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I have a 1080p h264 mkv that stutters at the same point every time.
Dropping 100 frames in a few seconds. CPU utilization 60%. mpc and vlc don't have this problem.
Sync playback to display checked. Although it happens with any combination of playback options anyway.
Was on 10.1
Upgraded to nightly - same problem. What am I missing here help me.
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2011-10-03, 20:53
(This post was last modified: 2011-10-03, 21:07 by alexrose1uk.)
XBMC's current inbuilt video decoder doesn't support multithreaded CPU decoding; check GPU decoding is enabled if your machine supports this, if not it could be the lack of CPU MT support causing the issue, or potentially the video decoder XBMC uses ATM just doesn't like that section of file as it's not the most cutting edge (I have files that just don't like DVDPlayer at points).
The choices you have if the last section is the case are either use an external player, or give DSPlayer a try.
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Turn on DXVA in playback settings.
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Hahah, knew I forgot something in my post (that was it).
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2011-10-03, 23:09
(This post was last modified: 2011-10-03, 23:13 by alexrose1uk.)
IIRC When Dharma went out there was frustration because Camelot (the previous) version DID have CPU MT support, but when they updated the code, they discovered the old MT hacks no-longer worked; and XBMC hasn't had a significant update to it's player yet which'll resolve this.
From what I've head, the next time the playback engine is updated CPU MT should be restored.
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Use DSPlayer Rev 553d719 its basically the same as Dharma then you can run multithreaded using either the default MPCVideoDec or maybe LAV Video
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Thanks for the suggestions but a minor overclock solved the issue for me.
