New Divx Player, ATI advanced pixel support, offical statement

Zardon · Apr 11, 2003, 11:25 PM

I had a chat with Terry in ATI about the recent Divx player release.

Q: Divx.com has just released a new version of their playback application which many users have noticed has a new feature for RADEON support. There is now an option which reads "Use accelerated post-processing for supported ATI RADEON hardware" in the Playback tab of the options for the player. Can you clarify what that is?

A: Well if you recall a press release that came out a couple of months ago http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2003/4599.html, we announced a strategic development and marketing agreement with DivXNetworks and ATI. The new player they released is the result of that partnership. What it means is that users of ATI ATI RADEON 9500/9600/9700/9800 series cards can use the advanced pixel shader power of their VPU to make the video content they watch using the DivX Player look even better. This is based on our FULLSTREAM technology that basically de-blocks (gets rid of the blocks sometimes found in video content) the content.

This player requires our upcoming CATALYST driver update (Version 3.3). This will be available by the end of this month.

Erroneus · Apr 11, 2003, 11:47 PM

2 very good news, excelent player with excelent ati support and new driver soon

Apr 11, 2003, 11:25 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	New Divx Player: ATI advanced pixel support, official statement I had a chat with Terry in ATI about the recent Divx player release. Q: Divx.com has just released a new version of their playback application which many users have noticed has a new feature for RADEON support. There is now an option which reads "Use accelerated post-processing for supported ATI RADEON hardware" in the Playback tab of the options for the player. Can you clarify what that is? A: Well if you recall a press release that came out a couple of months ago http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2003/4599.html, we announced a strategic development and marketing agreement with DivXNetworks and ATI. The new player they released is the result of that partnership. What it means is that users of ATI ATI RADEON 9500/9600/9700/9800 series cards can use the advanced pixel shader power of their VPU to make the video content they watch using the DivX Player look even better. This is based on our FULLSTREAM technology that basically de-blocks (gets rid of the blocks sometimes found in video content) the content. This player requires our upcoming CATALYST driver update (Version 3.3). This will be available by the end of this month.

Apr 11, 2003, 11:47 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,342 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	yeah 2 very good news, excelent player with excelent ati support and new driver soon __________________