Benefits of 64Bit PMS on Windows?

Not a preview.

It has been in the public releases since 1.29.0.6244 in September 2022 (Announcement thread).

As mentioned by @JaysPlex , you get hardware accelerated HDR to SDR tonemapping.

Another benefit is the use of zero-copy transcoding on Nvidia GPUs. Transcoding, whether HDR or SDR, is more efficient, as less data is moved across the system bus.

You can install the 64-bit version over the 32-bit version. The installer will detect and remove the 32-bit version.

If you fall back from 64-bit to 32-bit, you must first uninstall the 64-bit version (standard Windows uninstall). The installer for the 32-bit version has not been updated and does not know to look for the 64-bit version.

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