DXVA Checker Changelog

What's new in DXVA Checker 4.6.0

Apr 27, 2022
  • Now display maximum resolution of decoder device on the ToolTip
  • Fixed UI design issue on Windows11
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 4.5.5 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • Updated internal resource

New in DXVA Checker 4.5.4 (Dec 6, 2021)

  • Now hide unknown decoder device from the ListView
  • Added "Hide Unknown Decoder Device" option
  • Minor change

New in DXVA Checker 4.5.3 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Fixed infinite loop issue when checking DirectShow/MediaFoundation decoder under specific situations

New in DXVA Checker 4.5.1 (Oct 13, 2020)

  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 4.5.0 (Oct 10, 2020)

  • Added "AV1" to the format selection menu when checking DirectShow/MediaFoundation decoder
  • Added "Always On Top" option
  • Minor change

New in DXVA Checker 4.4.0 (Aug 15, 2020)

  • Added the following alternative names of Decoder Device (information from Steve Lhomme. Thank you):
  • HEVC_VLD_Main_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main10_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main12_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main422_10_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main422_12_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main444_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main444_10_Intel
  • HEVC_VLD_Main444_12_Intel

New in DXVA Checker 4.3.1 (Jul 19, 2020)

  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 4.3.0 (May 26, 2020)

  • Added the following alternative names of Decoder Device
  • AV1_VLD_Profile0
  • AV1_VLD_Profile1
  • AV1_VLD_Profile2
  • AV1_VLD_12bit_Profile2
  • AV1_VLD_12bit_Profile2_420
  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 4.2.1 (Apr 20, 2019)

  • Fixed Media Foundation decoder check prosess crash issue when GPU does not support D3D11 video acceleration
  • Fixed Device Information submit issue since April 18
  • Fixed "Show in Groups" setting issue on DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 4.2.0 (Mar 30, 2019)

  • Discontinued support for AMD VP9 hybird decoder
  • Fixed driver setting issue on specific intel iGPU
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor Changes, fixes and improvements

New in DXVA Checker 4.1.2 (May 19, 2018)

  • Fixed app crash issue on Radeon GPU under specific conditions
  • Fixed app error issue when using D3D11 video acceleration during video palyback and benchmark under specific conditions
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 4.1.1 (Apr 1, 2018)

  • Fixed wrong buffer size in presenter
  • Minor changes

New in DXVA Checker 4.1.0 (Mar 25, 2018)

  • Now show "VP9_Profile0_NoDXVA_AMD" on Decoder Device when your AMD Radeon GPU supports VP9 hybrid decode acceleration
  • Fixed error when checking device under specific conditions
  • Fixed error when checking DirectShow/MediaFoundation decoder on Windows Vista
  • Changed GPU selector to GPU menu
  • Added "Submit Device Information to Database" menu item to GPU menu
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 4.0.2 (Mar 4, 2018)

  • Added an index to the GPU engine name when there were more than one engine with the same name
  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 4.0.1 (Feb 18, 2018)

  • Fixed the same GPU was displayed in GPU selector when enabling extend on multi display
  • Fixed HEVC_VLD_Main was not displayed as supported mode in LAV Filters Version 0.71.0 when selecting "H.265/HEVC" for format

New in DXVA Checker 4.0.0 (Feb 10, 2018)

  • Added support for video playback and decode using D3D11 Video Acceleration
  • Added support for video playback using DXVA-HD Video Acceleration
  • Added GPU engine usage monitor (Winodws10 Fall Creators Update only)
  • Added support for HEVC Video Extension decoder and MPEG2 Video Extension decoder
  • Added support to check VP9 hybrid decode acceleration on AMD Radeon GPU
  • Fixed issue when selecting "VP9" for format in DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder Check
  • Added "Process Priority" setting on playback and decode performance setting form
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Changed "DXVA2" to "D3D9" in "Attribute" on DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Changed system requirements
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.15.3 (Apr 21, 2017)

  • Fixed bug that config file was not saved in case of new installation

New in DXVA Checker 3.15.2 (Apr 19, 2017)

  • Updated internal resource
  • Minor fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.15.1 (Apr 17, 2017)

  • Updated internal resource

New in DXVA Checker 3.15.0 (Jan 30, 2017)

  • Changed naming rule of vendor original device
  • Added "VP9_VLD_Intel" as an alternative name of Decoder Device
  • Added support for Intel iGPU in Video Acceleration Setting
  • Changed Video Acceleration Setting UI
  • Fixed Video Acceleration Setting issue under specific conditions
  • Added support to enable/disable DXVA for Microsoft MPEG Video Decoder MFT and Microsoft WebM MF VP8 Decoder Transform
  • Fixed wrong data of D3D11_GetDecoderBuffer and D3D11_SubmitDecoderBuffers event in trace log
  • Discontinued support for WindowsXP
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.14.0 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • Improved GPU detection process
  • Minor changes

