I got a Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook with an integrated NVIDIA ION GPU for Christmas :-) It's a 1.6GHz device which I can easily top out the CPU on, but with DXVA support and an HDMI port it becomes an ideal low-cost HTPC substitute for occasional viewing.
The first thing I set off to try was the GPU-accelerated 720p and 1080p DXVA support, which works beautifully. With the latest Adobe Flash plugin, YouTube (and a few other sites) also happily play 1080p. However, I can barely manage to play the HQ SD videos on the iPlayer, with even worse results on the HD content - although Flash can (and should) hardware accelerate any H.264 material it renders, for some reason it's not kicking in on the iPlayer vids. If I get_iplayer an HD programme and then play it back in Media Player Classic, it plays beautifully, so GPU horsepower isn't the problem here. Is this a known issue or is there something specific about the coding of the web player? (any insight appreciated) Cheers Chris - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
