WinDVD8 / PowerDVD: HD playback & SMP

[Doom9]

I haven't done too much testing yet, but especially with AVC titles I seem to be getting some stutter in high bitrate scenes. Looking at the CPU usage, it's not even 60% which seems to be an indicator that those $100 pieces of software aren't even SMP capable. Can anybody else confirm or deny that?

[arfster]

PowerDVD splits the load between cores perfectly, has done for ages. Of course, there are a bundle of other potential HDCP and driver issues out there which can cause stutters.