[Paraffin]

Evening All

I have had a search and read the FAQ but not found a definitive answer to my question.

I play mkv files of TV Episodes say 1 hour long in 720p which is a 1.7GB file for example. However all of the mkv's have tiny slow downs and then a catch up to the sound.

Obviously I understand that XBMC on iOS is very new and there are a lot of bugs but I just wanted confirmation that video playback will improve to the point that there are no slow downs in framerate.

I would like to know because if it won't I will return the ATV2 and buy a Zotac Mag or something similar.

Thanks for reading

David

[TheRealDL]

Evening All

I have had a search and read the FAQ but not found a definitive answer to my question.

I play mkv files of TV Episodes say 1 hour long in 720p which is a 1.7GB file for example. However all of the mkv's have tiny slow downs and then a catch up to the sound.

Obviously I understand that XBMC on iOS is very new and there are a lot of bugs but I just wanted confirmation that video playback will improve to the point that there are no slow downs in framerate.

I would like to know because if it won't I will return the ATV2 and buy a Zotac Mag or something similar.

Thanks for reading

David

Hey David,

I imagine the dev's definitely have performance in mind. They've incorporated a bunch of great features and hopefully have some <cough>NFS</cough> surprises for R11.

I am curious as to whether your performance issues are occurring using the wireless or are you hardwired?

[Paraffin]

Sorry I should have posted my setup

The MKV is a 720p 1 hour TV episode (1.23GB) which sits on my Server 2008 machine. XBMC is set up to access this via SMB and it connects through a wired Gigabit switch which both are attached too.

I have disabled "generate thumbnails" and the problem still occurs.

Below are the mkv details

Code:

General
Unique ID                        : 159426040070966005397653787353205068107 (0x77F056A49435322F0CD9411D27A2514B)
Complete name                    : E:\TV Shows\Outcasts\Season 01\Outcasts - 1x07 - Episode 7.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
File size                        : 1.23 GiB
Duration                         : 58mn 54s
Overall bit rate                 : 2 996 Kbps
Writing application              : HandBrake 0.9.5
Writing library                  : libmkv 0.6.4.1

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=2, N=55
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 58mn 54s
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Variable
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Writing library                  : x264 core 112
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=29 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                         : English
Color primaries                  : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics         : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients              : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio #1
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                   : LC
Codec ID                         : A_AAC
Duration                         : 58mn 54s
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Language                         : English

Audio #2
ID                               : 3
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : A_AC3
Duration                         : 58mn 54s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 80.9 MiB (6%)
Language                         : English

[Paraffin]

Any thoughts or do I need to post logs too?