use gpu or cpu for videos?

I recently just downloaded a 1080p mkv music video and I'm playing it with vlc, but it's lagging. any suggestions on how and what I should use so that the video will play smoothly? I have my m11xr1 oc'd and so is the gpu

also, if I wanted to update my nvidia gpu, where would I find the drivers? off dell's site or somewhere else?

 

My M11x (w/ Core I5--which is close in performance to the SU7300) averages 10-15% of the cpu and maybe 25% max playing 1080p (that's without vlc's gpu acceleration--discussed later), so first thing I'd do is check what's running in the background to make sure nothing else is eating up your cpu.

Second thing I do you already said--update your drivers. You can get some from support.dell.com, or if you search the forum because someone packaged a newer version for the R1 than is on Dell's website.

Third thing I'd do (if you haven't already) is enable gpu acceleration--which is a vlc setting that allows vlc to use your gpu rather than your cpu. This should make it work better even without using the 335m. On mine, vlc takes up like 2% cpu max doing this and has no lag playing 1080p files. Anyway, make sure you have the latest vlc (1.1.3), boot up vlc, hit ctrl-p, go to Video, and check the boxes for "Accelerated video output (Overlay)" and "Use hardware YUV->RGB conversions".

 

Believe it or not, you can play 1080p content smoothly via integrated graphic card of even M11xR1. The key is to enable DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration), which is supported by Intel integrated graphic card. How to do this here:
Watching h.264 videos using DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) >> My collection of short anime reviews

Oh and ditch VLC, it's trash.

 

Agree. The 335's only purpose in life should be games.

 

I'm still having trouble getting the gpu to do all the work