play 1080p mkv in 10.5 or Vista x64

[CrossFireXT17]

Hey everyone, I have a brand new Macbook Pro, but looking on how I can play some of my 1080p MKV files. I heard from one of my friends that trying to use VLC only uses one of the cores, so that's why it can't play the 1080p file with ease.

I have Vista x64 Ultimate on Boot Camp (Which I have VM Ware fusion, so I could use that as well), is there a way to play the 1080p file in Vista with full hardware? Also would I be able to use it through VMWare and still play it full speed?

 

[jayhawk11]

Hey everyone, I have a brand new Macbook Pro, but looking on how I can play some of my 1080p MKV files. I heard from one of my friends that trying to use VLC only uses one of the cores, so that's why it can't play the 1080p file with ease.

I have Vista x64 Ultimate on Boot Camp (Which I have VM Ware fusion, so I could use that as well), is there a way to play the 1080p file in Vista with full hardware? Also would I be able to use it through VMWare and still play it full speed?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/441534/

 

[CrossFireXT17]

yea I already tried Perian, and it works to play the file, but the file still doesn't play well, and I think my macbook pro should be able to play it

 

[Chrysaor]

Perian 1.1 has bug with H264 content, it will play very choppy especially on 1080p. Downgrade to 1.0.

OS X is not a good platform for playing HD content, it will not take advantage of GPU acceleration, playback is entirely dependent on the CPU. System will heat up and use a lot of power.
Windows can take advantage of GPU to accelerate video performance and it will use much less power and CPU.

 

[CrossFireXT17]

yea thats what I thought, but I don't know exactly how to use it in Vista very well

 

[alphaod]

Or you can use VLC which doesn't have those issues.

As with video acceleration, I have the PureVideo HD Platinum decoder which ends up with the computer using almost no CPU cycles.