# VLC player GPU decoding?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vlc-player-gpu-decoding/300076>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vlc-player-gpu-decoding/300076 "2009-11-16T00:35:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vlc-player-gpu-decoding/300076/1 "2009-11-16T00:35:42Z")

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Does any of you know how to turn on GPU decoding with VLC? I went into the start menu and selected “OpenGL” mode from the VLC folder, but my 720p WMV’s are still taking 40% of CPU load and my GPU temperature doesn’t even increase.