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frotzamuta · (This post was last modified: 2013-02-17, 12:55 by frotzamuta.)

Hi,
after I Upgraded to Frodo Video Playback of 1080p Files is very choppy. About 100 framedrops per minute. If I switch of vertical blank sync the drops reduce.

Has anyone an idea whats wrong?

Frotza

**bobo1on1** · 2013-02-16, 00:35

DXVA might be off or not working, or the refreshrate is set at 24 hertz, the videofile has an fps higher than 24 and adjust refreshrate is off or not working.

frotzamuta · 2013-02-16, 00:48

No, nothing of these is correct.
DXVA ENABLED
Auto adjust refresh rate ENABLED and working correct

If I disable DXVA and choose the software renderer playback is also good, but CPU load of course pretty high (Intel i5). I want to use DXVA

bluray · 2013-02-16, 01:05

Have you check audio output in Frodo? The Frame drops may be caused by wrong audio output configurations. Here are some tips- Audio output configurations......

frotzamuta · 2013-02-16, 01:10

Some additional information
OS: Win 7 Pro 64bit
Aero enabled
GPU: Nvidia 425M
CPU: Intel i5...

XBMC Settings
Video / Playback:
- Renderer: DXVA
- Allow DXVA2 enabled
- Auto refreshrate enabled

System / Video:
- Use fullscreen window disabled
- vertical blank sync always enabled

I did not have this problem on XBMC 11

frotzamuta · (This post was last modified: 2013-02-16, 01:28 by frotzamuta.)

I checked all the audio settings and everything was correct already.
Audio is also bitstreamed correctly to AVR

I also have to correct the number of frame drops... it are about 100 all 5-10 seconds... Sad

With DXVA CPU load is at about 3%, with software renderer it is at 25-30%. So DXVA is working correctly

bluray · (This post was last modified: 2013-02-16, 17:08 by bluray.)

(2013-02-16, 01:23)frotzamuta Wrote: I checked all the audio settings and everything was correct already.
Audio is also bitstreamed correctly to AVR

Are you bitstreaming using Intel iGPU or Nvidia? What is your AVR made/model? Can you post the printscreen of your Frodo audio output in here?

frotzamuta · 2013-02-16, 12:48

OK, I got the problem...
I had a mistake in audio settings... it looks like I was blind. I did not switch to 7.1 audio.
Making all settings exactly like in your screenshots solved the problem.
Thank you!

bluray · 2013-02-16, 17:08

(2013-02-16, 12:48)frotzamuta Wrote: OK, I got the problem...
I had a mistake in audio settings... it looks like I was blind. I did not switch to 7.1 audio.
Making all settings exactly like in your screenshots solved the problem.
Thank you!

I'm glad that you got it to work.... Nod

frotzamuta · 2013-02-17, 12:56

I'm sorry, but I was wrong! It worked, but after a standby period of the system the video again is stuttering Sad

xbmcg · 2013-02-22, 17:24

I have the same issue...

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=155614

Also Cuts lead to video stop / break-dance for 5-10 seconds, while audio works OK.

on EDEN same file plays flawless. No dropouts at all.
Frodo seems to be a step back regarding playback quality... Confused

frotzamuta · (This post was last modified: 2013-02-22, 23:53 by frotzamuta.)

Damn, I want this solved.
I have two options to get flawless plyback of 1080 and 720 files.
1.) Switch of DXVA (works good, as I have enough CPU power)
2.) Switch of vertical blank sync (ugly vertical lines in picture)

So option 1 is my current setup, but I want DXVA working...

OK, now I think I got it. Switching deinterlacing in video settings during playback from ACTIVE to AUTO helped...

there are definately too many places for settings!

Livin · 2013-02-23, 01:54

These problems all started with Frodo RC3... different video encodings have different issues but they all work when DXVA is disabled.

I've posted 2 different and very specific bugs, with debug logs - neither has been addressed:

TRAC #13999 1080p MKV DTS-MA ... Slow Video Playback
TRAC #13962 New to RC3 - Video Playback color separation / shadows, looks like 3D

goldug · 2013-02-23, 03:36

I had this problem too until about 10 minutes ago when I installed the latest nightly.
Now it works flawelessly and stays at 24 FPS (old movie 720p). So I would recommend trying the latest nightly (XBMCSetup-20130222-2afa9c4-master.exe). Might work with an earlier one, don't know where to get the "release log" for the nightlies.