VIA CX700M Chipset - Any Experience?
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Im struggling with the VIA drivers and overall performance of a Jetway Mini-ITX system board, which has this chipet and a VIA Eden C7 processor.
The chipset supposedly has the ability to decode MPEG2 and MP4/H.264 video, but currently it cant even display the overlay...
The chipset supposedly has the ability to decode MPEG2 and MP4/H.264 video, but currently it cant even display the overlay...
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Unfortunately, Jetways's support page looks like every other Taiwanese manufacturers page looked in 1998!
Ive always viewed VIA 4in1 type drivers with suspicion, but this is the worst Ive come across in years. To the best of my knowledge I have the latest everything, as all drivers have been downloaded (no disc).
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Ive always viewed VIA 4in1 type drivers with suspicion, but this is the worst Ive come across in years. To the best of my knowledge I have the latest everything, as all drivers have been downloaded (no disc).
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Whats vexing me and what I hadnt considered before was how MPEG2 or MPEG4/H,264 can actually be decoded in the chipset.
Surely all codec packs are going to struggle as if theyre relying on processing power: I only have a single core 1.2GHz tiddler available.
Surely all codec packs are going to struggle as if theyre relying on processing power: I only have a single core 1.2GHz tiddler available.
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Of course, to fully leverage that circuitry you absolutely need the correct drivers installed and loaded, and sometimes more importantly, for the manufacturer to have written good enough drivers to go with the hardware in the first place.
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I have an SB DXR3 Mark and the original Sigma Hollywood+. The difference is that they use a dedicated driver and application.
The drivers have all been downloaded from Jetways page for this particular board, but they seem to be generic at best. Id have been better off with a VIA board...
The drivers have all been downloaded from Jetways page for this particular board, but they seem to be generic at best. Id have been better off with a VIA board...
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I have an SB DXR3 Mark and the original Sigma Hollywood+. The difference is that they use a dedicated driver and application.
The drivers have all been downloaded from Jetways page for this particular board, but they seem to be generic at best. Id have been better off with a VIA board...
The drivers have all been downloaded from Jetways page for this particular board, but they seem to be generic at best. Id have been better off with a VIA board...
Anyhow, fished you out a link for another board that uses the same chipset, you might have better luck with the drivers on their site:
http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Pr...ort/LE-365.htm
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Youve misunderstood me: the output is due to the adapter card yes, but it isnt seamless - you fire up the app which relies on the driver and the app reads from the optical drive.
The 'hardware' MPEG processing in the CX700M northbridge is supposed to be seamless without the need for an application to control it - its supposed to happen when any MPEG compressed file is being accessed.
Its a shame that that Sigma stopped developing the cards...
Thanks for the link.
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The 'hardware' MPEG processing in the CX700M northbridge is supposed to be seamless without the need for an application to control it - its supposed to happen when any MPEG compressed file is being accessed.
Its a shame that that Sigma stopped developing the cards...
Thanks for the link.
Simon
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