[AppleTV2] Confirm 1080p video decoding / playback with 720p or 1080p output?
#31
HDClown Wrote:bam099: Can you run mediainfo on the sample file you have been used and post all the info mediainfo gives? Your video info didn't include the bitrate, which is a critical piece of info.
I didn't run mediainfo....I'm on mac right now and not even sure if they have it. But I did use the included nfo file so I assume this is accurate. I also have determined that it can't just be the 1080p because I went on to test more (this is not scientific here cause I don't have data for the files) but I used a smaller 720p (smaller overall size) and it stuttered. Then played a bigger 720p file and it played perfectly. All on the same network and source computer. So it appears to be specific to the encoding done. But here's the nfo for the file that gave me a buffer problem. Refer to my previous posts in this thread for more info on this file.
General
Complete name : xxxxxxx
Format : Matroska
File size : 9.61 GiB
Duration : 1h 43mn
Overall bit rate : 13.3 Mbps
Movie name : xxxxxxxxx
Encoded date : UTC 2010-04-27 14:26:38
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.3.0 ('Language') gebaut am Mar 24 2010 14:59:24
Writing library : libebml v0.8.0 + libmatroska v0.9.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container [email protected]
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 43mn
Bit rate : 9 969 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 10.2 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.265
Stream size : 7.23 GiB (75%)
Writing library : x264 core 89 r1471M 1144615

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.10 GiB (11%)
Language : German

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.10 GiB (11%)
Language : English

Text
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : German
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#32
I thought I would share some input for debugging.

I am watching inception

here is the media info of the movie

http://pastie.org/pastes/1486099

playback is smooth, and better than expected for a large 12gig file over SMB using 100mb wired, connected to a NAS.

there was a few buffering problems, but its happened only 2 times in the first 10 mins of the movie..The movie was very watchable.


Pirates of the Caribbean world at war, buffered every 50-60 seconds. << due to scanning of database

http://pastie.org/pastes/1486126

Disney's Cars 1080P Crashes after 30 seconds of starting the movie. But plays fine on Windows XBMC, and Mac XMBC

http://pastie.org/pastes/1486170
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#33
Xavieryz,
Thanks for your input!!! If we all keep this stuff coming we'll have this all worked out in no time. I see they have mediainfo for mac so I will work on getting that going too so we can keep everything unified. Thanks again.
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#34
Xavieryz Wrote:I thought I would share some input for debugging.

I am watching inception

here is the media info of the movie

http://pastie.org/pastes/1486099

playback is smooth, and better than expected for a large 12gig file over SMB using 100mb wired, connected to a NAS.

there was a few buffering problems, but its happened only 2 times in the first 10 mins of the movie..The movie was very watchable.


Pirates of the Caribbean world at war, buffered every 50-60 seconds. << due to scanning of database

http://pastie.org/pastes/1486126

Disney's Cars 1080P Crashes after 30 seconds of starting the movie. But plays fine on Windows XBMC, and Mac XBMC

http://pastie.org/pastes/1486170
Cars does have 11 reference frames. Wondering if that could be an issue due to the 256MB RAM in the ATV2. The more ref frames you have, the more RAM you need. Can you check memory usage on ATV in System Info?
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#35
BritBloke Wrote:Can you check memory usage on ATV in System Info?

'apt-get install top' is also darn handy
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#36
HDClown Wrote:Consideirng the fact that the A4 chip can decode 1080p, there is no reason it can't output 1080p. Apple has this arbitrarily locked down in their design.

It has to coexist with many other functions. AirPlay at 1080p would be hard at this point.

There are plenty of good 1080p local players around. If 1080p is a priority then you should think twice. I doubt Apple is doing anything arbitrary. The player is evolving. It wasn't signed to b an mkv Blu-ray rip player.

philip
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#37
ddingle Wrote:'apt-get install top' is also darn handy

I installed it, but what does it do, and how to I activate it?


I am not familiar with SSH, I can only copy and paste commands found in how-to articles


I played the cars file and then went to system info while it was playing in the background, I had 64megs free when it crashed
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#38
If you are looking for reference files, I recommend using this one here:

http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/

This is a Cartoon movie made in Blender.
Files are available in different formats and sizes.

Anyone should use this to test 1080p playback issues.
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#39
I tested a slew of files today and all of them worked without any issue.

Here's all my mediainfo on tested files: http://pastebin.com/b8g14Qj3

Here's my post with more specifics: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=91630
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