I'm having trouble playing VC-1 encoded BD rips (MKV format, all ripped from my own BD collection) on my "new" Athlon X2 computer.
I previously had a Core 2 Duo E6600 which had no problem decoding VC-1 streams in software, but that system's motherboard died recently. I just moved into a house, so money's tight. A friend kindly gave me a computer he no longer uses.
The specs are:
Asus M2N-E motherboard
Athlon X2 4600+ 2.4GHz
8GB DDR2/667 (4 of which came from my old system)
8800GTS (also from my old system. It's G80-based, so it doesn't have a hardware video decoder)
This system has no problem with MPEG2 and H.264--only VC1 gives it trouble. I've tried Win7's built in decoder, MPC Video decoder, and LAV. All of them struggle maintaining 24fps with VC1 rips. Also, MPC-HC never uses more than 80% of the CPU; It usually bounces around 50-75.
I was using the same video card, OS, and codecs on my old C2D system.
Anyone know what might be the problem with the new system, or know of a more efficient VC-1 decoder? Thanks.