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USE HARDWARE ACCELERATION FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK | 4K HEVC 10bit | GPU DECODING GOOD or BAD ?

So as it seems that 4K is getting popular these days, but some people who have older computers may have some trouble playing 4K videos. Especially 10bit HEVC (x265) format. But the support for hardware decoding of HEVC 10 bit videos has been added few years ago. First of all lets see whether this hardware decoding is better than normal software(CPU) decoding compared with power. We won't be playing a game while watching a movie of course, at least not with a single monitor setup. So we can stop worrying about GPU usage going for 100% while watching a movie. But you could be doing many tasks with CPU while watching a movie. It is very practical. So lets turn into power consumption. This is very important for laptops. The following details are from a laptop with Intel Core i5 8250u with Intel HD graphics 620. File details. I used VLC media player latest version. All the Nvidia and Intel drivers used here are uptodate. Make sure you have the latest software and driv...

How To Transfer Files Between Your Android And Windows Wirelessly | No Additional Apps

So I was wondering if we can transter files between my android and laptop without worrying about the features that apps provide.Such as PC file transfer options which uses the web browser for uploading and downloading files.They are awesome,but only upto some point.Sometimes they wont work just as fast as you want them to. When transfering from your android to PC, you'll have to go through your complicated folder arrangement (which is usual) in android to locate and download them via the web interface.I myselft don't like this PC file transfer option which is supplied by the File Commander android app.I tried several other apps too.This post is for the people who dont have that option in your android File managing app and people who are like me,that dont like that web interfaced PC file trasferring. First I tried using the windows built in file sharing techniques.Which is usually sharing a folder on your computer to certian users on your network and allowing them to read ...

How To Delete Downloaded Windows Update files Win 7 | Speed up your PC

Actually these are temporary files so the title should have been how to delete temporary files in Windows 7.Now windows 7 is getting older and older so it has to download so many updates from Microsoft to work with latest softwares and devices.When you set to update and install drivers automatically in wondows 7 it will download all the updates needed and install them,you don't have to worry.But the problem here is windows forgets to delete those files after installing them so a large number of unwanted files are saved in your system you don't even know! So we have to delete those temporary files.Its very very easy and you don't need any DOS skills or any programming knowledge.But before deleting those files I think that you can save those files somewhere else on a USB drive or a DVD to use them later.So you don't have to download update files every time you re-install windows.Or you can use these files to update your friends PC![Never tested though] Now lets get ...