HELP with DVB Dream - Skywakler 1 - HD2600 pro

[djrh]

Has anyone been successful with HD2600 and DVB Dream? I run into various issues, I think related to the fact that DVB Dream does not use the card's GPU. Instead, it uses the CPU for mpeg decoding. My problems are:

1) Choppy mpeg2 video when I use Cyberlink DTV or ARCSoft as mpeg2 codec. Basically, it will freeze for a fraction every few seconds. CPU stays at less than 20%. If I use elecard 3.x mpeg2, the video goes smoothly but does not look good - it's like vertical pixelation.

2) can't get the h.264 to work. Tried ATI, ArcSoft, Cyberlink and CoreAVC, but none of them worked (the run on CPU, so I get 100% use)

Has anyone been successful in getting those to work?

in a desperate need for help

[djrh]

forgot to add that when I watch mpeg2 hi-def (like ESPN), the picture is cropped and there are some artifacts starting from the left and the bottom and span to the right depending on motion intensity.

[djrh]

ok, got mpeg2 sorted out.

Installed Vista and Purevideo, so MPEG2 playback is great now. When I watch ESPNHD, the GPU goes to 15-16% so DXVA kicks in.

Still having h.264 problems though. I think it's a bug in DVBdream.

Tried using coreavc on both my Vista dekstop (HD2600 PRO) and Vista laptop (512mb 8600GT) and it crashes on both. The only h.264 codec so far I was able to use without Vista crashing is PowerDVD 8 codec (I had to manually edit Guids.ini with codecs list to make it appear in DVBDream). However, it uses the CPU only (no GPU use shown).

As I read here http://www.dvbdream.org/forum/viewtopic ... c&start=15, others have the same problem with powerdvd 8. However, according to numerous threads on different forums, the codec does support dxva.

Any chance of getting it fixed soon?