[mkmitchell]

System:
Athlon 64 X2 3800
2gb ram
I've tried both a GeForce 6800 and a 9600GSO
Windows server 2008
XBMC versions : 10.1, DSPLAYER, 11.2
This is a fresh install of windows with the newest updates and drivers for all my devices.

Problem - Any video (HD or SD) freezes after 7 to 9 seconds of playing. I can skip ahead and it again plays for 7 to 9 seconds before freezing again. I've tried this on XBMC versions 10.1, 11.2, and a custom one that had DSPlayer installed (I don't remember the name, sorry).

I've tried turning on DXVA hardware acceleration, and I have sync playback to display off.

VLC plays the videos fine and I believe I'm just going to setup that as an external player if I can't figure this out.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[mkmitchell]

By hitting "o" on the keyboard while the video is playing I can watch my "vq" drop from 100% to 0%. When it hits 0 it freezes.

CPU usage is <60%

[jhsrennie]

Enable debug logging from System settings, System, Debugging, and restart XBMC then wait a minute or two for all the startup tasks to finish. Start a video and wait for it to freeze. Skip ahead then wait for it to freeze again. Now stop the video and close XBMC.

Open the debug log by pressing Windows-R and in the Run dialog type:

"%appdata%\xbmc\xbmc.log"

(including the quotes). Click OK and the log should open in Notepad. Copy and paste the log into http://pastebin.com/ and post the link it gives you here.

JR

[mkmitchell]

Thank you very much. Here is the log:

http://pastebin.com/x6qzCdmx

[jhsrennie]

You have a problem with the audio output. Do you get the navigation sounds as you move around in XBMC?

Windows 7 and 2008 helpfully disable the audio device if it detects no speakers are connected, and this causes XBMC to hiccup. Try temporarily connecting a pair of headphones.

JR

[mkmitchell]

You hit the nail on the head. I enabled the audio service, plugged in some speakers and the movies play perfectly.

Thanks for your help!

[WiSo]

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