New in DXVA Checker 3.13.0 (Feb 11, 2016)

  • Added support to select GPU
  • Added support to confirm GPU Usage and Video Engine Usage for NVIDIA GeForce series
  • Removed some D3D11 TraceLog events
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor changes

New in DXVA Checker 3.12.1 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • Fixed some of the device information was not displayed under WindowsXP

New in DXVA Checker 3.12.0 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Added "VP9_VLD_10bit_Profile2" as an alternative name of Decoder Device
  • Minor fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.11.0 (Dec 6, 2015)

  • Added support to enable/disable DXVA2 for Microsoft H265 Video Decoder MFT
  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 3.10.0 (Nov 8, 2015)

  • Added "MJPEG_VLD_PureVideo" as an alternative name of Decoder Device
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.9.0 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Added the following alternative names of Decoder Device: VP8_VLD, VP9_VLD_Profile0

New in DXVA Checker 3.8.0 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Now check 8K resolution for Decdoer Device and Processor Device
  • Changed "4KUHD" to "4K"
  • Fixed not detect "HEVC_VLD_Main10" when you select "H.265/HEVC" as format even if decoder support it
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.7.1 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • Fixed new version check process does not start issue in version 3.6.0/3.7.0

New in DXVA Checker 3.7.0 (Aug 30, 2015)

  • Added "MJPEG_VLD_ClearVideo" as an alternative name of Decoder Device
  • Removed "VP9and8_VLD_ClearVideo"
  • Improved check process of DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.6.0 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • Optimized device check process
  • Added "VP9and8_VLD_ClearVideo" as an alternative name of Decoder Device
  • Added support to select API version in Decoder Device Creator
  • Added support to select format(H.264/H.265(HEVC)/MotionJPEG/MPEG2/MPEG4/WMV9/VC-1/VP9/VP8) in DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder Check
  • Changed "Target Decoder" to "Target" and now select target decoder type (DirectShow or MediaFoundation or both) in it
  • Now show DXVA modes supported by DirectShow/MediaFoundation decoder even if you can't use it
  • Added support to enable/disable DXVA for Microsoft H265 Video Decoder MFT
  • Added support to check DXVA support of Media Foundation Decoder on DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.5.0 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • Improved file format support for Media Foundation
  • Removed the DXVA mode from decoder device selector in movie player if GPU does not support
  • Fixed Microsoft H265 Video Decoder MFT writes data to the GPU memory even when it fall back to software decoding in Decode Benchmark
  • Fixed Decode Benchmark does not start issue when the Media Foundation Decoder fall back to software decoding
  • Fixed scaling setting issue in movie player
  • Fixed output format of DXVA2 Decoder Device might not shown on ToolTip
  • Changed "QFHD" to "4KUHD"
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.4.0 (Apr 6, 2015)

  • Now can check caps of DXVA-HD/D3D11 ProcessorDevice for interlace and progressive at the same time
  • Added support to select 32bit or 64bit operation for DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder on 64bit Windows
  • Changed "Decode Performance" to "Decode Benchmark" and "Playback Performance" to "Playback Benchmark"
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.3.1 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • Fixed error message issue when click "Recheck Device"

New in DXVA Checker 3.3.0 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • Added support for DXVA using Direct3D11 in Decode Performance Benchmark for Media Foundation Decoder
  • Added "DirectionAdaptiveDevice" as an alternative name of Processor Device for AMD Radeon GPU
  • Changed "DXVA Decoding..." to "Decode Performance..." and "DXVA Processing" to "Playback Performance..." in Benchmark menu
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.2.1 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • Resolved Decode Benchmark not response issue when using MPC Video Decoder with DXVA
  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 3.2.0 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Added support for high DPI settings on Windows
  • Minor changes

New in DXVA Checker 3.1.2 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • Fixed not enable DXVA in movie player when using DirectShow Decoder and selecting "Auto" in "Decoder Device

New in DXVA Checker 3.1.0 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • No longer check resolution for Decoder Device without alternative name
  • Fixed can't create D3D11 Decoder Device in Decoder Device Creator
  • Removed renderer selection menu in DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder Check
  • Fixed might not change DXVA2 Decoder Device in Movie Player
  • Added support to select output format of decoder in Movie Player
  • Added original sink filter for decode benchmark (removed unneeded process when disable DXVA)
  • Added support to set repeat count of benchmark
  • Added support to change output(blit) resolution of DXVA Processor Device in DXVA processing benchmark
  • Changed "VMR" and "EVR" to "DXVA Processing" and "VMR Renderless" and "EVR Renderless" to "DXVA Decoding"
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.0.1 (Mar 3, 2014)

