2012-02-18, 22:15
I'm not sure that it is worth mention in here. I tried to playback a newer "Contagion" blu-ray disc on 4 PC's with Intel i3/E7200, AMD APU/X4, Nvidia and HDxxxx GPU's for the last several days. All CPU's/GPU's suffered severe video frames drops and Macroblocking. AMD/Nvidia GPU suffered video frames drops every 7 minutes (5-15 seconds each time), and i3 iGPU got the worst of it because it suffered video frame drops every 30-40 seconds (5-15 seconds each time and it's not watchable). I was able to finish the movie with AMD GPU. What I'm trying to point out here is- it could be blu-ray movie related too. I thought it was a bad blu-ray disc, but it happpened the same way with both Redbox and Netflix discs on the same movie.
My conclusion- i3 suffered the most frame drops when playback "Contagion" using both Daniela/DDDamien XBMC builds and TMT5 as an external player. Since AMD and Nvidia GPU's suffered frame drops every 7 minutes, it was watchable. I don't have the same problem with my other BD's. It was a weird experience to say the least!
My conclusion- i3 suffered the most frame drops when playback "Contagion" using both Daniela/DDDamien XBMC builds and TMT5 as an external player. Since AMD and Nvidia GPU's suffered frame drops every 7 minutes, it was watchable. I don't have the same problem with my other BD's. It was a weird experience to say the least!