[davilla]

Yep, looks like its dropping frames when the CrystalHD decoder kicks in:

Some frame drop is normal and expected as video and audio get sync'ed. This will also occur when seeking. I hope to improve this once I can shift fully to the new API.

[BorisTheMidget]

Hey mate,

yer it seems to happen about every 15-20 seconds over the 10 minute period i tested it for.

Seems it a bit odd, that's all.

Did you want me to do do a log dump/pastbin etc to the other thread?

-Boris

[davilla]

Hey mate,

yer it seems to happen about every 15-20 seconds over the 10 minute period i tested it for.

Seems it a bit odd, that's all.

Did you want me to do do a log dump/pastbin etc to the other thread?

-Boris

When you see frame drops in the OSD for decoder info, what is aq, vq and a/v doing ?

[.:B:.]

Did you have a chance to look at my MKVs davilla?

[davilla]

Did you have a chance to look at my MKVs davilla?

Not on a chd equipped box yet. Traveling right now.

[BorisTheMidget]

Hi davilla,

apologies for the delay, i've been travelling too. But here is the info mate.

So the screenshots posted give you an idea of what i see in 1080p, but to answer your question:
- aq stays at 99% (solid)
- vq bumps between 90% <--> %95
- a/v doing 0.01 <--> 0.02 (sometimes drop to a -0.0 for a very brief time)
- CPU 40% <--> 50%

in 720p mode, here is what i see for comparison:
- aq stays at 99% (solid)
- vq bumps between 95% <--> %97
- a/v doing: 0.02 <--> 0.03
- CPU 20%

thanks dude!

-Boris

[davilla]

Hi davilla,

apologies for the delay, i've been travelling too. But here is the info mate.

So the screenshots posted give you an idea of what i see in 1080p, but to answer your question:
- aq stays at 99% (solid)
- vq bumps between 90% <--> %95
- a/v doing 0.01 <--> 0.02 (sometimes drop to a -0.0 for a very brief time)
- CPU 40% <--> 50%

in 720p mode, here is what i see for comparison:
- aq stays at 99% (solid)
- vq bumps between 95% <--> %97
- a/v doing: 0.02 <--> 0.03
- CPU 20%

thanks dude!

-Boris

"yer it seems to happen about every 15-20 seconds over the 10 minute period i tested it for." Is ^^ what you see when you get the periodic framdrop ?

[BorisTheMidget]

Yep

[.:B:.]

Davilla, did you get a chance to look at my samples?

[davilla]

Davilla, did you get a chance to look at my samples?

* davilla runs and hides

EDIT: Those WestWing samples play fine on all my ATVs and other boxes, since they are SD, ffmepg is doing the decode and not crystalhd. Very few drops and holding steady at 24fps.

[.:B:.]

Thanks for testing. That pretty much means the problem is on my end. Were you using trunk or the Dharma branch? I'll test again with Dharma 32544 tonight. If the issue persists then maybe it's something else...

[davilla]

Thanks for testing. That pretty much means the problem is on my end. Were you using trunk or the Dharma branch? I'll test again with Dharma 32544 tonight. If the issue persists then maybe it's something else...

svn trunk but that should be close to Dharma branch as there have been several backports of trunk commits to Dharma.

[BorisTheMidget]

Hey Davilla, your thoughts on my issue? (don't recommend a shrink, my wife already has)

(i did mention this was windoze 7 64bit right?)

[.:B:.]

Davilla, I found the problem. Apparently De-interlace was set to 'auto', which would made Xbmc go bonkers, the codec overlay showed 48 fps and the log said 24 fps. If I set it to none, the problem goes away. Funny thing, I never touched the de-interlacing setting.

[davilla]

Hey Davilla, your thoughts on my issue? (don't recommend a shrink, my wife already has)

(i did mention this was windoze 7 64bit right?)

Icky I don't have an boxes setup for windows and crystalhd so I don't have any recommendations Best would be to post something over in the XBMC for Windows section. I know others are using CrystalHD under Windows and they might have some insight.