I just received my Geforce MX card. Previously I had a TNT 2 Ultra. On a P3 450, the playback is flawless. The difference between the TNT2 and the Geforce is like night and day. It is also on par ...

Hardware decoding not being available could also be because of settings issues. Ensure that you have everything set up for BlueStacks to use your dedicated GPU. Go to BlueStacks settings (gear ...

Apple has finally made hardware-accelerated video decoding available to third-party developersu2014including Adobe Flash.

This article examines recent data on efficiency and power usage for hardware and software decoding and explores how this data shapes the value proposition for publishers opting for software decoding ...

HEVC Versus H.264 Playback Performance. For devices that can decode HEVC video, performance is a concern. As HEVC compresses video streams to a greater extent than H.264, it requires more ...

Bob Cringely of PBS fame has it on good "rumor" authority that Apple's planning to add H.264 hardware support to all of its machines. As in the iMac, the ...

Michael Tsai reports (via Daring Fireball) that Apple has posted a new technical note describing how third-party developers can tap into hardware-accelerated decoding of H.264 video on compatible ...

MacRumors is suggesting the new NVIDIA powered MacBook and MacBook Pro models have received hardware decoding of H.264 video, not available on the previous versions even though their respective ...

However, others have reported that YouTube has since stopped using AV1 format unless hardware decoding support is present. Support for AV1 video will become increasingly important over time.

Hey, I wanted to ask a quick Q regarding DVD ROMs A friend of mine is trying to install a ALL-IN-WONDER Radeon card. I'm so jealous! Anyway, the vid card has it's own hardware decoding for DVD. He ...

While over the inclusion of Flash in the latter's mobile devices is unlikely to reach a cease fire anytime soon, Apple giveth as well as taketh away. The company this week released information on how ...