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MediaShow Espresso 5.5
Express Video Conversion
EVEN FASTER: NVIDIA CUDA & ATI Stream Optimized
MediaShow Espresso's support for NVIDIA® CUDA™ and ATI ® Stream™ technology delivers huge gains when transcoding high-definition video content. Delivering up to 10X FASTER performance, MediaShow Espresso leverages the power of the GPU to the maximum and produces faster results.
Optimized for HD Transcoding into H.264
With faster speeds for HD video transcoding, you'll spend less time converting home videos to H.264, and more time enjoying your movie masterpieces. MediaShow Espresso allows the output of H.264 content for playback on PSP, iPod, iPhone and PS3 and a choice of video profiles for high quality or small file sizes.
NVIDIA CUDA supports the decoding of H.264 content too, delivering faster times for handling the overall conversion process by transferring the intial stage of decoding content from your computer's CPU to NVIDIA's GPU. This ensures that MediaShow Espresso now lets you convert your videos even quicker.
NVIDIA'S Supported Graphics Cards
NVIDIA CUDA technology enables MediaShow Espresso to achieve massive gains in converting video. MediaShow Espresso supports the following graphics card series from NVIDIA for transcoding video: GeForce, GeForce Mobile, Quadro, Quadro Mobile, and Tesla.
See below for a detailed list of supported graphics cards:
NVIDIA GeForce |
NVIDIA GeForce Mobile |
NVIDIA Quadro |
NVIDIA Quadro Mobile |
NVIDIA Tesla |
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GeForce GTX 280 |
GeForce 9800M GTX | Quadro FX 5600 |
Quadro NVS 360M |
Tesla S1070 |
GeForce GTX 260 |
GeForce 9800M GTS | Quadro FX 4700 X2 |
Tesla C1060 |
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GeForce 9800 GX2 |
GeForce 9800M GT | Quadro FX 4600 |
Tesla C870 |
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GeForce 9800 GTX+ |
GeForce 9700 GTS | Quadro FX 3700 |
Tesla D870 |
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GeForce 9800 GTX |
GeForce 9700 GT | Quadro FX 1700 |
Tesla S870 |
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GeForce 9800 GT |
GeForce 9650 GS | Quadro FX 570 |
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GeForce 9600 GT |
GeForce 9600M GS | Quadro FX 3600M |
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GeForce 9500 GT |
GeForce 9500M GS | Quadro FX 1600M |
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GeForce 8800 Ultra |
GeForce 9500M G | Quadro FX 570M |
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GeForce 8800 GTX |
GeForce 8800M GTS | Quadro Plex 1000 Model TV |
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GeForce 8800 GTS |
GeForce 8700M GT | Quadro Plex 1000 Model S4 |
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GeForce 8800 GT |
GeForce 8600M GT | |||
GeForce 8800 GS |
GeForce 8600M GS | |||
GeForce 8600 GTS |
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GeForce 8600 GT |
Accelerated Computing—ATI Stream

MediaShow Espresso's support for ATI ® Stream™ technology lets users leverage advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD graphics processors (GPU), working in concert with the systems central processor (CPU), to accelerate the video conversion process. This ensures more balanced system performance for faster handling of HD video transcoding.
Optimized for HD Transcoding
In conjunction with ATI Stream technology, MediaShow Espresso accelerates the conversion of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on various consumer electronics devices. Support is also available for UVD (Unified Video Decoder), a video decoding unit of ATI Stream that supports the hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec. Thus, MediaShow Espresso provides quick output of video content for playback on PSP, iPod, and iPhone platforms.
Maximum CPU Utilization
By leveraging accelerated computing power, MediaShow Espresso performs video transcoding significantly faster. Complete utilization of the CPU enables easier handling of processor-intensive functions such as HD video conversion. Check out the difference of your CPU performance with ATI Stream technology.
ATI's Supported Graphics Card
MediaShow Espresso optimized for ATI Stream supports the following graphics card series from ATI:
Note: in order to enjoy speed gains while transcoding you will need to install the ATI Avivo™ converter from the ATI website