2020-10-12, 19:51
(2020-10-12, 12:29)wrxtasy Wrote:(2020-10-12, 11:46)noggin Wrote:(2020-10-12, 11:03)clarkss12 Wrote: Your instructions were perfect and easy to follow. I tried several times, even uninstalling Kodi and re-installing Kodi, but those VC-1 videos still are jerky, and voice and lips don't even come close to matching.....
I tested this on my Beelink GT 1 Mini2 (Amlogic S905X3).
Even disabling the two hardware decoders does not help, guess the CPU is not powerful enough to software decode that video codec..... Unless I am missing something.
This could be one of the edge cases where the higher power CPU processing of the S922X over the S905X3 is useful I guess?
(Be amazing if someone could install Linux on an Apple TV 4K... The processor in that is very swift...)
The S922X-H for Multicore (CPU) SW video decoding is approx 70% more powerful vs the S905X3 chipset, see the following Webpage Geekbench comparison:
https://androidpctv.com/comparative-amlogic-s905x3/
Made changes as directed by Wrxtasy, first VC-1 video that I played (U-571) played perfectly for a couple of minutes then dropped about 10 frames, then continued for another few minutes, then dropped another 5 frames. Not noticeable unless the status over lay is enabled....
However, my old favorite, Back to the Future, would not play at all, all kinds of dropped frames, totally unwatchable. At this time I do not know the difference. I will have to test more of my videos encoded with the VC-1 video codec.....
I am slowly replacing my DVD rips with BlueRay or 4k rips, and a lot of the BlueRay rips are encoded with that codec.....
I am testing with the Beelink GS King X which has two internal drive bays, and an internal fan, so the temp never goes above 47C.
I then tested "The Dirty Dozen) encoded with the VC-1. Stats for nerds shows >> Video Decoder: ff-vc1(SW). It plays similar to the first movie I tested, plays for a few minutes WITHOUT dropped frames, then it will drop a few frames, then back to not dropping frames, but very watchable.
