[RustyKnight]

I've just download 9.11a2 to my ATV and mini mac.

The ATV works fine (actually, works really well), but when playing back the same video on my mini mac, the video and audio come out of sync - due to slow video playback.

Found this out on a fresh boot.

Any ideas or suggestions??

Shane

[davilla]

I've just download 9.11a2 to my ATV and mini mac.

The ATV works fine (actually, works really well), but when playing back the same video on my mini mac, the video and audio come out of sync - due to slow video playback.

Found this out on a fresh boot.

Any ideas or suggestions??

Shane

come on, you know the drill. post xbmc.log to a pastebin site. We don't guess.

[RustyKnight]

As per request...

http://pastebin.com/ma82c961

Mini - 2ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2gig 667hz, DDR ram, Snow Leopard 10.6.2

Cheers
Shane

[RustyKnight]

Sorry, media info as well:

General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 422 MiB
Duration : 23mn 6s
Overall bit rate : 2 553 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:25:53
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:43:12
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.3 2008112300

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 23mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 942 Kbps
Width : 768 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.176
Stream size : 321 MiB (76%)
Writing library : x264 core 65
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=crf / crf=18.9 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:25:53
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:43:11
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 23mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 244 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 26.4 MiB (6%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:25:53
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:43:08

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 23mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 74.0 MiB (18%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:25:53
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-23 05:43:08

[davilla]

09:02:32 T:2958364672 M:1231245312 WARNING: Upscale: possible given resolution increase.
09:02:32 T:2958364672 M:1231224832 WARNING: Upscale: selected algorithm 7

Turn off software upscaling, A Mini - 2ghz Intel Core 2 Duo does not have enough CPU to handle it.

[RustyKnight]

Really...never had issues with it before?

ed:
Okay, if the 2ghz mini can't handle it now, would the 2.26 be any better? What would suggest would be the minimum in regards to hardware (such as cpu/memory/video) to get this to work again??

Shane

[davilla]

Really...never had issues with it before?

ed:
Okay, if the 2ghz mini can't handle it now, would the 2.26 be any better? What would suggest would be the minimum in regards to hardware (such as cpu/memory/video) to get this to work again??

Shane

Before what, upgrading to 10.6 or to 9.11.a2 ?


2.26/2 = 1.13 or about 13 percent faster CPU. Software upscaling takes lots of CPU and my personal opinion is not worth the effort. Let the GPU do the upscaling instead of all these fancy upscaler that just edge enhance and blur to hid the resulting ringing.

Too many dependencies to predict, what upscaler algorithm, what video size are you upscaling, what display size are you upscaling to? Right off the bat, you have about 20-30 different combinations.

[RustyKnight]

Before what, upgrading to 10.6 or to 9.11.a2 ?

Sorry, keep forgetting you guys aren't mind readers.

Was working fine before install 9.11a2, had the previous "official" release.

Too many dependencies to predict, what upscaler algorithm, what video size are you upscaling, what display size are you upscaling to? Right off the bat, you have about 20-30 different combinations.

Generally, original video is at SD (576i) for PAL or smaller. Wish to upscale to the full screen which is something like 1920x1200...please don't laugh...

I'm kinda surprised that the ATV doesn't miss a bet but the mini (which in theory has a faster cpu) can't handle it.

I now you've probably got better things to do, but I do appreciate your input

Shane

[davilla]

Sorry, keep forgetting you guys aren't mind readers.

Was working fine before install 9.11a2, had the previous "official" release.



Generally, original video is at SD (576i) for PAL or smaller. Wish to upscale to the full screen which is something like 1920x1200...please don't laugh...

I'm kinda surprised that the ATV doesn't miss a bet but the mini (which in theory has a faster cpu) can't handle it.

I now you've probably got better things to do, but I do appreciate your input

Shane

9.11a2 on ATV is not doing any upscaling. It's disabled in the code (http://trac.xbmc.org/changeset/24356) .

Again, the GPU will do a good job of scaling video content to display size. Try it. In your case, the setting is on guisetting.xml in userdata dir.

[RustyKnight]

Again, the GPU will do a good job of scaling video content to display size. Try it. In your case, the setting is on guisetting.xml in userdata dir.[/quote]

Suppose you can't be a little more specific...what element am I looking for and what am I changing it to?? Throw me doc page if you like, a little reading won't hurt

[davilla]

Again, the GPU will do a good job of scaling video content to display size. Try it. In your case, the setting is on guisetting.xml in userdata dir.

Suppose you can't be a little more specific...what element am I looking for and what am I changing it to?? Throw me doc page if you like, a little reading won't hurt [/quote]

find highqualityupscaling in guisetting.xml, set it to 0.


grep highqualityupscaling ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/userdata/guisettings.xml

[RustyKnight]

Bingo!

That seems to have fixed it.

I will continue testing and see where it takes me.

Cheers for all the help!

[davilla]

Bingo!

That seems to have fixed it.

I will continue testing and see where it takes me.

Cheers for all the help!

np