CPU/GPU AMD APP decoder not available for HD6850 card?

[funkadelic]

Hi,

this is a question for DVD Fab 8.1.1.2

In the preferences->General->A/V Codec, when I try to select "AMD APP" for the video decoder for H.264, VC1, or MPEG2, i get the following alert dialogs, respectively:

- AMD APP H.264 decoder cannot be supported by your graphics card
- AMD APP VC1 decoder cannot be supported by your graphics card
- AMD APP MPEG2 decoder cannot be supported by your graphics card

in the "Codec Information" window on that page this is what is displayed:

Graphics Chipset : 
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series 

Supported Video Codecs : 
DXVA_MODE_H264
DXVA_MODE_VC1
DXVA_MODE_MPEG2

CoreAVC : cannot be detected.

I have an AMD Radeon HD6850 video card, which is supposed to support AMD APP. Is there something I am missing to enable AMD APP?

Here is my driver information for the 6850 (the AMD Catalyst Control Center app says it's up to date):

Driver Packaging Version	8.881-110728a-122939C-ATI	
Provider	ATI Technologies Inc.	
2D Driver Version	8.01.01.1178	
2D Driver File Path	/REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0002	
Direct3D Version	7.14.10.0855	
OpenGL Version	6.14.10.11005	
Catalyst Control Center Version	2011.0728.1756.30366	
AMD Audio Driver Version	7.12.0.7702

and my hardware info for the 6850

Primary Adapter		
Graphics Card Manufacturer	Powered by AMD	
Graphics Chipset	AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series 	
Device ID	6739	
Vendor	1002	
	
Subsystem ID	21F8	
Subsystem Vendor ID	1458	
	
Graphics Bus Capability	PCI Express 2.0	
Maximum Bus Setting	PCI Express 2.0 x16	
	
BIOS Version	013.007.000.003	
BIOS Part Number	113-AC91000-100	
BIOS Date	2010/11/15	
	
Memory Size	1024 MB	
Memory Type	GDDR5	
	
Core Clock in MHz	820 MHz	
Memory Clock in MHz	1050 MHz	
Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s	134.4 GByte/s

[Potti]

The latest driver architecture of AMT, not supported yet.

[markarich159]

You also need to download the AMD codec package for your card in order for DVDFab to recognize the AMD APP codecs are , in fact , available for use. For your particular Radeon HD 6850 GPU you would go here:

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx#3

(this is assuming your running windows 7 64 bit - if not go to amd.com click on support and drivers and choose the appropriate choices for your AMD Radeon HD card and OS and when you get to the appropriate download page, click on the "optional Download" tab)

and download the "AMD Media Codec Package" and install it. You will now be able to utilize the AMD APP decoders in DVDFab. Hope that helps.

[funkadelic]

ah! that was exactly what I needed. Now I can select AMD APP. thanks!!

[markarich159]

ah! that was exactly what I needed. Now I can select AMD APP. thanks!!

Glad I could help. I was going through the exact same thing you were until I saw a similar thread and someone gave me similar instructions.