2010-06-21, 11:16
EDIT: Jitter problems for videos have been solved. However there is now a constant audio offset problem - see this thread please: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=5...post561889
Hello,
My first post here so I hope I'm doing everything right.
Just last weeked I got myself an HTPC, Asus EEE Box 1501, which is based on Nvidia ION -chipset and graphics adapter and Intel Atom 330 dualcore CPU and 2 GB memory and so forth. It's running a fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium and currently only has a very light software load on it and I'd like to keep things that way (meaning: not many background processes such as antivirus).
Drivers for Nvidia ION chipsets, graphics adapter, Realtek LAN-chip and Realtek audio are the newest found on thei respective official driver sites.
I have the newest MPC-HC nightly build installed and I also installed XBMC Nightly Build version R31198 (found here: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/win32/ ). I got the Nigtly Build because I needed the DXVA(2)-support because my HTPC will not be able to decode HD-video with software. I have installed 0 codecs / codec packs of any sort.
The problem is that when I play 720p video on MPC-HC it looks just fine. No problems there. Most of the MPC-HC settings are still on default because I haven't had too much time to tune things.
But with XBMC, there is some jitter/stutter/lag that's almost not noticeable, but still I can see it's there and it distracts me a lot when I'm trying to watch shows. It's almost some sort of "microstutter" and I'm quite certain it's not about ION not being able to handle my videos but it's some setting or bug or some other issue there. How can I fix this? Is it some kind of sync issue? The display I'm using is Sony Bravia 40V4000 (40" LCD).
The test video I'm using is a 720p h.264-video on an MKV-container encoded with x.264.
By the way, what's the difference between DXVA (MPC-HC) and DXVA2 (XBMC)?
Bonus-question: Do I need Haali Media Splitter on my computer? So far everything I've tried has played well even without Haali installed, so what would I need it for? Before I thought it's required to play videos in MKV-containers.
Hello,
My first post here so I hope I'm doing everything right.
Just last weeked I got myself an HTPC, Asus EEE Box 1501, which is based on Nvidia ION -chipset and graphics adapter and Intel Atom 330 dualcore CPU and 2 GB memory and so forth. It's running a fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium and currently only has a very light software load on it and I'd like to keep things that way (meaning: not many background processes such as antivirus).
Drivers for Nvidia ION chipsets, graphics adapter, Realtek LAN-chip and Realtek audio are the newest found on thei respective official driver sites.
I have the newest MPC-HC nightly build installed and I also installed XBMC Nightly Build version R31198 (found here: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/win32/ ). I got the Nigtly Build because I needed the DXVA(2)-support because my HTPC will not be able to decode HD-video with software. I have installed 0 codecs / codec packs of any sort.
The problem is that when I play 720p video on MPC-HC it looks just fine. No problems there. Most of the MPC-HC settings are still on default because I haven't had too much time to tune things.
But with XBMC, there is some jitter/stutter/lag that's almost not noticeable, but still I can see it's there and it distracts me a lot when I'm trying to watch shows. It's almost some sort of "microstutter" and I'm quite certain it's not about ION not being able to handle my videos but it's some setting or bug or some other issue there. How can I fix this? Is it some kind of sync issue? The display I'm using is Sony Bravia 40V4000 (40" LCD).
The test video I'm using is a 720p h.264-video on an MKV-container encoded with x.264.
By the way, what's the difference between DXVA (MPC-HC) and DXVA2 (XBMC)?
Bonus-question: Do I need Haali Media Splitter on my computer? So far everything I've tried has played well even without Haali installed, so what would I need it for? Before I thought it's required to play videos in MKV-containers.