MPEG Decoder Recommended Configuration

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The recommended video card for the MPEG decoder has the features listed in MPEG Decoder Requirements, plus:

• Super Video Graphics Array (VGA) card capable of at least 800 x 600 x 24 bits per pixel with a 60 hertz refresh rate
• Hardware acceleration compatible with the Microsoft® Direct3D® application programming interface (API)
• Broadcast cable television tuner that supports NTSC, PAL, and SECAM in foreign and domestic stereo versions
• Multiple composite and S-video jacks
• Optional decoding of arbitrary vertical blanking interval (VBI) data for NTSC, such as Intercast, from all composite inputs