2009-01-05, 22:22
Fedora 10, with updates, and Nvidia 177.82, and SVN XBMC has exactly the same problem... uname -r reports...
2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686
Edit: The guy in the thread you mentioned is running an Intel CPU, im still wondering if this is an AMD only thing.
Edit2: Found a workaround. Line 152 in xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecFFmpeg.cpp reads like this...
Change it to this...
and you should find it using much more CPU, also I found a fairly significant reduction in dropped frames.
2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686
Edit: The guy in the thread you mentioned is running an Intel CPU, im still wondering if this is an AMD only thing.
Edit2: Found a workaround. Line 152 in xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecFFmpeg.cpp reads like this...
PHP Code:
int num_threads = std::min(8 /*MAX_THREADS*/, g_cpuInfo.getCPUCount());
Change it to this...
PHP Code:
int num_threads = std::min(8 /*MAX_THREADS*/, g_cpuInfo.getCPUCount()+2);
and you should find it using much more CPU, also I found a fairly significant reduction in dropped frames.