolution is wasted ;p

lots of new lcds can do that, mine does 1920x1200

if you are wanting to play hd-dvd you will want to grab powerdvd ultra 7.x

[Super_Geo]

Originally posted by rith
Why bother downloading 1080p? , I doubt your monitor does

1920x1080

All that extra resolution is wasted ;p

I'm using a 37" 1080p Acer LCD, looks beautiful at 1920x1080


Thanks for the responses guys, I'll check out those other programs.

[slick2404]

try using powerstrip if your going to be putting it on your tv. pretty cool app that lets you select resolutions and what not to make it actaully look good on your tv. i had that problem with my sony lcd rp