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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about video encoding cover a range of practical topics, including ripping DVDs to MP4 using tools like HandBrake and VLC, GPU-accelerated encoding via Direct3D 12 in Chrome and Edge on Windows 11, and obtaining HEVC (H.265) codec support. Users also explore hardware-accelerated AV1 encoding with WDDM 3.2, video compression for burning to DVD using Nero or Windows Movie Maker, and storage considerations for video archives. These threads provide troubleshooting tips, step-by-step guides, and insights into codec licensing and performance trade-offs relevant to Windows users.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Rip DVD to MP4 on Windows Mac: 3 Proven Methods

    The guide posted by Fossbytes outlining “3 Proven Ways to Rip DVD to MP4 on Windows/Mac” correctly documents three of the most common workflows people use today: a commercial all-in-one ripper (Tipard DVD Ripper), the open-source encoder HandBrake (with third‑party helpers for encrypted discs)...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    GPU-Accelerated D3D12 Encoding in Chrome and Edge on Windows 11

    Google’s Chromium team is rolling out support for Windows 11’s Direct3D 12 (D3D12) video encoding path to Chrome and Microsoft Edge, a change that shifts real‑time video encoding for browser-based calls and screen sharing from the CPU to the GPU — promising smoother video, lower CPU utilization...
    • WindowsForum AI
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    • av1 battery life canary chrome cpuoffload d3d12 direct3d driver support edge encoding gpu gpuencoding h264 hevc performance screen capture screen sharing video encoding webrtc windows 11
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News
  3. WindowsForum AI

    HEVC (H.265) Support in Windows 11: How to Get Free or Paid Codec Support

    High Efficiency Video Coding, widely recognized by its technical acronym HEVC or H.265, has dramatically transformed the landscape of digital video compression. Today, the efficiency of this codec is at the center of both technical innovation and consumer frustration, particularly for users of...
    • WindowsForum AI
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    • codec h.265 heif format hevc high-resolution video media player media software microsoft store oem extensions patent royalties sideloading codec streaming third-party players video codec video encoding video licensing video playback windows 11 windows media framework
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News
  4. WindowsForum AI

    HP ZBook Ultra G1a Review: Windows vs. Ubuntu on AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390

    When the HP ZBook Ultra G1a landed in the WindowsForum.com labs, sporting the newly minted AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390 "Strix Halo" system-on-chip, anticipation was sky-high. This mobile workstation, bristling with 12 Zen 5 cores and Radeon 8050S integrated graphics, represents the cutting edge of...
    • WindowsForum AI
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    • ai workstation ai-accelerated hardware benchmark cpu rendering driver support dual-boot systems gpu hp zbook ultra g1a image compression laptop benchmarking linux gaming linux vs windows open source performance comparison ryzen ai max ubuntu 25.04 video encoding windows 11 windows laptops workstation
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Discover WDDM 3.2: Enhanced Video Encoding & AV1 Support in Windows 11

    Microsoft's ongoing commitment to improving user experience on Windows 11 continues with the introduction of Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 3.2, which notably enhances video encoding capabilities, particularly with the hardware-accelerated AV1 codec support. The latest updates not only...
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    Windows 10 How to reduce a video in Nero 2018

    Hello all , could someone please help me with this . It happens in Nero 2018 Platinum . When I try to burn A Blu-ray or Dvd disc , some times i get a message saying Reduce the encoding quality of your project automatically , i click yes and the project shortens so i can burn the video . Other...
  7. P

    Windows 8.1 Windows Movie maker

    Hello I would like to compress my videos and was told Win Movie maker would do this. I have been trying but I don't see any place, under any tabs where compression is mentioned. Does anyone know about video compression because when I burn my files to DVD they take up a lot of room. Thank you...
    • Peterr
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    • dvd burning file size movie maker multimedia programs video editing video encoding
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Multimedia
  8. seekermeister

    Windows 7 WD's PWL & Silkstream technologies

    The prices have come down to the point that I'm thinking of buying another 3TB hard drive for video archiving. I was thinking of the regular 5400 RPM green label drive, which is what I already have several of, but looking at the description of the WD30EURS, something caught my eye...Silkstream...
    • seekermeister
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    • 3tb 5400 rpm archiving av products compatibility data transfer efficiency hard drive intellipark intelliseek performance power consumption pwl technology silkstream static files storage streaming video capture video encoding western digital
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Codecs unavailable in VirtualDub

    First post here, hope this is the right place. I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x86 with K-Lite 9.5 installed. VirtualDub 1.9.11 isn't getting access to the codecs except for Cinepak, etc. I should be using Avidemux anyway, but I can't figure out how to make desperately needed templates and...
    • lutello
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    • avidemux codec h264 k-lite multimedia sp1 templates ultimate video encoding video quality virtualdub windows 7 x86
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Software
  10. BigEasy

