Hi-Def PC Player Question

[RDS1955]

Basic Question... Done a search and maybe I'm not using the proper terminology in the search function but I can't find an answer....What is the best or the most preferred Hi def Video player you can use on your PC? I think the VLC player will do it, but not sure... I'm gonna see if I can download some Hi Def trailers or samples and see what they look like on my PC...Does Windows Media Player or Nero's player do Hi-def?...Thanks in Advance...

[erayboul]

I've never heard of VLC and I haven't tried Nero's player, but I have tried the Windows Media Player 10 on my WinXP SP2 machine. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/HDVideo.aspx for trailers and hi-def samples.

[BJ_M]

VLC or Media Player classic are very good - nvidia has a player which will use more of the graphics hardware also (if you have the right card)

[Soopafresh]

HiDef can mean a lot of things, but usually it refers to video files that are 1280x720p or 1920x1080i. It's the codecs you have installed that determine your ability to play certain kinds of files. You can find High Definition files in MPEG2, Quicktime/h264, DivX/XVID and WMV formats. The player itself doesn't really matter as much as the codecs.

http://www.divx.com/movies/browse.php?categoryID=3&src=movietab_hd_from__movies_detail_

Try some of the above for an example of Divx at 720p.

[satviewer2000]

Where is "God's Country" for us non-religious types?

Just about any of the popular video players on the PC can be used to view high-definition video (eg. MediaPlayer, DivX Player, MediaPlayer Classic, etc).

The problem is not the player, it's the hardware. Unless you have a very fast computer with a very fast videocard, it's unlikely you'll be able to watch HDTV quality video at a decent rate. In particular, MPEG2-HD and WMV-HD require very high CPU/Videocard specs. DivX-HD is not quite as CPU intensive.

I have a 2.4GHz CPU with ATI-256M videocard and can play DivX-HD pretty smoothly, but can barely play MPEG2/WMV-HD (with lots of stuttering and audio sync problems). You'll likely need a 3+GHz machine to play the latter two formats.

[RDS1955]

I call it God's Country cause I live in a rural farming area, lot's of fishing and hunting..Plenty of Open spaces in the country...I've woke up and watched Deer in the backyard and squirrels playing on the front porch...Go fishing down the road and bring home tonights dinner...

[RDS1955]

Many, Many Thanks to erayboul & Soopafresh for the links.. I've downloaded a couple of clips and am doing some more right now.. and Yup, the Divx Quality HD clips play much smoother than the Windows HD ones on my system..Windows Media Player will play the Divx ones pretty smooth as will VLC...But on my system the 1080i ones stutter and jump in Windows Media Player and just freeze and hang in the VLC player..I'm gonna burn the clips and the DRM licenses to a Disc and watch them on my Laptop which is a bit more newer and powerful...Plus I'm building a Home theater PC which will be compatable with all the requirements I need to have Hi-Def both on it and on my BigScreen...Big Whoopa-da-Thanks to everyone for their input and sharing their knowledge..

[minchjp]

If you want to watch MPEG-2 HDTV, I use MediaPlayer Classic with the Cyberlink DTV Video Decoder. Works like a treat (40-50% cpu!)