  • Fixed ArgumentOutOfRangeException issue
  • Fixed AsyncMFT was not checked in Media Foundation Decoder Check
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 3.0.0 (Jul 23, 2013)

  • Added support to check Direct3D11 video acceleration capability
  • Added the following alternative names of Decoder Device
  • HEVC_VLD_Main
  • HEVC_VLD_Main10
  • Added "Frame Format" option to "DXVA-HD" Tab
  • "DXVA-HD" Tab was moved to "Processor Device" Tab
  • "DSF/MFT" was changed to "DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder"
  • "OpenVideo Decode" Tab was deleted
  • Added support to check Direct3D11 video decoder profiles supported by Media Foundation decoder
  • Added renderer type menu (VMR, EVR) to "Recheck (Connect to Renderer)" and "Connect to Renderer" menu
  • DXVA2 Video Processor blit with native iamge size in benchmaking
  • DXVA2 Video Processor does not repaint in benchmaking
  • Added trace logging for Direct3D11 video acceleration operations
  • Added "Event" and "Process" filter setting to "Trace Log" Tab
  • Updated Video Acceleration Settings
  • Added "Apply" button to Video Accleration Settings Form
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 2.9.1 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • Added Min/Max value of FPS, CPU Usage and GPU Usage on Benchmark Result View

New in DXVA Checker 2.9.0 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Added the following alternative name of Decoder Device:
  • ModeH264_VLD_SVC_Scalable_Constrained_Baseline
  • ModeH264_VLD_SVC_Scalable_Baseline
  • ModeH264_VLD_SVC_Scalable_Constrained_High
  • ModeH264_VLD_SVC_Scalable_Highh

New in DXVA Checker 2.8.2 (May 26, 2012)

  • Fixed might not start when using 64bit version

New in DXVA Checker 2.8.1 (May 26, 2012)

  • Minor fix

New in DXVA Checker 2.8.0 (May 21, 2012)

  • Added some input formats for Processor Device
  • Added "Connect to Renderer" option and "Force Close" button for DXVA Mode Check
  • Added VMR-9 Renderless and EVR Renderless for benchmark
  • Added support to select all DXVA2 modes supported by DirectShow/MediaFoundation decoder
  • Updated Video Acceleration Settings
  • Updated Movie Player
  • Updated DSF/MFT Viewer
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 2.7.0 (May 21, 2012)

  • Added Decoder Device Creator
  • Added DSF/MFT Tab
  • Fixed wrong DXVA information of LAV Video Decoder Version 0.45 in DXVA Mode Check
  • Changed DXVA setting method of DirectShow and Media Foundation decoders
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 2.6.2 (May 21, 2012)

  • Fixed start up issue when using AMD/ATI Radeon series under WindowsXP

New in DXVA Checker 2.6.1 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Fixed no result issue in DXVA Mode Check when using DivX Media Foundation MKV/AVI Source
  • Fixed CPU Usage was always 0% under a specific condition
  • Updated Video Acceleration Settings

New in DXVA Checker 2.6.0 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Added support to check 4K2K resolution of Decoder Device and Processor Device
  • Added support to check DXVA2 modes that can be used with DirectShow decoder and Media Foundation decoder
  • Improved stability for DirectShow/MediaFoundation Decoder DXVA Mode Check
  • Fixed DXVA-HD TabPage was always gray out
  • Added support for AMD APP SDK v2.5
  • Added support to disable Processor Device in Benchmark
  • Added support to disable Desktop Window Manager (DWM) composition in Benchmark
  • Removed support for VMR-7 in Movie Player
  • Updated Video Acceleration Settings
  • Minor changes and fixes

New in DXVA Checker 2.5.0 (Jun 23, 2011)

  • Added the following alternative names of Decoder Device:
  • ModeMPEG1_VLD
  • ModeMPEG2and1_VLD
  • ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_Simple
  • ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_AdvSimple_NoGMC
  • ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_AdvSimple_GMC
  • ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_Progressive_NoFGT
  • ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_NoFGT
  • ModeH264_VLD_Multiview_NoFGT
  • Changed the following alternative names of Decoder Device:
  • ModeH264MVC_VLD_Avivo -> ModeH264_VLD_Multiview_Avivo
  • ModeMPEG4ASP_VLD_Avivo -> ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_AdvSimple_Avivo