getting 1080p video files to work on studio xps 16

as the title says im having bother getting the laptop to play a rip of 300 in 1080p the file format is mkv i have all the usual codecs installed and i have tried it with wmp and vlc media cetner edition and cant seem to get it to work smoothly

not a good sign , maybe it will work better with bluray discs but i wanted to see how things go first before i start purchasing bluray discs for my machine

 

did you check whether your set the CPU to Performance mode (instead of power saver in the power options)

 

yeh it was in high performance mode and im sure somewhere in the vlc settings i checked that it had something about enabling the gpu to help decode video checked

i might download some 1080p samples from microsoft later to see what its all about, but was half expecting it to just work lol .... ohwell maybe not

 

What is the problem exactly? I'm having trouble with some artifacting and freezing when trying to play a 1080p mkv file. It loads up fine but periodically the colors will warp and sometimes the playback will freeze.

 

Thanks to TimeWriter for this one. Not sure if this will help, but check this out - works for me.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/accelerate-x264-1080p-movies-over-the-gpu-guide/

 

Use Media Player Classic Home Cinema - it supports GPU acceleration. I have a Nvidia card, so I just tick the DXVA internal filter and that takes care of it. Not sure about Ati cards though.

 

try downloading and installing CoreAVC Codec

 

I'd use Shark 007 VistaCodecPack. Works perfect for me!