2009-06-05, 17:54
I've been using xbmc on a Mini (livingroom) and ATV (bedroom) for the last 4 weeks or so and I'm loving XBMC .... many thanks to the developers and the entire community!
My typical media is h.264 transcodes from DVDs using Handbrake. I am seeing quite a bit of tearing on the videos when played on the ATV but not on the Mini... I think the ATV is struggling to "keep up". I'm going to test various settings and I'll post my finding, but was wondering if anyone has suggested settings that should work well for them...?
I use CQ 65%, which typically gives me aprox 3000kbps if the source is 23.9fps and anamorphic @ 853x480 (actual). I'm going to start stepping down the CQ percentage, but I'm reluctant to go to FBR settings as this gives large swings in video quality. Is this simply an issue with XBMC on the ATV playing VBR video?
BTW... I'm running XBMC 9.04.01 on ATV 2.3.1.
I haven't adjusted the playback settings in XBMC yet, because I'm still learning the software, but that is "on my list".
Thanks
My typical media is h.264 transcodes from DVDs using Handbrake. I am seeing quite a bit of tearing on the videos when played on the ATV but not on the Mini... I think the ATV is struggling to "keep up". I'm going to test various settings and I'll post my finding, but was wondering if anyone has suggested settings that should work well for them...?
I use CQ 65%, which typically gives me aprox 3000kbps if the source is 23.9fps and anamorphic @ 853x480 (actual). I'm going to start stepping down the CQ percentage, but I'm reluctant to go to FBR settings as this gives large swings in video quality. Is this simply an issue with XBMC on the ATV playing VBR video?
BTW... I'm running XBMC 9.04.01 on ATV 2.3.1.
I haven't adjusted the playback settings in XBMC yet, because I'm still learning the software, but that is "on my list".
Thanks