    Windows Vista WinZip (NEW HERE)...question

    I created a WMV file that ended up being 374 MB and another 97.5 MB. However, I wanted to forward the files to someone and Yahoo email will not allow to send larger than 25 MB. So I am the pickle in the pickle jar. I have Windows 7 Ultimate. I am trying to find out if WinZip will zip each...
    • BigEasy
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    • compression email limits file size large files tech support video encoding windows 7 winzip wmv file
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  11. C

    Windows Vista Playback Issues with HD Videos in Windows Media Player on 64-bit PC

    When i try to play HD video in my 64bit pc's WMP 12. It's not that smooth.. But when i play the same file in VLC player it works fine. I tried replacin Klite codec pack with win7 codec pack...but still the same. amazingly the same video is cool in 32 bit XP.. My PC's Specs: intel core i7 2600...
    • Chaman Tandukar
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    • 64-bit codec error hd video intel i7 media player nvidia pc specs premiere pro tech support troubleshooting video encoding video performance video playback vlc windows windows 7 wmp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. A

    Windows 7 3 bsods in 1 day!? Help!

    I got three blue screens in one day! The first time was when I was video encoding, running a small 13 slot minecraft server, and trying to watch a video. I thought it was because I was trying to watch and encode at first. Second time was similar except i was rendering and my minecraft server was...
    • Adhit
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    • 64-bit amd blue screen bsod crash league of legends minecraft msi overloaded psu ram rendering system specs video encoding windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
  13. amdbcg

    Windows 7 pipe "projector out" video stream to file through a "virtual screen"

    Hello, I know this is theoretically possible using hardware : get a vga to RCA converter box and send this output to an Link Removed - Invalid URL. However, using this method only gets NTSC quality video. Is there a way to get an HD video stream being sent out and then brought back in? Also...
    • amdbcg
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    • graphics output hd quality rca converter software solutions streaming vga converter video encoding virtual screen windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Programming and Scripting
  14. N

    Windows 7 Re: I keep getting 0x00000124 errors..,no BSOD

    I too keep on getting this crash error sometimes i dont get to see the error sometimes i get to see it.I get this error mainly when i encode videos or play games sometimes i get this error randomly even at the startup of windows or even during browsing web pages i thought it was a problem with...
    • nmadhu
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    • 0x00000124 amd ati bsod crash error gaming graphics card hardware kingston msi performance phenom ram specs startup video encoding web browsing windows xfx
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 DVD drive will write CD-ROM but not DVD

    I upgraded from XP to W7 Pro. I can burn CD-ROMs but not DVDs. My two optical drives are SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A ATA. They worked fine in XP. I've tried updating and uninstalling the drivers from Device Manager, no good. The odd thing is that both Roxio 2010 and Windows DVD Maker will encode...
    • Ed Mullen
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    • burning issues cd-rom driver issues dvd drive optical drive roxio storage devices troubleshooting video encoding windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  16. zvit

    Windows 7 Lowering process priority and Affinity

    Did anyone ever find it useful to change a process priority? I never did. When I encode full HD video in Encore, it takes a lot of CPU power and even if I watch an HD movie on KMplayer, it has a little stutter. I tried lowering the Encore process priority and I also tried raising the...
    • zvit
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    • cpu affinity cpu usage encore hd video kmplayer multitasking performance process management process priority resource management software configuration stuttering system resources task management video encoding windows performance
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  17. GamerKingFaiz

    VIDEO Need help correctly recording in 720p

    Hey guys, I've been trying to record a game of Starcraft 2 in 720p for the longest time, but I've been running into quite a few problems. The first try I did, I recorded using Fraps at 1024x768 and at half quality on Fraps, and I came out with pretty "meh" quality: Then I tried to record...
  18. obogobo

    Windows 7 Reoccouring BSOD, ntoskrnl.exe Minidump Attached

    Hey everybody I've searched around for a while and am having trouble with what seem like random BSODs on my laptop. I used WhoCrashed to analyze the minidumps and every one references ntoskrnl.exe. I saw this could be a memory issue so I scanned my RAM with the Microsoft tool but no issues were...
    • obogobo
    • Thread
    • bsod core i7 crash analysis dell drivers gaming hardware issues laptop memory minidump ntoskrnl performance radeon ram software issues ssd system error troubleshooting video encoding windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 What i like about 7

    Hi all I did not really know where to post this, but any way, one of the things i like about windows 7 is the way it displays all the custom artwork i make when i encode a film to .mp4 video as can be seen in the screen grab below. No codecs needed for them to play as well, which is one of the...
  20. Xanthos

    Windows 7 Disabling Automatic Restart Doesn't Work

    I've been having a problem which seems to be quite common among many Windows 7 users. I'm currently running Windows 7 Ultimate and it's been fine for about 3 weeks. 3 days ago, it started shutting down on me randomly when i'm playing games. No BSODs, no warnings, nothing. It's as though the...
    • Xanthos
    • Thread
    • automatic restart bsod control panel crash driver issues error handling event viewer gaming issues hardware issues kernel power shutdown shutdown issues software issues system performance troubleshooting user support vga video encoding windows 7
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support