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The nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder combines the industry’s highest quality DVD and MPEG-2 playback with rich surround sound audio and provides the best experience with Microsoft Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition.The nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is now the new name of the nVIDIA DVD Decoder.

Featuring Dolby® Digital surround sound audio and hardware-accelerated video on all Microsoft DirectX® compatible graphics processors, the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder, a plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player and Media Center Edition, delivers unmatched color fidelity and smooth DVD, video, and TV viewing. The NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is also the best way to experience NVIDIA PureVideo on your NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6 and 7 Series GPUs, enabling smooth, vibrant, and vivid videos.

The NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is the first software decoder to receive the “Designed for Media Center Edition” certification, ensuring that it will deliver premium video quality and unmatched performance for Media Center PCs. In addition, the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder supports the transcoding function for Windows Mobile Portable Media Centers found within Windows Media Player.

Features of nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-196:
- Enables DVD viewing with Microsoft Windows Media® Player or Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition
- High quality MPEG-2 decoder supports any third party software application based upon Microsoft DirectShow
- Enables PureVideo technology on GeForce 6 Series GPUs
- Dolby Digital surround sound decoding
- Minimizes CPU utilization by offloading the MPEG-2 decoding onto the graphics processor
- Enables advanced de-interlacing
- Decodes high-definition MPEG-2 streams for ATSC tuners
- Supports Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers allowing end users to transcode MPEG-2 content into Windows Media Video 9
- S/PDIF pass through for external decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS (compatible hardware required)

Changes in nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-196 :
- Support for High Definition (HD) inverse telecine on compatible GPUs. See http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo.html for a list of supported GPUs.
After installing the PureVideo Decoder and using the MCE "speaker setup" wizard to select 5.1 speakers, the audio will only be set in 2 channel stereo mode. This is a known issue with Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup2. You may download this patch to fix the problem. The patch sets the proper value for 5.1 analog and must be run after using the speaker setup wizard. Note: You must run this patch every time after you run the wizard in order for the settings to remain active.
- Other compatibility fixes, click here to view the User’s Guide

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The nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder combines the industry’s highest quality DVD and MPEG-2 playback with rich surround sound audio and provides the best experience with Microsoft Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition.The nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is now the new name of the nVIDIA DVD Decoder.

Features of nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-150:
- Enables DVD viewing with Microsoft Windows Media® Player or Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition
- High quality MPEG-2 decoder supports any third party software application based upon Microsoft DirectShow
- Enables PureVideo technology on GeForce 6 Series GPUs
- Dolby Digital surround sound decoding
- Minimizes CPU utilization by offloading the MPEG-2 decoding onto the graphics processor
- Enables advanced de-interlacing
- Decodes high-definition MPEG-2 streams for ATSC tuners
- Supports Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers allowing end users to transcode MPEG-2 content into Windows Media Video 9
- S/PDIF pass through for external decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS (compatible hardware required)

Changes in nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-150 :
- Compatibility Fixes for New Windows Media Center BETA
- Windows Media Player 10 and Media Center Edition, added seamless playback of ATSC and DVB transport streams in both SD and HD formats.
- Improved the smoothness of HD MPEG-2 material for Windows Media Player 10.
- Windows Media Encoder 9 - added support for UVYV output formats
- Set Smart de-interlacing control setting as the new default.
- Implemented a method for catching bad edits (gapping time stamps) from 3-2 film, and soften them in - Smart mode. This helps eliminate the combing effect in some scenes of the "Making of the Big Lebowski."
- Implemented support for inverse 2-2 mode.

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nVIDIA PureVideo Decoder 1.02-150

“I had the opportunity to pick one of these up during a visit to Seattle, but I didn’t take it because it would have been incompatible with my UK X-Box, a shame really as it is one thing I have always wanted my X-Box to do. However, I rest assured that I know it is coming…”

So you have a Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE) PC and it’s been working wonderfully but you want more. You want to be able to play back those recorded TV shows, audio files, and photographs from other locations in your home. Perhaps your PC is located away from your home theater system where you would ideally like to view your content. Well to meet these needs, Microsoft unveiled the Media Center Extender (MCX) concept in the beginning of 2004. We’re just now seeing the first examples of these MCX systems.

A in-depth review by flung over at WhiningDog can be found rather coincidentally at WhiningDog.

What a cool remote!

Jed Rose also let me know that a support webcast occured last night:

You can now enjoy media content in new ways in your home with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Media Center Extender, and Windows Media Center Extender for Microsoft Xbox. Whether it is live TV, recorded TV, or digital music, you can broadcast digital entertainment throughout your home. Media Center Extender devices connect a Media Center PC with TVs and monitors in the home so that you can enjoy TV, photos, music, and movies on any TV in your house. Expert Zone columnist Barb Bowman explains how to set up and use these new technologies at home and how to obtain help from the online community when you need it.

You can download the presentation video or even view the powerpoint presentation from the relevent page:

target=_blank>Expert Zone Support Webcast: Using Media Center Extender networks in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005