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(2016-03-09, 00:06)Nelbert Wrote: The processor just has an MVC decoder that can be accessed via kodi. That's all. Using the hdmi on the graphics card skips this and it then relies on CPU power to decode (which most processors seem to struggle with).
You forgot display control settings functionality, which CPU rendering doesn't do at all.
The confusion is people wanting what's been stated, Intel graphics ability to decode MVC, to fit and conform to all their own personal desires and set-ups. Will it work on AMD? What about Linux? How do I get my Tandy 1000 to play 3D movies? It's very easy to follow if you filter out all of the non-Intel based talk and keep on point.
If you want MVC hardware decoding and have the minimum specified Intel CPU with HDMI on a Windows 8+ machine and are running any other video cards, pull them out. If you have AMD based CPU, wait for AMD drivers to work or replace the CPU and MB with Intel.
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Getting rid of beautiful nVidia graphics rendering just to use an intel processor for MVC seems a majorly retrograde step for every part of kodi other than 3d.
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(2016-03-09, 00:55)Nelbert Wrote: (2016-03-09, 00:52)nickr Wrote: Getting rid of beautiful nVidia graphics rendering just to use an intel processor for MVC seems a majorly retrograde step for every part of kodi other than 3d.
Disagree entirely but each to their own I suppose... Have seen little to no difference between the different graphics vendors when it comes to hardware accelerated playback.
Some people prefer to jack the settings to ridiculous artificial levels to suit their own eye. Anything the nVidia card is doing to "render" the graphics of a movie that is already rendered is adding lipstick. A Blu-ray is digital. It's playback is digital. It either plays back, or it doesn't. Every little tweak done to the image off the disc changes what's actually on the disc as put there by it's creators.
Just like $1000 HDMI cables can't do anything a $5 same spec cable can. This isn't VHS analog tape anymore or even laserdisc. Some will never grow past that ideology however. Hence, vinyl is the "new" hot thing.
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Yep, some titles play audio, no video. Avatar is one of them. I see you have it highlighted. I can confirm Man of Steel works but with audio/video out of sync. So do many others. I think Life of Pi was also a problem. Can't remember. Tested so quickly didn't take any notes. Try all your titles. I will test more when I have more time and post some working confirmations for others to test. Have 11 HDD's inside my htpc. Lost a couple 8TB's within a day of each other and going through the motions now. Time consuming. Fwiw, and I'm sure it's just a coincidence, I was cut and pasting my KODI folder from the roaming folder as I've done countless times in the past. This time to isolate my good install from this 3D test install. I literally watched the transfer decline to a crawl and quit. Crystal Disc Info said reallocated sectors and went yellow. I love computers. They make life so easy.....
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2016-03-09, 12:25
(This post was last modified: 2016-03-09, 12:58 by Dave the Minion.)
Just been doing some testing and having odd results. Either video has strange glitching and one eye doing odd skips while the audio is out of sync. The other is the video running at at least 2 times speed while the audio plays normal. Can't figure it out at all by trying different settings.
This is all on an i3 6400 with the dll and the latest posted build. Last week I had fewer but different issues.
I have a log of the second example
here.
If you need more info let me know.