ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.11
We have
just released ATI CatalystTM 9.11 for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows
XP, and Linux platforms on http://www.amd.com
Highlights of the ATI CatalystTM 9.11 Windows release
include:
New Features
GPU Acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash
Player 10.1 Beta
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This release
of ATI CatalystTM supports the new Hardware
Acceleration features of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta for video encoded in the
H.264 format. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta introduces hardware-based
H.264 video decoding to deliver smooth video playback, reduce system resource
utilization, and preserve battery life. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta is
expected to be available for download from Adobe Labs (labs.adobe.com)
before the end of the year. This
feature is supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5800, ATI Radeon HD 5700
and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products.
High Quality
downscaling for video transcoding MSE
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This
release of ATI CatalystTM includes an enhancement for the ATI Video converter
for users transcoding high quality interlaced content (1920x1080i @60i videos)
down to small resolution progressive content (320x240 @30p - iPod videos as an
example), by maintaining high visual quality when down-scaling by a significant
amount and converting interlaced video content to progressive.
Highlights of the Linux ATI CatalystTM 9.11 release
include
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
- This release of ATI CatalystTM Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
- RHEL 5.4 support
- openSUSE 11.2 early look support
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