2013-01-27, 23:17
(2013-01-17, 20:32)FernetMenta Wrote: D2700 should be fine after this patch has been applied: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/2064
Just wanted to note that this is apparently included in OpenELEC since RC1. Just tried it with RC2 and the playback improvement is amazing. I'm playing back 1080p 10-bit h.264 without dropping frames (yet) on my E2140. Just saw it with 1 core at 100% and the other at ~98% (and it dropped a single frame), so it's a little too close for comfort, but will give a lot more headroom for 720p material. As a rule, the two cores are generally within 1-2% of each other now, whereas before one was significantly more loaded than the other.
Ah - there we go. 8thSin's "A Letter to Momo" is too much for it. But it does suggest that I wouldn't need that much of an upgrade.
Hmm - still only single-threaded for 8-bit h.264 using software decoding resulting in a single core being pegged at 100% while the other is at 20% with straight Blu-Ray rips. I'm using the built-in GMA3000 graphics for a number of reasons, so VAAPI isn't feasible. I would have thought that if software decoding was explicitly being used (i.e. all hardware acceleration options disabled) multi-threaded frame decoding should be used for 8-bit as well. It seems a little bizarre that 10-bit material is playing back better than 8-bit ...