WMP the CPU takes up too high when playing video

Under the Win XP system, many users have turned on the video acceleration function of win Media player (hereinafter called WMP) player, in this way, can be a better HD playback effect for some old graphics cards. When the operating system to win 7 o'clock, the vast majority of users of the hardware environment, has been able to respond well to the needs of high-definition playback, therefore, in Win XP play a role in the video acceleration function, now a bit outdated.

Problem: Win7 under WMP 12 when playing video, the CPU usage rate is too high.

This article highlights: The XP era is very good function, in the Win7 era may not still be appropriate.

Win 7 users use WMP 12 to play high-definition video files, often found that the CPU usage is high, and even 100% occupancy rate, which is likely because WMP 12 turned on the video acceleration function. Video acceleration, in the Win XP era has a certain practical significance, but now can smooth running the Win 7 hardware environment, basically already can meet the needs of high-definition playback, so we can shield it to save system resources.

Run WMP 12, click tools → options, switch to the "Performance" tab in the pop-up dialog box, and cancel the "DirectX Video acceleration with WMV files enabled by default" of the program.

After the modification is complete, save the settings and exit.

Turn off the WMP video in Win7 to accelerate the way to CPU buck this article reads as follows:

With the hardware update and development, some of the previous in the Win XP system can play a functional function, in the Win7 system, the functionality has been gradually lost. Users in the actual use of the process, can be based on the actual situation to choose and save system resources.