Tag: Video

Hardware accelerated JPEG video decoder MFT from AMD

Video GPU vendors (AMD, Intel, NVIDIA) ship their hardware with drivers, which in turn provide hardware-assisted decoder for JPEG (also known as MJPG and MJPEG. and Motion JPEG) video in form-factor of a Media Foundation Transform (MFT). JPEG is not included in DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) 2.0 specification, however hardware carries implementation for the decoder.…

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AMD PowerXpress/Enduro switchable graphics DXGI issue

Yesterday I wrote about the NVIDIA Optimus problem with DXGI where Output Protection Manager API reported Intel certificate for NVIDIA DXGI adapter. AMD hybrid graphics known as “PowerXpress” (and most recently as “Enduro”) exhibits the same behavior: Adapters AMD Radeon HD 8850M Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 8850M Vendor Identifier: 0x1002 […]…

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MediaFoundationDxgiCapabilities: GPU preference & Hybrid GPU systems

I added a section that enumerates DXGI adapters with the help IDXGIFactory6::EnumAdapterByGpuPreference – this is included into the produced output. Unfortunately the method does not distinguish between dual GPU systems, such as with discrete GPU and additional CPU integrated Intel GPU… DXGI Capabilities NOTE: Baseline capabilities are corresponding to DXGI 1.1 Windowed Stereo: 0 DXGI_FEATURE_PRESENT_ALLOW_TEARING:…

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