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apnn
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2012-05-12, 19:33
(This post was last modified: 2012-05-15, 19:30 by apnn.)
I have been using XBMC for over one year. I have used XBMCbuntu, XBMClive, XBMCfreak and also Openelec. All Dharma - distributions worked fine on my machine (Jetway barebones JBC231C98-525-B --- has Intel Atom D525 at 1.8GHz, NVIDIA ion2 video, 4 GB RAM). Only reason I had tried various distributions was trying to make installation easy and then trying to cut the boot time. Anyway, recently, after I upgraded to Eden, I am having choppy playback issues. I have read lots of posts and made sure the hardware acceleration is enabled. Actually all the settings are same as before. Any suggestions?
What is more interesting is I have another computer in the network - Intel core i5 based Windows 7ultimate. I have XBMC installed on this one also - for one year. I was able to play all the video off the XBMC server on this machine without issue. Even with upgrade to Eden (windows) it played fine. However, after the server upgrade to Eden, now even this machine is choppy. However, if I use PowerDVD to play the same video off the server, it plays just fine. This points the problem to XBMC Eden (linux) server rather than any hardware issues. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
BTW, my movies are all uncompressed blu ray movies in 1080p.
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When you say choppy, what do you mean? Pixelation?
I've noticed that with xbmcbuntu and eden installed on an i386 ubuntu server, it seems like there is some choppy playback. I thought it was the video file at first, but doubt that it is since it happens on numerous playbacks. And, like you said, Dharma worked fine for me.
My box is a Zotac Atom ion2. It makes me think that it might be a problem with the vdpau. There was some initial issues with it on xbmcbuntu and having it lock up during playback. This is why I got rid of xbmcbuntu and reinstalled and built things by hand. Nonetheless, it didn't fix the choppy/pixeled playback on occasion.
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Thanks for the reply.
The video has hesitation and will skip few frames and then play smooth as it is supposed to then again skips and so forth. When it is skipping, there is no audio.
Another odd thing I have noticed is transfer rate. I use Windows 7 computer to rip the blu rays and store on the disks attached to server. With my last setup (Openelec) I was getting about 11mb/sec, but with xbmcbuntu Eden, I am getting 6 mb/sec. (I am on a gigabit home network but have never seen transfer speed more than 11-12 mb/sec even between two wired windows 7 PCs. But, that is whole another issue.)
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You could copy a video to the machine's local drive and see if you have the same issues with it.
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I appear to be having this same issue. DVDs either hard-drive rips or from the disk directly jutter. It feels like something is going wrong with the 3:2 pulldown detection as the fps keeps jumping around instead of being locked at 23.98. Note sure if a debug log would help. maybe I will do that.
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Both of you should post a screenshot of Settings > Video > Playback.
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Alright, with latest openelec release, now I am able to run things seemingly better. Although I can play most of my movie collection just fine, there are a few movies that still have the video /audio stutter. These are Hancock, Ghost and Mission impossible 4. If there are others, I do not know. Interestingly, all these movies are my recently ripped movies. I wonder something was not right with ripping. But then, why would I be able to play the same movie using PowerDVD?
Anyway, if anyone has suggestions, I would appreciate. I still like to stick with XBMC or openelec, but if this continues, I may have to go with windows.
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The titles don't really help much. The media info on the file would be much better. And a debug log from XBMC.
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I've experienced this also. Coincidentally, my 720P videos stutter (decreased frame rate) on an i386 P4 with an Nvidia 6200. They play perfectly on the other two machines, which are both x86_64. The P4 is definitely powerful enough to decode the files because I have no problem playing them via VLC.