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Viewing .mkv files

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  • danthemoneysavingman
    danthemoneysavingman Posts: 1,405 Forumite
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    2. should be stated from where'er you got the MKV file from!
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  • fenlander_uk
    fenlander_uk Posts: 635 Forumite
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    1) Try Start Menu|Accessories|System Tools|System Information|Components|Display.
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
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    edited 1 June 2012 at 2:16PM
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  • stefano
    stefano Posts: 949 Forumite
    Mobile intel (R) 945 Chipset family seems to be my graphic caard. Is that powerful enough?
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    It won't do hardware accelerated decoding of x264, assuming that's what you're trying to watch, but you should try coreavc anyway, it's a lot faster than any other decoder.
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Out of curiosity, Ive just been running a 720P and a 1080P MKV file with and without graphics card help
    No files running my cpu was dancing around 5%. 720P and 1080P with graphics help went to around 16% - hardly a massive jump
    720P without help went to around 24%
    1080P without help went to around 28% but seemed more erratic (jumping from 15% to around 39% for split seconds)

    I have a dual core 3Ghz processor. So going off this id say most modern computers could handle 720P, some would struggle with 1080P.
    I couldnt try an actual bluray as I dont have a player on my computer
    :idea:
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