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Hi,

I just installed the latest version of ubuntu (12.04) and xbmc on my zotac zbox. The specs are as follows:

Model ZBOX-ID36BR3D-U
Chipset Intel® NM10 Express
Cooler Type Fan (Single Slot)
CPU Socket N/A (Integrated CPU)
Dimensions • Length: 7.36in - 187mm • Width: 11.02in - 280mm • Depth: 1.5in - 40mm
FSB 800 MHz
Memory Size Up to 4GB
Memory Slots 2 x 204-pin DDR3-800 SO-DIMM
Memory Type DDR3 800 SO-DIMM
Onboard Audio Analog Stereo, Digital S/PDIF, 8-channel high-definition audio via HDMI
Onboard LAN 10/100/1000Mbps, WiFi 802.11n/g/b (300Mbps)
Onboard Video Next-Generation NVIDIA ION™ w/512MB DDR3

I originally streamed my videos from a network server, I thought that may be the problem so I tried a local copy with no improvement. It seems that about every 2 seconds or so, the video skips/drops frames. Audio is fine.

I tried a different video with the same results. 720 videos seem to be fine.

I am able to play 1080P videos on the same zbox with VLC without the stutter. I have tried to adjust many of the xbmc video settings without any luck.

Has anyone had a similar issue?

hi, i did some reading and turned on debug. here is some of what i see

9:57:02 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
09:57:30 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /home/joe/Desktop/Avatar (2009) [1080p] {5.1}/Avatar.BluRay.1080p.x264.5.1.Judas.mp4
09:57:30 T:139869267986304 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 28
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Creating VDPAU(1920x1080, 28)
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: vdp_device = 0xffffffff vdp_st = 0x00000001
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 ERROR: (VDPAU) unable to init VDPAU - vdp_st = 0x1. Falling back.
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Failed to get VDPAU device
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: (VDPAU) Close
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Creating video thread
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 2 source: 256
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86018
09:57:30 T:139868629890816 NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Creating audio thread
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Opening Subtitle stream: 0 source: 1024
09:57:30 T:139868621498112 NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio:rocess()
09:57:30 T:139868621498112 NOTICE: Creating audio device with codec id: 86018, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through
09:57:30 T:139868613105408 ERROR: VAAPI - unable to initialize display -1 - unknown libva error
09:57:30 T:139868621498112 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -5 - Input/output error
09:57:31 T:139868629890816 ERROR: Previous line repeats 8 times.
09:57:31 T:139868629890816 NOTICE: fps: 23.976024, pwidth: 1920, pheight: 1080, dwidth: 1920, dheight: 1080
09:57:31 T:139868621498112 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -5 - Input/output error
09:57:31 T:139868629890816 WARNING: CRenderManager::Configure - timeout waiting for previous frame
09:57:31 T:139868629890816 NOTICE: Display resolution DESKTOP : 1920x1080 @ 60.00 - Full Screen (12)
09:57:31 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: Using GL_TEXTURE_2D
09:57:31 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: GL: Selecting Single Pass YUV 2 RGB shader
09:57:31 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: GL: NPOT texture support detected
09:57:31 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: GL: Using GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
09:57:53 T:139868621498112 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -5 - Input/output error
09:58:30 T:139868629890816 ERROR: Previous line repeats 45 times.
09:58:30 T:139868629890816 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for flip to complete
09:58:30 T:139868629890816 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
10:21:20 T:139868753999616 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
10:21:20 T:139868753999616 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
12:43:24 T:139868621498112 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: eof, waiting for queues to empty
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing audio stream
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Closing audio stream
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::WaitUntilEmpty
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Waiting for audio thread to exit
12:43:24 T:139868621498112 NOTICE: thread end: CDVDPlayerAudio::OnExit()
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Closing audio device
12:43:24 T:139868629890816 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Deleting audio codec
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing video stream
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Closing video stream
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::WaitUntilEmpty
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: waiting for video thread to exit
12:43:24 T:139868629890816 ERROR: Got MSGQ_ABORT or MSGO_IS_ERROR return true
12:43:24 T:139868629890816 NOTICE: thread end: video_thread
12:43:24 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: deleting video codec
12:43:25 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing subtitle stream
12:43:25 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: Closing subtitle stream
12:43:25 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting demuxer
12:43:25 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
12:43:25 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
12:43:25 T:139869267986304 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
12:43:25 T:139869267986304 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
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Quote:09:57:30 T:139868571608832 ERROR: (VDPAU) unable to init VDPAU - vdp_st = 0x1. Falling back.
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Failed to get VDPAU device
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: (VDPAU) Close
09:57:30 T:139868571608832 NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10

What makes me wonder is that vlc is working.

Try the following:

Under Video->Playback:
Only enable VDPAU in the video decoder section.

fritsch:

Thank you! That seems to have fixed the "stutter" issue.

The one thing though, Im not sure if this was caused by the recent changes or was existing...but it now seems "jittery". Like when a scene is panning, it does not stutter, but does not seem smooth.

Im going to play around a bit more.