2010-10-24, 21:26
I tried one of the unofficial builds on my laptop, Dharma 34973. Laptop has an Intel Pentium Mobile Dual Core, and the video drive is simply "Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family". Without DXVA2, the 1080p video I tried was choppy (about 12 fps) and used around 50-80% CPU, with DXVA2 enabled playback was smooth as silk, though CPU usage seemed high, 25 - 45%. However, I noted that unlike my desktop (running Dharma Beta 3), that XBMC was using 20- 40% CPU when not playing anything back. Other than that, it worked well. I really don't have any use for XBMC on the laptop, but thought I'd give it a try just to see how it works.
Edit: Just wanted to add, that the same video plays w DXVA enabled in MPC-HC and usually gives under 15 fps.
Edit: Just wanted to add, that the same video plays w DXVA enabled in MPC-HC and usually gives under 15 fps.