New Catalyst Release
by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 09, 2005 9:11am PDTOwners of Radeon videocards should head over to the ATI site, as a new Catalyst driver is now available for WinXP/2000. According to the 5.6 release notes offers improved WMV9 acceleration, performance improvements for DOOM 3, Halo, Chronicles of Riddick and 3DMark05 and fixes for MVP Baseball 2004, Shadow Vault and Virtual Skipper 3 among many changes. Thanks timm.
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How to enable DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) in Windows Media Player 10
The following steps will help you enable
DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) within Windows Media Player 10
1. Install Catalyst 5.6 or higher. Drivers before Catalyst 5.5 to not support DXVA acceleration
a. Reboot
2. Install Windows DRM update
a. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=73C2650F-BE61-4BD6-8408-1FD6E7827CD8
b. Reboot
Note: Please refer to this article for more information: Update for Windows Media Digital Rights Management-enabled players
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891122/
3. Install the following Windows Media Player Hotfix
a. http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/9/6/f969ae58-75d4-4241-b58c-9a295372d8c0/windowsmedia10-kb888656-x86-global-e...[microsoft.com]
Note: Please refer to this article for more information on the Hotfix: Update to enable DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) of Windows Media Video content in Windows Media Player 10
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888656
4. Go into Catalyst Control Center. Switch to Advanced view
5. Go to the Video, All Settings
6. Scroll to the bottom of the Catalyst Control Page to find the Windows Media Setting option and ensure Windows Media Video Acceleration is checked on.
7. Start Windows Media Player 10, go into Tools, Options (if the menu bar is not available, double the click title bar to dispaly)
8. Open the Performance tab and click Advanced under Video Acceleration
9. Ensure Use high quality mode is selected. Click OK, OK.
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