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So the other day I updated my AppleTV to r33324 as well as CrystalHD rev 2.01 and noticed a huge amount of "waves" in my playback. By wave I mean the FPS would drop to around 12, jump up to 24, and then go back to 12. Is there a conflict with this XBMC revision and this new build? I rolled back to the old 1.03 crystalHD build and now I have almost no stuttering at all. This is a 720p MKV at ~10Mb/s variable bit rate.

I looked through my log and found nothing that hinted at a hiccup regarding the crystalHD. I guess I'm complaining for no reason since 1.03 and this new revision of XBMC plays 720p without hiccup for most of the time. Any clues?

Also, is there a different way I should go about installing the crystalHD drivers? I usually just download the newest build and FTP it to the AppleTV, chmod/chown it, and reboot.


Launcher 3.2.beta3
AppleTV with 5400rpm drive
Freshly rebooted
Current CrystalHD build 1.03 (problems on 2.01)
XBMC 10.0-beta1 r33324

[Jimmer]

Hi bcm70012 old-layout card here. Also had problems with 2.x crystalhd releases. However, I'm now on 3.6.0 and it's working great - even 1080p rips that would choke previously.

Just make sure that in Settings --> Video --> Playback you have:

"Adjust display refresh rate to match video" checked
"Sync playback to display" unchecked

and it should work fine.

Jim

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Hi bcm70012 old-layout card here. Also had problems with 2.x crystalhd releases. However, I'm now on 3.6.0 and it's working great - even 1080p rips that would choke previously.

Just make sure that in Settings --> Video --> Playback you have:

"Adjust display refresh rate to match video" checked
"Sync playback to display" unchecked

and it should work fine.

Jim

Well I just updated to 3.6.0 and I get audio but no video. Is the 3.6.0 build compatible with the AppleTV? My settings match yours. I guess I stick with 1.03 until I can figure out what's going on.

[davilla]

Well I just updated to 3.6.0 and I get audio but no video. Is the 3.6.0 build compatible with the AppleTV? My settings match yours. I guess I stick with 1.03 until I can figure out what's going on.

Of course 3.6.0 is compatible with the AppleTV. kextstat, dmesg and xbmc.log tells all if you are having problems. Use 3.6.0 and NOT 2.0.1.

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Ok I removed all traces of 1.03 and figured out that bcmFilePlayFw.bin was conflicting with these new drivers. Now playback appears completely stable after a small hiccup at load. Thanks for being patient with me.

I only questioned the compatibility with the AppleTV after seeing the DMA buffer comments in the source on Google Code.

[davilla]

Ok I removed all traces of 1.03 and figured out that bcmFilePlayFw.bin was conflicting with these new drivers. Now playback appears completely stable after a small hiccup at load. Thanks for being patient with me.

I only questioned the compatibility with the AppleTV after seeing the DMA buffer comments in the source on Google Code.

http://code.google.com/p/crystalhd-for-o...tail?r=151

[Einkoro]

Of course 3.6.0 is compatible with the AppleTV. kextstat, dmesg and xbmc.log tells all if you are having problems. Use 3.6.0 and NOT 2.0.1.

Is 3.6.0 16 or 8 DMA buffers on the AppleTV OS? I'm running 2.0.1 right now with only minor frame drop occasionally. Considerably less suttering than 1.x did but still not perfect.

[davilla]

Is 3.6.0 16 or 8 DMA buffers on the AppleTV OS? I'm running 2.0.1 right now with only minor frame drop occasionally. Considerably less suttering than 1.x did but still not perfect.

3.6.0 uses 8 for osx, that what I linked to.

[Einkoro]

3.6.0 uses 8 for osx, that what I linked to.

Alright thanks for the info. Upgrading to beta 1 and 3.6.0.