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Originally Posted by Sirber
H264 is more complex than WMV. You need a better CPU.
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Or a Graphics-card that can accelerate it.
Next-Gen. Cards pretend to be able to accelerate h264. (Nvidia claims already 7800GTX can do this)
About HD-WMV accel.: Get the appropriate patches from Microsoft (unfortunately bundled with DRM-updates) and CPU% will go back to 40-50 % for "Step into liquid". Unfortunately this works only in Windows Media Player (not MPC etc.)
Works with Ati Cards 9500 and above and Nvidia Geforce6 Cards (except NV40).
Edit: "Step Into Liquid" 1080p is one of the "heaviest" Examples of HD-WMV, if this runs smooth, most should. Interestingly, other 1080p Clips that look even complexer often use far less CPU%...