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Thank you nickr.

great. here is the pastbin file

http://paste.ubuntu.com/8217104/

thanks for the help

The 1920x1080 line only has one refresh rate - 60Hz. This means that your video will not play at the correct frame rate unless it is actually 30Hz or 60Hz.

This can be caused by a number of things, in general a monitor or TV should send EDID info to the computer to tell it what refresh rates and resolutions work.

There are a number of scenarios here:

* your monitor/TV is actually only capable of 60Hz at 1080p (which would suck)
* your monitor/TV is giving the wrong EDID info
* your video driver is not getting the EDID info because the driver is broken or wrongly configured
* you have something in the HDMI connection chain that is screwing with EDID (eg an AVR, some HDMI "signal improver" etc.

What is your TV/Monitor?

Can you boot then post the output of /var/log/Xorg.0 ?

Again a will do the trick.

@nickr what we are chasing here is not micro stutter caused by not matching refresh rate. see post #17 and #18.

@FernetMenta sorry if that is a red herring.

(2014-09-03, 08:24)nickr Wrote: [ -> ]@FernetMenta sorry if that is a red herring.

no problem, I just wanted to let you know in case you missed this info. if you have any ideas how to track this further down go ahead. for the moment I ran out of ideas. I have seen this kind of issue mostly caused by a stelled vdpau rendering pipeline but this is quite a while ago and and first log was with vdpau disabled

@greygeek can you confirm that the problem also occurs with vdpau disabled? please post your xorg.conf

did you already try without pulseaudio?

edit: any hints in dmesg or /var/log/syslog?

Sorry I have spent the entire morning trying to get pastebin to work - without luck. Yesterday I corrupted Linux enough to require a reload of 14.04. The good news is it is no longer an upgrade from 12.04, but the load is flighty. I don't know if this is causing my pastebin problem or what.

So I am going to reinstall 14.04 one more time.

nickr, I am sending my HDMI to a Denon 4520 CI AVR. I have had a terrible time keeping the handshake functioning, I often have to restart Kodi to get sound. I have changed HDMI cables to now avail.

Out of my AVR I am feeding a JVC DLA RS66 projector. It is rated for 1080p/24.

FernetMenta, I confirm that the problem exists with vdpau disabled.

All logs will be posted later or I will throw this HTPC out of the window.

can you post your xorg.conf and try mine? http://paste.ubuntu.com/8229930/

I could not find an xorg.conf file under /etc/X11/. I tried to import yours, and my machine would no longer boot.

Here are as many other files as were requested above.

the Xorg.0.log file:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/8234349/

the dmesg file:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/8234359/

the syslog:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/8234367/

I really appreciate all the help everyone is giving me.

Change fernets config to dfp-1 his assumes dfp-0 all 4 occurences.

Thanks fritsch
I only find two occurrences of dfp - both under "screen". Where are the other two?

When I change them, I will import this into the /etc/X11 folder, correct?

Yes. I only wanted to make sure you look carefully :-) if you found 2; 2 are fine.

The first time I imported the file I messed it up. thats why the machine would not boot.

I was sucessful this time moving the file into the /etc/X11 folder. I moved fernets original file in, and I moved the file as modified by fritsch.

Both times I lost function of Unity.

Both times I could select XBMC at the boot menu, and it ran. However, both times, the movie still stuttered.

There must be something. I really appreciate every effort made. If nothing else I am learning Linux better.

You seem to have the composite X extension enabled. Should it be switched off? One of the other posters should know more about that than me.