What is DXVA codec?

Posted on March 25, 2019
by Yunus Cook
March 25, 2019
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What is DXVA codec?

DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) is a Microsoft API specification for the Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 platforms that allows video decoding to be hardware-accelerated. DXVA 2.0 allows more operations, including video capturing and processing operations, to be hardware-accelerated as well.

Is DirectX a codec?

DirectX Video Acceleration Specification for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) This document contains the specification for support of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) codec within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context.

What is DXVA video decoder Potplayer?

‘DXVA’ (developed by Microsoft) lets a chosen number of codecs to be decoded by using your GPU (Intel HD 2000 and newer, AMD 6xxxx series and newer, Nvidia Gefore 500 series and newer) and thus offloading your CPU. An offloaded CPU during a HD video playback …

Should I use D3D11?

D3D11 is a more modern version of the library with newer features, and can provide improved visual fidelity. It may also affect performance (positively or negatively, depending on how the game uses it and what hardware you have). To use D3D11 features you need Vista or better and a D3D11-capable graphics card.

How do I increase the video quality on Potplayer?

Potplayer offers a lot of configuration options to the user. To open Potplayer Preferences windows, do the followings: Open Potplayer dropdown menu. Select Preferences….It can help achieve better video quality.

Set Brightness: to approx 42.0%.
Set Contrast: to approx 57.8%.
Set Saturation: to approx 39.8%.

How do you play 4K movies on Potplayer?

Part 3: Best Free 4K Alternative Player for PotPlayer

Download and install Leawo Blu-ray Player. It is a cross-platform 4K player program that performs on Windows and Mac.
Launch the 4K software to import 4K videos.
Change the sound settings.
Make 4K video adjustments.
Add subtitles to 4K files.

What is Nvidia Cuvid?

NVIDIA provides an extension to CUDA called CUVID, which just accesses the hardware decoder. The only unfortunate aspect of LAV CUVID is that it is restricted to NVIDIA GPUs only. While OpenCL might be an open CUDA, it does not provide a CUVID-like video decoder extension on its own.