2014-01-05, 07:49
@fritsch, interesting news. I have been tracking down a fix for "EXTRA" skips/slight-judder with "vsync always on" and "sync playback to display" both enabled. I found a new clue.
29.97-1080i and 59.94-720p both affected. Temporal Deinterlace- Auto used. A4-3400 APU, 8gb PC1600, 200gb HD.
All installed today:
1) I decided to try Gotham Openelec on a USB. It works! Hooray. Very few skips on OP settings from your guide, vsync/sync-to-display both on.
OE image that works:
http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/Ope...c0e.img.gz
thread: http://openelec.tv/forum/20-development-...?start=180
2) So I did another clean install Xubuntu64-13.10 w/ default pulseA, in case I had a borked older install. Skips returned as usual. The fix to get few skips with this xubuntu is disable sync playback to display. I purged and removed Pulseaudio and all pulse related binaries. Only alsa left and same behavior. I have tried this many times today and in the past. Seems the same.
3) Just installed Minimal ISO 13.10 (w/ PS2 KB) with SSH server only. Then followed this guide 100%. Works exactly like Xubuntu - with PA. Extra skips, but no PA. Clean install.
Now the big - what is different about OE (aside from the base OS), linked above. OE plays perfectly according to the OSD- few skips with OP settings. I am convinced PA is not the problem on my system with AV sync related skips. I have no AVR. PC -> HDMI -> Sony LCD stereo. Any insight is appreciated.
I tested GT610 in this box yesterday (on an old HD install) and it behaves like the OE, or like this guide install with "sync playback to display" disabled.
29.97-1080i and 59.94-720p both affected. Temporal Deinterlace- Auto used. A4-3400 APU, 8gb PC1600, 200gb HD.
All installed today:
1) I decided to try Gotham Openelec on a USB. It works! Hooray. Very few skips on OP settings from your guide, vsync/sync-to-display both on.
OE image that works:
http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/Ope...c0e.img.gz
thread: http://openelec.tv/forum/20-development-...?start=180
2) So I did another clean install Xubuntu64-13.10 w/ default pulseA, in case I had a borked older install. Skips returned as usual. The fix to get few skips with this xubuntu is disable sync playback to display. I purged and removed Pulseaudio and all pulse related binaries. Only alsa left and same behavior. I have tried this many times today and in the past. Seems the same.
3) Just installed Minimal ISO 13.10 (w/ PS2 KB) with SSH server only. Then followed this guide 100%. Works exactly like Xubuntu - with PA. Extra skips, but no PA. Clean install.
Now the big - what is different about OE (aside from the base OS), linked above. OE plays perfectly according to the OSD- few skips with OP settings. I am convinced PA is not the problem on my system with AV sync related skips. I have no AVR. PC -> HDMI -> Sony LCD stereo. Any insight is appreciated.
I tested GT610 in this box yesterday (on an old HD install) and it behaves like the OE, or like this guide install with "sync playback to display" disabled.