is faster than Badaboom, an encoder that uses NVIDIA's CUDA to accelerate encoding, but has a higher CPU utilization than Badaboom. One review reported visual problems with iPod and WMV playback using Catalyst version 8.12, and although concluding there was no clear winners, if forced to choose would go with the Avivo converter. Software support ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre Corel WinDVD Media Player Classic Home Cinema MediaPortal Cyberlink PowerDVD Microsoft Windows Vista internal MPEG-2 decoder Nero (software suite) All Linux players supporting Xv output (with AMD Catalyst 9.1 or newer) See also Unified Video Decoder (UVD) Video Coding Engine (VCE) References External links Beyond3D AVIVO preview PC Perspective article ATI Technologies Video acceleration