2013-02-16, 12:58
I did a quick test-run with youtube's "Lupe_4k" mp4 file: dxva2 off, jpsdr's patch on, 18.7 Mbps, 4096*2304, 23.976 fps, avc [email protected], 1 ref frames, 48 Khz, 2 channels aac: regular playback, cpu peaked at 98% averaging 60-80%, no frame dropped for core 2 quad 2.66 GHz & radeon 5670.
Ran a different batch with official frodo on my budget netbook to assess the competition's (i.e. one of the forks) state-of-the-art performance and the results are in...
Even on my 'old' and most-humble 11.6" 'the-teeny-weeny-vaio-netbook-that-could' AMD E-350 dual-core 1.6 GHz APU Discrete Radeon 6310 all of the 1080p AC3/DTS/FLAC videos played back flawlessly with dxva2 enabled, a breeze through only 2 GB RAM on Win7x86, dual-screening to extended output via high-speed hdmi full hd monitor, vertical sync always enabled, blank other displays on, ac3/dts passthru disabled, hdmi audio.
Tried the same stunt with mediaportal 1.3.0 rc with recommended lav filters, default evr and vmr9... it was not the same. Initial video lagging, dropped frames and inability to play vc-1 hdwmv out-of-box; the apu was worthless, no gpu cores were used over cpu (amd monitor 1.0.0.9).
The vc-1 hdwmv 'exotic' file was an animation of 3.99 GB framed @ 1920x1080 23.976 fps 8 248 Kbps VC-1 WMV3 MP@HL 6 channels 48 Khz 24 bits 255 Kbps WMA pro that xbmc automagically excelled to render, the slowpoke cpu barely averaging 26% and seldom peaking at 51%, the apu switched cores to 60% of gpu and they worked their magic through 492 MHz, thus certifying this particular budget netbook as one (almost) perfect htpc (to everything dxva compliant).
On the other hand, it is known that Hi10P files play slowly on most machines but playback on this particular netbook almost comes to a halt.
meme: http://memegenerator.net/instance/349426...map=%5B%5D
Ran a different batch with official frodo on my budget netbook to assess the competition's (i.e. one of the forks) state-of-the-art performance and the results are in...
Even on my 'old' and most-humble 11.6" 'the-teeny-weeny-vaio-netbook-that-could' AMD E-350 dual-core 1.6 GHz APU Discrete Radeon 6310 all of the 1080p AC3/DTS/FLAC videos played back flawlessly with dxva2 enabled, a breeze through only 2 GB RAM on Win7x86, dual-screening to extended output via high-speed hdmi full hd monitor, vertical sync always enabled, blank other displays on, ac3/dts passthru disabled, hdmi audio.
Tried the same stunt with mediaportal 1.3.0 rc with recommended lav filters, default evr and vmr9... it was not the same. Initial video lagging, dropped frames and inability to play vc-1 hdwmv out-of-box; the apu was worthless, no gpu cores were used over cpu (amd monitor 1.0.0.9).
The vc-1 hdwmv 'exotic' file was an animation of 3.99 GB framed @ 1920x1080 23.976 fps 8 248 Kbps VC-1 WMV3 MP@HL 6 channels 48 Khz 24 bits 255 Kbps WMA pro that xbmc automagically excelled to render, the slowpoke cpu barely averaging 26% and seldom peaking at 51%, the apu switched cores to 60% of gpu and they worked their magic through 492 MHz, thus certifying this particular budget netbook as one (almost) perfect htpc (to everything dxva compliant).
On the other hand, it is known that Hi10P files play slowly on most machines but playback on this particular netbook almost comes to a halt.
meme: http://memegenerator.net/instance/349426...map=%5B%5D
