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I have had issues playing back 1080p and 720p movies smoothly on my new TV. The TV is connected to an Asus Barebone which is capable of outputting 1080p on HDMI, but my preferred player has always been VLC. Sadly, I have come to realise that the since VLC uses built-in codec, it is very lacking when it comes to 1080p and 720p playback, i.e., H.264 decoding.

The issues I experienced was:

• Jittering
• Audio lag
• 720p could not be scaled to 1080p for playback
• 1080p playback in 1080p would just amount to large pixelated blocks on the screen
• and so on…

Unfortunately, this is really due to the lacking codec performance in VLC itself, but changing player and installing codec resolved 95% of my issue. The last 5% is really due to the lacking GPU power of my Asus Barebone’s ATI X1200 graphics card.

To get it working nicely, you need to:

• Install CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack).
• Replace VLC with Media Player Classic – Home Cinema, since it has the ability to use external codecs
• Buy and install CoreAVC, since CCCP only uses FFDShow for H.264 decoding, which sadly is slow compared to CoreAVC.

Here is the entire process, although if you want the short version; then read this CCCP Wiki article

Go to the CCCP website: http://www.cccp-project.net/

Download CCCP

Once downloaded to you prefered location, you will have the following application, double-click it to run it.

Installation Step 1, just click Next

Installation Step 2, just click Next

Installation Step 3, just click Next

Installation Step 4, just click Next

Installation Step 5, just click Next

Installation Step 6, just click Next

Installation Step 7, just click Next

Installation Step 8, just click Next

Installation Step 9, just click Finish to end the installation and open the CCCP settings.

Installation Step 10, the CCCP Settings, just click Next

Installation Step 11, the CCCP Settings, just click Apply

The CCCP installation has now completed and you will find the following new shortcuts in your Windows Start/Pearl Menu.

Next step is to download and install CoreAVC. Unfortunately, CoreAVC is a paid solution, but well worth the money.

Go to the  CoreAVC website: http://corecodec.com/products/coreavc

Go to “I want to” and select “Retreive my CoreAVC Download SN”

Go to “My Products”

Now log in using your credentials

Click on “View My Products”

Click on your purchased CoreAVC

Scroll down to the download option and start downloading CoreAVC

Once downloaded to your preferred location, you will have the following installer.

Now run the installer and you first see this splash screen:

Installation step 1, just click “I Agree”

Installation step 2, just click Next

Installation step 3, fill in your email address and the serial number provided from CoreCodec.

Installation step 4, now here is the important part!

Installation step 5, remove the checkmark next to Haali Media Splitter and click Next

Installation step 6, just click Install

Installation step 7, the installation process starts and it goes fairly quickly

Installation step 8, once the installation completes, click Close.

With the CoreAVC installation completed you will now have the following new shortcuts in the Windows Start/Pearl Menu.

In order for CoreAVC to be used rather than FFDShow, the CCCP settings need to be adjusted. Go to the CCCP folder and open the Settings

The CCCP Settings window opens.

Now remove the checkmark next to H.264/AVC and click Next

Complete the CCCP settings change with hitting Apply.

That was it, now test your files.