2013-04-09, 13:34
Let me be clear, I really like XBMC and have just set up a Windows 8 machine to use it and am trying to convince the wife it's better than simple Windows navigation using ZoomPlayer. So far, due to this, I'm losing the argument.
Setup:
Windows 8 Pro (latest and greatest updates applied)
Asus P5B-M
Core2 Duo E6850 something or other
8GB RAM
Diamond AMD HD 6450 Video Card (latest stable release Catalyst Drivers 13.1 or 3 I think)
Content stored on Synology DS 1511+ accessed over SMB
Background:
Upon first playing anything, it all works fine. 720p, 1080p, DTS, DTS-MA et cetera. After the machine sits for a while, and I've disabled hibernate/sleep at the Windows level, though I've not disabled turning off the screen, I come back to play anything and there's no sound and video is choppy. FPS drop to about 4-5. This is the same for all content, even 480p or the like.
I have noticed something interesting however; though I've picked WSAPI for playback and passthrough, often upon restarting Frodo it switches to Direct Sound for playback. Restart Frodo again and now passthrough has done the same. Restarting the app does nothing, the problem continues. Restarting Windows, everything works fine. I'd say, ah, Windows problem clearly, but Zoom Player continues to work without issue even when XBMC falters.
Anyway, here's a debug log. Hope this helps out in some way. I've stripped out the lines detailing parts of my library for obvious reasons.
Please let me know if you need anything else. I'd really like you guys to be able to nail this one. I know that it isn't everyone experiencing the problem, but I also know I'm not alone.
Hmm, okay, how do I attach a debug log?
Setup:
Windows 8 Pro (latest and greatest updates applied)
Asus P5B-M
Core2 Duo E6850 something or other
8GB RAM
Diamond AMD HD 6450 Video Card (latest stable release Catalyst Drivers 13.1 or 3 I think)
Content stored on Synology DS 1511+ accessed over SMB
Background:
Upon first playing anything, it all works fine. 720p, 1080p, DTS, DTS-MA et cetera. After the machine sits for a while, and I've disabled hibernate/sleep at the Windows level, though I've not disabled turning off the screen, I come back to play anything and there's no sound and video is choppy. FPS drop to about 4-5. This is the same for all content, even 480p or the like.
I have noticed something interesting however; though I've picked WSAPI for playback and passthrough, often upon restarting Frodo it switches to Direct Sound for playback. Restart Frodo again and now passthrough has done the same. Restarting the app does nothing, the problem continues. Restarting Windows, everything works fine. I'd say, ah, Windows problem clearly, but Zoom Player continues to work without issue even when XBMC falters.
Anyway, here's a debug log. Hope this helps out in some way. I've stripped out the lines detailing parts of my library for obvious reasons.
Please let me know if you need anything else. I'd really like you guys to be able to nail this one. I know that it isn't everyone experiencing the problem, but I also know I'm not alone.
Hmm, okay, how do I attach a debug log?