Nvidia PureVideo Decoder User's Guide
Applications for Windows
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder User’s Guide
Version 1.02-150
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Table of Contents
1.About NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Specifications and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What’s New in Version 1.02-150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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
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NVIDIA® PureVideoTM Decoder is a combination of a hardware video processor and
video decode software for playback of DVD and MPEG-2 videos using Microsoft®
Windows® Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition.
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
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• “Specifications and Support” on page 3
• “What’s New in Version 1.02-150” on page 5
• “System Requirements” on page 7
• “Installation Instructions” on page 8
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Features
• Enables DVD viewing with Microsoft® Windows Media® Player or Microsoft
Windows® Media Center Edition
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• Enables TV playback for Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition. (A TV tuner is
required to capture and tune the TV channels.)
• High quality MPEG-2 decoder supports any third party software application
based upon Microsoft DirectShow®
•Dolby® Digital
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surround sound decoding
• Minimizes CPU utilization by off loading the MPEG-2 decoding onto the graphics
processor
• Enables playback of ATSC and DVB transport streams in Windows Media Center
and Windows Media Player.
• 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
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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
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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
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• 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
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What’s New in Version 1.02-150
Version 1.02-150 of the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder includes the following changes
and fixes since version 1.00.67:
Windows Media Player and Media Center Edition
• For Windows Media Player 10 and Media Center Edition, added seamless
playback of ATSC and DVB transport streams in both SD and HD formats.
• Improved the smoothness of HD MPEG-2 playback for Windows Media Player 10.
• Added ICodecAPI interface to allow Windows MCE to directly control audio
format and output options.
• Added Microsoft ETW instrumentation for performance monitoring.
• Fixed stress regression issues for Windows XP Media Center 2005 Update.
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• Added support for UVYV output formats.
Video Decoder
•Set ʺSmartʺ de-interlacing control setting as the new default.
• Fixed bug with Italian PAL—DVD ʺHeatʺ displays skewed picture.
• Added fallback to internal color controls when using VMR7 in overlay mode.
• Fixed a bug involving subpicture highlights being frozen on the Shrek 2 DVD
menu after fast-forwarding through the trailers.
• Added support to get GOP Time codes and then set them as media time.
• Fixed MPEG1 playback for 120-line content encoded as 128 lines.
• Fixed jerky playback on Eagles’ ʺHell Freezes Overʺ DVD.
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Audio Decoder
• Added exception handlers to make the decoder cores more robust under situations
where they might be decoding the wrong stream data in DTV.
Post Processing
• Implemented a method for catching bad edits (gapping time stamps) from 3-2
film, and then softening them in ʺSmartʺ mode. This helps eliminate the combing
effect in the ʺJesus licking the bowling ballʺ edit on the “Making of the Big
Lebowskiʺ.
• Implemented support for inverse 2-2 mode for future drivers.
• Fixed a memory leak condition.
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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.
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