Splash 3.0 beta

Well it play files good enough with nice interface to warrant a good review, HOWEVER :

- Subtitle not automatically loaded even when set
- NO styled subtitle support (fail for anime)
- Some missing code, try playing vorbis with this
- Very crude playlist, try dragging file from explorer to the playlist (not the main window)

Still it has come a long way for such a young player. Personally, I'd like a DS filter support...

Just installed Splash to give it a try. Currently i'm using MPC-HC with EVR for GPU and ffdshow for software video decoding. Wanted to see if this software can play some of the streams that MPC-HC has huge problems with (poor quality of AVCHD from camcorders, not using GPU on Apple movie trailes on my nVidia GTX etc.).

I must say that I was impressed. First of all I was suprised how fast Splash opens video streams comparing to other players (2-5x times faster). Next, AVCHD playack - very smooth motion with high quality deinterlacing. Apple trailers are being decoded on GPU (so yes it can be done).

Finally just wanted to check if they really have their own AVC codec and compared CPU load with ffdshow. Most of the time Splash seemed to consume less CPU power (Apple trailers for example). It also can decode AVCHD high quality content in great quality on my 2.16Ghz C2D in software.

Because this software is still in beta (and has some bugs) i'm going to stick to MPC-HC for everyday usage. But if you are looking for a good AVCHD player and GPU support for video decode and have problems enabling it using other players than you might give it a try as it is free.