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Latz · 2013-11-27, 04:39

I've searched but don't think I'm entering the right terms..

Got an Android stick (MK908ii), have installed XBMC and the video playback was very choppy, regardless of what I played.

What I noticed though was if I have the video playing in the background (i.e. with the XBMC home screen menu on top of the video), the video plays flawlessly... I am very confused!!

Any hints as to why this might be happening?

Latz · 2013-11-29, 06:38

Anyone? it's such an odd problem!

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-11-29, 06:48

Have you tried a nightly build (wiki)? Also, can you get us a debug log (wiki) of when this happens?

Latz · (This post was last modified: 2013-12-01, 08:23 by Latz.)

Thanks @ned Scott, I did what you said and put a nightly on. Although it was a touch better it wasn't perfect so I captured the log:

http://pastebin.com/CuHtacAq

The thing I noticed was when playing the video in full screen mode I got 15fps. When I pull the menu up with the video playing in the background I get 50fps!!!

It's so weird?! Oh the XBMC version I put on was a nightly, 13.0-Alpha10 Nov 30 compile date.

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-12-01, 08:41

The log doesn't seem to show any video file being played?

Latz · 2013-12-01, 09:10

It does?

22:52:43 T:1663160512 INFO: ffmpeg[6321D0C0]: Input #0, avi, from '/mnt/sdcard/The Shield Season 6 Episode 02 - Baptism by Fire.avi':

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-12-01, 09:21

Ah, sorry, you're right.

Latz · (This post was last modified: 2013-12-01, 09:25 by Latz.)

No probs :-) I appreciate the help! Sorry I also noticed a typo, when I play fullscreen I get 25fps not 15fps. Still a lot less than the 50 fps I get when I bring the menu up over the video!

Latz · 2013-12-03, 05:03

Anyone able to help with this? It really doesn't make sense that the frame rate jumps up by double when the menu is on screen.

davilla · 2013-12-03, 06:49

when you bring up the menu, it's showing the GUI frame rate, not the video frame rate.

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-12-03, 10:14

(2013-12-03, 06:49)davilla Wrote: when you bring up the menu, it's showing the GUI frame rate, not the video frame rate.

He's not talking about the codec info window. See first post.

Latz · (This post was last modified: 2013-12-04, 02:49 by Latz.)

Yes very strange indeed. I'm not sure if I should try a different ROM. The stick is running the standard ROM.

absorbingcrayon · 2014-02-28, 22:30

I got exact same problem, any help??

locoguano · 2014-03-05, 00:01

Same issue on the Ouya. Can't play 720p or higher without stuttering. Plays great with the menu up.

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2014-03-05, 01:39

(2014-03-05, 00:01)locoguano Wrote: Same issue on the Ouya. Can't play 720p or higher without stuttering. Plays great with the menu up.

Can you get us a debug log (wiki) or maybe a file sample? I didn't have any of the devices already mentioned in this thread from earlier, but I do have an OUYA, so I can try to reproduce it on there :)